2016 Outback Bowl

2016 Outback Bowl
30th Outback Bowl
1234 Total
Northwestern 0600 6
Tennessee 710721 45
DateJanuary 1, 2016
Season2015
StadiumRaymond James Stadium
LocationTampa, Florida
MVPJalen Hurd
FavoriteTennessee by 8[1]
RefereeGary Patterson (ACC)[2]
Attendance53,202[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2/Sports USA
AnnouncersMark Jones, Rod Gilmore, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN2)
Mike Morgan, Doug Plank, & Rich Herrera (Sports USA)
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The 2016 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 2016, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was the 30th edition of the Outback Bowl (previously called the Hall of Fame Bowl), featuring the #13 Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Ten and the #23 Tennessee Volunteers from the SEC.[3] It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season, with kickoff at noon EST on ESPN2. It was sponsored by the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise.

  1. ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Stites, Adam (December 6, 2015). "2015 Outback Bowl, Tennessee vs. Northwestern: Date, time, location and more". SB Nation. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved December 6, 2015.