| 2016 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 12th Poinsettia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 21, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: BYU RB Jamaal Williams[1] Defensive: BYU LB Harvey Langi[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | BYU by 10[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Los 5[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Greg Blum (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 28,114 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$612,500 per team[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Caracaterra (TV) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Poinsettia Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2016 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The twelfth and final edition of the Poinsettia Bowl featured the BYU Cougars against the Wyoming Cowboys.[6] It began at 6:00 p.m. PST and aired ESPN. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.[7] This was the final edition of the Poinsettia Bowl as the bowl's operator, the San Diego Bowl Game Association, elected to cancel the game to focus its efforts on the Holiday Bowl.[8]