2016 Music City Bowl

The 2016 Music City Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2016 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It featured the Tennessee Volunteers, from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, from the Big Ten Conference. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games of the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company and was officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.

2016 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
19th Music City Bowl
1234 Total
Nebraska 07710 24
Tennessee 021314 38
DateDecember 30, 2016
Season2016
StadiumNissan Stadium
LocationNashville, Tennessee
FavoriteTennessee by 3[1]
RefereeMike Mothershed (Pac-12)
PayoutUS$2,750,000[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic (ESPN)
Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Dawn Davenport (ESPN Radio)

Teams

The 2016 matchup was the third all-time meeting between these two teams, with Nebraska leading the series 2–0 going into the 2016 game. The first time these two teams met was in the 1998 Orange Bowl with Nebraska beating Tennessee with the score of 42–17. Nebraska went on to win a share of the national championship after the victory. The previous meeting of the two teams was in 2000 with Nebraska winning 31–21 in the Fiesta Bowl. The 2016 matchup was the first time the two teams met as members of the Big Ten and SEC; the previous meetings came when Nebraska was a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Tennessee

Nebraska

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP NEB TENN
2 13:20 4 73 1:26 TENN John Kelly 28-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 0 7
2 7:36 11 66 4:44 TENN Joshua Dobbs 10-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 0 14
2 1:36 3 80 1:12 NEB Brandon Reilly 38-yard touchdown reception from Ryker Fyfe, Drew Brown kick good 7 14
2 0:09 9 75 1:27 TENN Joshua Dobbs 2-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 7 21
3 5:52 8 49 3:20 TENN 46-yard field goal by Aaron Medley 7 24
3 3:26 5 75 2:26 NEB Brandon Reilly 9-yard touchdown reception from Ryker Fyfe, Drew Brown kick good 14 24
4 14:09 9 76 4:09 TENN Joshua Dobbs 3-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 14 31
4 12:06 6 47 2:12 NEB 45-yard field goal by Drew Brown 17 31
4 10:02 5 31 1:55 NEB Ryker Fyfe 9-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good 24 31
4 8:45 4 77 1:10 TENN Josh Malone 59-yard touchdown reception from Joshua Dobbs, Aaron Medley kick good 24 38
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 38

Statistics

StatisticsNEBTENN
First Downs1825
Plays-yards70-31876-521
Third down efficiency5-166-14
Rushes-yards28-6138-230
Passing yards257291
Passing, Comp-Att-Int19-42-023-38-0
Time of Possession28:2831:32
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
NEBPassingRyker Fyfe17/36, 243 yds, 2 TD
RushingDevine Ozigbo7 car, 66 yds
ReceivingBrandon Reilly4 rec, 98 yds, 2 TD
TENNPassingJoshua Dobbs23/38, 291 yds, 1 TD
RushingJoshua Dobbs11 car, 118 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingAlvin Kamara7 rec, 46 yds

References

  1. "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. Bowl payout
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