2016 Citrus Bowl (December)

The 2016 Citrus Bowl (December) was an American college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016, at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 71st edition of the Citrus Bowl, it was one of the 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was nationally televised by ABC. It was sponsored by the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant franchise and was officially titled the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl.

Teams

Teams were selected from the SEC and the ACC. The matchup was announced on December 4, 2016. LSU was chosen from the SEC and Louisville was chosen from the ACC.

LSU Tigers

Louisville Cardinals

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	LSU	UL
1	7:14	5	55	1:11	UL	24-yard field goal by Blanton Creque	0	3
2	14:54	7	52	3:41	LSU	Colin Heter 1-yard touchdown reception from Danny Etling, Colby Delahoussaye kick good	7	3
2	7:14	13	79	5:45	LSU	Derrius Guice 1-yard touchdown reception from Danny Etling, Colby Delahoussaye kick good	14	3
2	1:08				LSU	Lamar Jackson tackled in end zone for a safety by Arden Key	16	3
2	0:00	4	3	0:54	UL	47-yard field goal by Blanton Creque	16	6
3	8:48	2	82	0:45	LSU	Derrius Guice 70-yard touchdown run, Colby Delahoussaye kick good	23	6
3	3:04	8	35	4:18	LSU	42-yard field goal by Colby Delahoussaye	26	6
4	14:43	12	56	3:21	UL	30-yard field goal by Blanton Creque	26	9
4	10:38	8	41	4:05	LSU	25-yard field goal by Colby Delahoussaye	29	9
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							29	9

Statistics

Statistics	LSU	UL
First Downs	20	11
Plays-yards	70–394	62–220
Third down efficiency	7–17	2–17
Rushes-yards	41–177	35–67
Passing yards	217	153
Passing, Comp-Att-Int	16–29–1	10–27–0
Time of Possession	35:38	24:22
"Source": [1]

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
LSU	Passing	Danny Etling	16/29, 217 yds, 2 TD 1 INT
	Rushing	Derrius Guice	26 car, 138 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Malachi Dupre	7 rec, 139 yds
UL	Passing	Lamar Jackson	10/27, 153 yds
	Rushing	Lamar Jackson	26 car, 33 yds
	Receiving	James Quick	3 rec, 81 yds
"Source": [2]

References

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

v t e 2016–17 NCAA football bowl game season
New Mexico (Dec. 17) Las Vegas (Dec. 17) Camellia (Dec. 17) Cure (Dec. 17) New Orleans (Dec. 17) Miami Beach (Dec. 19) Boca Raton (Dec. 20) Poinsettia (Dec. 21) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 22) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Bahamas (Dec. 23) Dollar General (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Quick Lane (Dec. 26) St. Petersburg (Dec. 26) Independence (Dec. 26) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 27) Military (Dec. 27) Cactus (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 27) Russell Athletic (Dec. 28) Pinstripe (Dec. 28) Texas (Dec. 28) Foster Farms (Dec. 28) Alamo (Dec. 29) Birmingham (Dec. 29) Belk (Dec. 29) Orange (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 30) Arizona (Dec. 30) Music City (Dec. 30) Sun (Dec. 30) TaxSlayer (Dec. 31) Citrus (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 2) Rose (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 2) Cotton (Jan. 2)
College Football Playoff games: Peach (semifinal) (Dec. 31) Fiesta (semifinal) (Dec. 31) National Championship Game (Jan. 9)
All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 21) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 21) Senior Bowl (Jan. 28)

v t e Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One / Citrus Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Stadium Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Tangerine Bowl	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 (Jan) 1958 (Dec) 1960 (Jan) 1960 (Dec) 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Florida Citrus Bowl	1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Capital One Bowl	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Citrus Bowl	2015 2016 (January) 2016 (December) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024
There were games in January and December of 1958, 1960, and 2016. As a result, there were no games in 1959, 1986 or 2017.

Louisville Cardinals bowl games

LSU Tigers bowl games

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