2016 Music City Bowl

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2016 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
19th Music City Bowl
Nebraska Cornhuskers Tennessee Volunteers
(9–3) (8–4)
Big Ten SEC
24 38
Head coach: 
Mike Riley		 Head coach: 
Butch Jones
APCoaches
2421
CFP
21
1234 Total
Nebraska 07710 24
Tennessee 021314 38
DateDecember 30, 2016
Season2016
StadiumNissan Stadium
LocationNashville, Tennessee
FavoriteTennessee by 3[1]
RefereeMike Mothershed (Pac-12)
PayoutUS$2,750,000[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic (ESPN)
Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Dawn Davenport (ESPN Radio)
Music City Bowl
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The 2016 Music City Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2016 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, from the Big Ten Conference, and the Tennessee Volunteers, from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games of the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company and was officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.

Teams[]

The 2016 matchup was the third all-time meeting between these two teams, with Nebraska leading the series 2–0 going into the 2016 game. The first time these two teams met was in the 1998 Orange Bowl with Nebraska beating Tennessee with the score of 42–17. Nebraska went on to win a share of the national championship after the victory. The previous meeting of the two teams was in 2000 with Nebraska winning 31–21 in the Fiesta Bowl. The 2016 matchup was the first time the two teams met as members of the Big Ten and SEC; the previous meetings came when Nebraska was a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Nebraska[]

Main articles: 2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and 2016 Big Ten Conference football season

Tennessee[]

Main articles: 2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team and 2016 Southeastern Conference football season

Game summary[]

Scoring summary[]

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP NEB TENN
2 13:20 4 73 1:26 TENN John Kelly 28-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 0 7
2 7:36 11 66 4:44 TENN Joshua Dobbs 10-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 0 14
2 1:36 3 80 1:12 NEB Brandon Reilly 38-yard touchdown reception from Ryker Fyfe, Drew Brown kick good 7 14
2 0:09 9 75 1:27 TENN Joshua Dobbs 2-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 7 21
3 5:52 8 49 3:20 TENN 46-yard field goal by Aaron Medley 7 24
3 3:26 5 75 2:26 NEB Brandon Reilly 9-yard touchdown reception from Ryker Fyfe, Drew Brown kick good 14 24
4 14:09 9 76 4:09 TENN Joshua Dobbs 3-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 14 31
4 12:06 6 47 2:12 NEB 45-yard field goal by Drew Brown 17 31
4 10:02 5 31 1:55 NEB Ryker Fyfe 9-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good 24 31
4 8:45 4 77 1:10 TENN Josh Malone 59-yard touchdown reception from Joshua Dobbs, Aaron Medley kick good 24 38
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 38

Statistics[]

Statistics NEB TENN
First Downs 18 25
Plays-yards 70-318 76-521
Third down efficiency 5-16 6-14
Rushes-yards 28-61 38-230
Passing yards 257 291
Passing, Comp-Att-Int 19-42-0 23-38-0
Time of Possession 28:28 31:32
Team Category Player Statistics
NEB Passing Ryker Fyfe 17/36, 243 yds, 2 TD
Rushing Devine Ozigbo 7 car, 66 yds
Receiving Brandon Reilly 4 rec, 98 yds, 2 TD
TENN Passing Joshua Dobbs 23/38, 291 yds, 1 TD
Rushing Joshua Dobbs 11 car, 118 yds, 3 TD
Receiving Alvin Kamara 7 rec, 46 yds

References[]

  1. ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Bowl payout
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