2016 St. Petersburg Bowl

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2016 St. Petersburg Bowl
9th St. Petersburg Bowl
Miami RedHawks Mississippi State Bulldogs
(6–6)(5–7)
MAC SEC
1617
Head coach: 
Chuck Martin 		Head coach: 
Dan Mullen
1234Total
Miami367016
Mississippi State077317
DateDecember 26, 2016
Season 2016
Stadium Tropicana Field
Location St. Petersburg, Florida
MVP Nick Fitzgerald
Favorite Mississippi State by 12 [1]
Referee Jay Edwards (C-USA) [2]
Attendance15,717 [2]
Payout US$537,500 [3]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers
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The 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2016 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. [4] The ninth edition of the St. Petersburg Bowl featured the Miami Redhawks from the Mid-American Conference against the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference. [5]

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Team selections

On December 4, 2016, it was announced that the game would feature the Miami Redhawks against the Mississippi State Bulldogs after both accepted invitations Sunday, marking the first time each team would meet. [6]

Miami (OH)

After finishing their regular season with a 6–6 record, the Miami Redhawks appeared in their eleventh bowl game, and the first since the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl game against Middle Tennessee. [7] Miami opened the year with a six-game losing streak, and then finished with a six-game winning streak making them the first team to finish a regular season after they lost the first six consecutive games. [8]

Mississippi State

After finishing their regular season with a 5–7 record, Mississippi State appeared in their seventh straight bowl game. [9] Mississippi State opened the year with 2 wins and 2 losses, losing to South Alabama and Louisiana State and winning against South Carolina and Massachusetts. Mississippi State then lost 3 consecutive games against Auburn, Brigham Young, and Kentucky before winning 2 games against Samford and Texas A&M. Lastly losing to Alabama and Arkansas before winning against Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl. [10]

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP MiamiMSU
110:079584:53Miami18-yard field goal by Nick Dowd30
28:368664:54MiamiJames Gardner 6-yard touchdown reception from Gus Ragland, Nick Dowd kick no good (blocked)90
20:229642:53MSU Nick Fitzgerald 2-yard touchdown run, Westin Graves kick good97
38:118854:24MiamiRyan Smith 1-yard touchdown reception from Gus Ragland, Nick Dowd kick good167
34:159823:50MSUNick Fitzgerald 44-yard touchdown run, Westin Graves kick good1614
412:037512:46MSU36-yard field goal by Westin Graves1617
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.1617

Source: [2]

Statistics

Statistics [2] MiamiMSU
First downs2417
Third down efficiency3–97–14
Total plays-yards66–43360–335
Rushes-yards35–170 (4.9)33–209 (6.3)
Passing yards263126
Passing, Comp-Att-Int22–31–113–27–0
Time of Possession35:0824:52

Source: [11]

References

  1. ↑ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2016 St. Petersburg Bowl Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016–2017 College Football Bowl Game Schedule". CollegeFootballPoll.com. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ Temple, Jesse; Scarborough, Alex (December 4, 2016). "St. Petersburg Bowl: Miami (Ohio) RedHawks vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs". ESPN . Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Kirshner, Alex (December 4, 2016). "2016 St. Pete Bowl, Mississippi State vs. Miami (OH): Date, location, and everything to know". SBNation . Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Lowery, Logan (December 5, 2016). "MSU fans can let cowbells ring in St. Pete". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal . Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ Clark, Dave (December 4, 2016). "RedHawks to meet Mississippi State in St. Petersburg Bowl". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ Lonon, Sherri (December 5, 2016). "St. Petersburg Bowl Lineup Announced". Patch . Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ Bonner, Michael (December 4, 2016). "MSU extends record berth bowl to seven consecutive years". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ Wait, Ben (December 5, 2016). "MSU will play Miami (Ohio) in St. Petersburg Bowl". The Commercial Dispatch . Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Scording Summary (Final) 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl" (PDF). Gasparilla Bowl.
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