| 2016 Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 72nd Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | EverBank Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Dedrick Mills (RB, Georgia Tech) & Stephen Johnson II (QB, Kentucky) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia Tech by 4[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Reggie Smith (Big XII) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 43,102 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,750,000[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones (play-by-play) Rod Gilmore (color) Quint Kessenich (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016, at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The 72nd edition of the Gator Bowl featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference. It began at 11 a.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor was tax preparation software company TaxSlayer.com,[3] and for sponsorship reasons was officially known as the TaxSlayer Bowl.