2016 Orange Bowl

2016 Capital One Orange Bowl
CFP New Year’s Six
83rd Orange Bowl
Michigan Wolverines Florida State Seminoles
(10–2) (9–3)
Big Ten ACC
32 33
Head coach: 
Jim Harbaugh		 Head coach: 
Jimbo Fisher
APCoachesCFP
666
APCoachesCFP
101011
1234 Total
Michigan 33917 32
Florida State 173013 33
DateDecember 30, 2016
Season2016
StadiumHard Rock Stadium
LocationMiami Gardens, Florida
MVPDalvin Cook
RB, Florida State
FavoriteMichigan by 7 (50.5) [1]
National anthemMaddie & Tae[2]
RefereeMatt Austin (SEC)
Halftime showDNCE[2]
Attendance67,432
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersSteve Levy, Brian Griese and Todd McShay (ESPN)
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The 2016 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2016 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, played between the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference against the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Florida State won the game by a score of 33–32. Dalvin Cook, running back for the Seminoles, was named the game's MVP.

The game was played on the 30th instead of on December 31 or January 1, as the following day's College Football Playoff semi-final bowls were played with earlier kick-off times that intruded into the New Year's Six early-afternoon scheduling window.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Capital One Orange Bowl Entertainers Announced" (Press release). ACT Productions. December 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "Orange Bowl game is shifted to prime time on Dec. 30". Miami Herald. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "The 2017 College Football Playoff will still be on New Year's Eve, but it'll start earlier". SB Nation. Retrieved March 9, 2016.