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| 2016 Hyundai Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 83rd Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Solomon Thomas (DE), Stanford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Stanford by 3[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Elia Esparza[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John McDaid (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 42,166 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,150,000[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brad Nessler (play-by-play) Gary Danielson (color) Allie LaForce (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Sun Bowl (December) was a postseason college football bowl game, played on December 30, 2016.[4] It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. It featured the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference and the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[4]
- ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/eliaesparzamusic/posts/1105913679531258 [user-generated source]
- ^ Bowl payout
- ^ a b Vassar, Matt (December 4, 2016). "Stanford Selected to 2016 Sun Bowl, Will Play UNC". Rule of Tree. SB Nation. Retrieved December 4, 2016.