2016 St. Petersburg Bowl

2016 St. Petersburg Bowl
9th St. Petersburg Bowl
Miami RedHawks Mississippi State Bulldogs
(6–6) (5–7)
MAC SEC
16 17
Head coach: 
Chuck Martin		 Head coach: 
Dan Mullen
1234 Total
Miami 3670 16
Mississippi State 0773 17
DateDecember 26, 2016
Season2016
StadiumTropicana Field
LocationSt. Petersburg, Florida
MVPNick Fitzgerald
FavoriteMississippi State by 12[1]
RefereeJay Edwards (C-USA) [2]
Attendance15,717[2]
PayoutUS$537,500[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/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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  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Game Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.