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| subheader = 25th Las Vegas Bowl |
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| title_sponsor_suffix = presented by GEICO |
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| image = LasVegasBowl25.png |
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| date_game_played = December 17 |
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| year_game_played = 2016 |
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| football_season = 2016 |
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| stadium = [[Sam Boyd Stadium]] |
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| city = [[Whitney, Nevada]] |
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| visitor_name_short = Houston |
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| visitor_nickname = Cougars |
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| visitor_record = 9–3 |
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| visitor_conference = [[American Athletic Conference|The American]] |
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| visitor_coach = [[Major Applewhite]]<br>(interim) |
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| visitor_1q = 10 |
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| home_name_short = San Diego State |
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| home_nickname = Aztecs |
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| home_record = 10–3 |
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| home_conference = [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]] |
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| home_coach = [[Rocky Long]] |
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| odds = Houston by 3.5<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/18228600/college-football-full-list-odds-every-bowl-game| title=College Bowl Game Odds| publisher=ESPN| date=December 7, 2016 | access-date=December 9, 2016}}</ref> |
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| MVP = San Diego State RB [[Donnel Pumphrey]]<ref>{{cite tweet|number=810287548392239105|user=LasVegasBowl|title=Here are some images of the postgame trophy ceremony w/ #LVBowl executive director @JSacc giving out hardware to Ro…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=18 December 2016}}</ref> |
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| referee = Daniel Gautreaux ([[Conference USA|C-USA]])<ref name="Game Stats" /> |
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| attendance = 29,286<ref name="Game Stats" /> |
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| payout = 1,350,000<ref>[http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html Bowl payout]</ref> |
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| us_network = [[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]]<br>[[Sports USA Radio Network|Sports USA]] |
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| us_announcers = [[Brent Musburger]], [[Jesse Palmer]], [[Kaylee Hartung]] (ABC)<br>[[Eli Gold]], [[Gary Barnett]] (Sports USA) |
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The '''2016 Las Vegas Bowl''' |
The '''2016 Las Vegas Bowl''' was a [[college football]] [[bowl game]] that was played on December 17, 2016, at [[Sam Boyd Stadium]] in [[Whitney, Nevada]]. The 25th annual [[Las Vegas Bowl]] was one of the [[2016–17 NCAA football bowl games|2016–17 bowl games]] concluding the [[2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2016 FBS football season]]. The game aired on [[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]]. Through sponsorship from [[GEICO]], the game was officially known as the '''Las Vegas Bowl presented by GEICO'''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-bowl-schedule/137357704/ |title=Bowl schedule |newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]] |page=B6 |date=December 6, 2016 |accessdate=December 24, 2023 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> |
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==Team selection== |
==Team selection== |
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The game would have featured teams from the [[Mountain West Conference]] and [[Pac-12 Conference]]. However, since the Pac-12 had only six bowl-eligible teams and two of them qualified for New Years Six bowls, the sixth-place Pac-12 team was unavailable. Instead, the bowl elected to invite the [[2016 Houston Cougars football team|Houston Cougars]] of the [[American Athletic Conference]]. This |
The game would have featured teams from the [[Mountain West Conference]] and [[Pac-12 Conference]]. However, since the Pac-12 had only six bowl-eligible teams, and two of them qualified for New Years Six bowls, the sixth-place Pac-12 team was unavailable. Instead, the bowl elected to invite the [[2016 Houston Cougars football team|Houston Cougars]] of the [[American Athletic Conference]]. This was the first time an AAC team played in the Las Vegas Bowl. The representative from the Mountain West was [[2016 San Diego State Aztecs football team|San Diego State]], which qualified for the bowl by winning the [[2016 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game]]. Houston played in its first-ever Las Vegas Bowl, while San Diego State appeared for a second time, the first being a [[1998 Las Vegas Bowl|1998 loss to North Carolina]]. |
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This was the third meeting between the schools, with Houston having won both previous ones. The most recent prior meeting was on October 6, 1973, when the [[1973 Houston Cougars football team|Cougars]] defeated the [[1973 San Diego State Aztecs football team|Aztecs]] by a score of 14–9.<ref>[http://www.winsipedia.com/new-mexico/vs/utsa Houston Cougars vs. San Diego State Aztecs football series history]</ref> |
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===Houston=== |
===Houston=== |
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{{See also|2016 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2016 Mountain West Conference football season}} |
{{See also|2016 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2016 Mountain West Conference football season}} |
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==Game |
==Game summary== |
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On the fourth drive of the game, capped a 10 |
On the fourth drive of the game, Houston capped a 10-play, 24-yard drive with a 31-yard field goal by Ty Cummings. After a three-and-out by San Diego State, Houston went on a 10-play, 74-yard touchdown drive. Greg Ward, Jr.'s 2-yard run put the Cougars up 10–0 to finish the 1st quarter. San Diego State responded with 34 unanswered points, leading to a 34–10 win by the Aztecs. |
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On the first play of the Aztecs' first drive in the 4th quarter, [[Donnel Pumphrey]] broke the all-time FBS career record for rushing yardage. |
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===Scoring Summary=== |
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===Scoring summary=== |
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| Runner=Greg Ward |
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| Quarter=2 |
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| Time=6:28 |
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| Team=SDSU |
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| DrivePlays=8 |
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| DriveLength=55 |
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| DriveTime=4:26 |
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| Type=FG |
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| yards=23 |
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| Kicker=John Baron |
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| Quarter=2 |
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| Time=1:29 |
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| DriveLength=26 |
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| DriveTime=2:52 |
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| Type=FG |
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| yards=28 |
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| Kicker=John Baron |
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| Quarter=3 |
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| Time=3:14 |
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| DrivePlays=4 |
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| DriveLength=68 |
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| DriveTime=1:54 |
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| Type=RushTD |
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| Runner=[[Donnel Pumphrey]] |
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| yards=32 |
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| kickresult=good |
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| Kicker=John Baron |
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| Time=0:56 |
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| Type=IntTD |
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| Def=Ron Smith |
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| yards=54 |
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| Kicker=John Baron |
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| Quarter=4 |
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| Time=8:58 |
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| Team=SDSU |
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| DrivePlays=1 |
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| DriveLength=28 |
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| DriveTime=0:25 |
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| Type=RecTD |
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| Receiver=Curtis Anderson |
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| QB= Christian Chapman |
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| yards=28 |
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| kickresult=good |
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| Kicker=John Baron |
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| Quarter=4 |
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| Time=1:11 |
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| Team=SDSU |
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| DrivePlays=4 |
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| DriveLength=21 |
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| DriveTime=1:46 |
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| Type=RushTD |
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| Runner=Juw Washington |
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| yards=7 |
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| kickresult=good |
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| Kicker=John Baron |
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'''Source:''' <ref name="Game Stats">{{cite web|title=2016 Las Vegas Bowl Game Stats|url=http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=155826|website=Stat Broadcast|publisher=Stat Broadcast|access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref> |
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===Statistics=== |
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! Statistics<ref name="Game Stats" /> !! style="background:#cc0000; color:white"|HOU !! style="background:#000000; color:#a81933"|SDSU |
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| First downs || 16 || 13 |
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| Plays–yards || 75–254 || 51–255 |
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| Rushes–yards || 41–25 (0.6) || 37–127 (3.4) |
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| Passing yards || 229 || 128 |
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| Passing: Comp–Att–Int || 25–34–4 || 10–14–0 |
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| Time of possession || 32:12 || 27:48 |
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! Category !! Team !! Player !! Statistics |
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|rowspan=2|'''Passing''' || style="background:#cc0000; color:#ffffff"|'''HOU''' || [[Greg Ward, Jr.]] || 25/34, 229 yds, 4 INT |
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|style="background:#000000; color:#a81933"|'''SDSU''' || Christian Chapman || 10/14, 128 yds, 1 TD |
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|rowspan=2|'''Rushing''' ||style="background:#cc0000; color:#ffffff"|'''HOU''' || Duke Catalon || 14 car, 18 yds |
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|style="background:#000000; color:#a81933"|'''SDSU''' || [[Donnel Pumphrey]] || 19 car, 115 yds, 1 TD |
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|rowspan=2|'''Receiving''' ||style="background:#cc0000; color:#ffffff"|'''HOU''' || [[Brandon Wilson (American football)|Brandon Wilson]] || 5 rec, 52 yds |
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|style="background:#000000; color:#a81933"|'''SDSU''' || [[David Wells (American football)|David Wells]] || 4 rec, 33 yds |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://lvbowl.com/ Las Vegas Bowl] |
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2016 Las Vegas Bowl presented by GEICO | |||||||||||||||||||
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25th Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 17, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | San Diego State RB Donnel Pumphrey[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Houston by 3.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Daniel Gautreaux (C-USA)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 29,286[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$1,350,000[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ABC Sports USA | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung (ABC) Eli Gold, Gary Barnett (Sports USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Las Vegas Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 17, 2016, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The 25th annual Las Vegas Bowl was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The game aired on ABC. Through sponsorship from GEICO, the game was officially known as the Las Vegas Bowl presented by GEICO.[5]
Team selection
[edit]The game would have featured teams from the Mountain West Conference and Pac-12 Conference. However, since the Pac-12 had only six bowl-eligible teams, and two of them qualified for New Years Six bowls, the sixth-place Pac-12 team was unavailable. Instead, the bowl elected to invite the Houston Cougars of the American Athletic Conference. This was the first time an AAC team played in the Las Vegas Bowl. The representative from the Mountain West was San Diego State, which qualified for the bowl by winning the 2016 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. Houston played in its first-ever Las Vegas Bowl, while San Diego State appeared for a second time, the first being a 1998 loss to North Carolina.
This was the third meeting between the schools, with Houston having won both previous ones. The most recent prior meeting was on October 6, 1973, when the Cougars defeated the Aztecs by a score of 14–9.[6]
Houston
[edit]San Diego State
[edit]Game summary
[edit]On the fourth drive of the game, Houston capped a 10-play, 24-yard drive with a 31-yard field goal by Ty Cummings. After a three-and-out by San Diego State, Houston went on a 10-play, 74-yard touchdown drive. Greg Ward, Jr.'s 2-yard run put the Cougars up 10–0 to finish the 1st quarter. San Diego State responded with 34 unanswered points, leading to a 34–10 win by the Aztecs.
On the first play of the Aztecs' first drive in the 4th quarter, Donnel Pumphrey broke the all-time FBS career record for rushing yardage.
Scoring summary
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Statistics
[edit]Statistics[3] | HOU | SDSU |
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First downs | 16 | 13 |
Plays–yards | 75–254 | 51–255 |
Rushes–yards | 41–25 (0.6) | 37–127 (3.4) |
Passing yards | 229 | 128 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 25–34–4 | 10–14–0 |
Time of possession | 32:12 | 27:48 |
Category | Team | Player | Statistics |
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Passing | HOU | Greg Ward, Jr. | 25/34, 229 yds, 4 INT |
SDSU | Christian Chapman | 10/14, 128 yds, 1 TD | |
Rushing | HOU | Duke Catalon | 14 car, 18 yds |
SDSU | Donnel Pumphrey | 19 car, 115 yds, 1 TD | |
Receiving | HOU | Brandon Wilson | 5 rec, 52 yds |
SDSU | David Wells | 4 rec, 33 yds |
References
[edit]- ^ @LasVegasBowl (December 18, 2016). "Here are some images of the postgame trophy ceremony w/ #LVBowl executive director @JSacc giving out hardware to Ro…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "2016 Las Vegas Bowl Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ Bowl payout
- ^ "Bowl schedule". The Buffalo News. December 6, 2016. p. B6. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Houston Cougars vs. San Diego State Aztecs football series history