2016 Boca Raton Bowl

2016 Boca Raton Bowl
3rd Boca Raton Bowl
Memphis Tigers Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
(8–4) (10–3)
The American C-USA
31 51
Head coach: 
Mike Norvell		 Head coach: 
Nick Holt
1234 Total
Memphis 10777 31
Western Kentucky 1414167 51
DateDecember 20, 2016
Season2016
StadiumFAU Stadium
LocationBoca Raton, Florida
MVPOffense: Western Kentucky RB Anthony Wales
Defense: Western Kentucky LB Keith Brown [1]
FavoriteWestern Kentucky by 4[2]
National anthemMaggie Baugh[3]
RefereeDon Willard (Big Ten)
Attendance24,726[4]
PayoutUS$400,000[5]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave LaMont, Desmond Howard, Quint Kessenich Radio Marc Kestecher, John Congemi, Brett McMurphy
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The 2016 Boca Raton Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 20, 2016, at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida.[6] The third annual edition of the Boca Raton Bowl was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season.

  1. ^ @BocaBowl (December 21, 2016). "& the trophy goes to the 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions @WKUFootball, Offensive MVP Ace Wales & Defensive MVP Keith…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. ^ @MaggieBaugh (December 20, 2016). "Tonight tune in on @espn3 I will be..." (Tweet). Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "StatMonitr Stat Feed".
  5. ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule". Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "Game Day Information". Retrieved December 21, 2016.