| 2016 Las Vegas Bowl presented by GEICO | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 25th Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 17, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | San Diego State RB Donnel Pumphrey[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Houston by 3.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Daniel Gautreaux (C-USA)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 29,286[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,350,000[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC Sports USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung (ABC) Eli Gold, Gary Barnett (Sports USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Las Vegas Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 17, 2016, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The 25th annual Las Vegas Bowl was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The game aired on ABC. Through sponsorship from GEICO, the game was officially known as the Las Vegas Bowl presented by GEICO.[5]
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