2016 Pinstripe Bowl

2016 New Era Pinstripe Bowl
7th Pinstripe Bowl
Pittsburgh Panthers Northwestern Wildcats
(8–4) (6–6)
ACC Big Ten
24 31
Head coach: 
Pat Narduzzi		 Head coach: 
Pat Fitzgerald
APCFP
2223
1234 Total
Pittsburgh 3777 24
Northwestern 014710 31
DateDecember 28, 2016
Season2016
StadiumYankee Stadium
LocationBronx, New York
MVPNorthwestern RB Justin Jackson[1]
FavoritePitt by 5[2]
RefereeDan Romeo (Big 12) [3]
Attendance37,918 [3]
PayoutUS$2,000,000 [4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTV: Ryan Ruocco, Mike Golic, Mike Golic Jr, Paul Caracaterra,
Radio: Kevin Winter, Jack Ford, CJ Papa
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The 2016 Pinstripe Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The seventh edition of the Pinstripe Bowl featured the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

  1. ^ @PinstripeBowl (December 28, 2016). "Justin Jackson is your MVP!!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Game Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "College Bowl Game Payouts". Statistic Brain Research Institute. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.