2016 Cure Bowl

2016 AutoNation Cure Bowl
2nd Cure Bowl
The field prior to kickoff
Arkansas State Red Wolves UCF Knights
(7–5) (6–6)
Sun Belt The American
31 13
Head coach: 
Blake Anderson		 Head coach: 
Scott Frost
1234 Total
Arkansas State 17077 31
UCF 01030 13
DateDecember 17, 2016
Season2016
StadiumCamping World Stadium
LocationOrlando, Florida
MVPArkansas State WR Kendall Sanders[1]
FavoriteUCF by 7[2]
National anthemGirl Scouts of Citrus[3]
RefereeKevin Mar (Mtn. West)[4]
Attendance27,213[4]
PayoutUS$1,350,000[5]
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBSSN
Touchdown Radio
AnnouncersCarter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, & Jenny Dell (CBSSN)
Bernie Guenther, Gino Torretta, & Jamie Seh (Touchdown Radio)
Cure Bowl
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The 2016 Cure Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 17, 2016 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The second annual edition of the Cure Bowl is one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concludes the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive retailer AutoNation, the game is officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl. Notably, the UCF Knights would not lose another game until the 2019 Fiesta Bowl.

  1. ^ Autonation Cure Bowl [@CureBowl] (December 17, 2016). ".@RedWolvesFBall Kendall Sanders is your 2016 Cure Bowl MVP" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "UCF vs. Arkansas State - Game Summary - December 17, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Barry, Maryann [@ScouterrificCEO] (December 16, 2016). "Tune in to #CureBowl Saturday to see @GirlScoutsCC choir performing the anthem live on national television! @girlscouts @SylviaAcevedo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Game Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule".