2016 New Mexico Bowl

2016 Gildan New Mexico Bowl
11th New Mexico Bowl
UTSA Roadrunners New Mexico Lobos
(6–6) (8–4)
C-USA Mountain West
20 23
Head coach: 
Frank Wilson		 Head coach: 
Bob Davie
1234 Total
UTSA 33014 20
New Mexico 7367 23
DateDecember 17, 2016
Season2016
StadiumUniversity Stadium
LocationAlbuquerque, New Mexico
MVPOffense: New Mexico QB Lamar Jordan[1]
Defense:New Mexico LB Dakota Cox[1]
FavoriteNew Mexico by 7[2]
National anthemSenior Airman Rashaun Carter[3]
RefereeJason McArthur (Sun Belt)[4]
Attendance29,688[4]
PayoutUS$456,250[5]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersAdam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath (ESPN)
Roy Philpott, Clint Stoerner, Kevin Weidl (ESPN Radio)
New Mexico Bowl
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The 2016 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 17, 2016 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The eleventh annual New Mexico Bowl, was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. The game aired on ESPN. Sponsored by clothing company Gildan Activewear, the game was officially known as the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.

  1. ^ a b GildanNewMexicoBowl [@GildanNMbowl] (December 17, 2016). "Congratulations to @LJII13 and @dakotacox49 for receiving Offensive and Defensive Players of the Game!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Holidays happening: Gildan Bowl national anthem | News Stream | kafbnucleus.com". Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Game Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Bowl payout