2016 Citrus Bowl (December)

2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl
LSU Tigers Louisville Cardinals
(7–4) (9–3)
SEC ACC
29 9
Head coach: 
Ed Orgeron		 Head coach: 
Bobby Petrino
APCoachesCFP
192020
APCoachesCFP
151513
1234 Total
LSU 016103 29
Louisville 3303 9
Date December 31, 2016
Season 2016
Stadium Camping World Stadium
Location Orlando, Florida
MVP Derrius Guice, LSU
Favorite LSU by 3.5[1]
Referee Mark Duddy (Pac-12)
Attendance 46,063
Payout US$4,250,000[2]
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Dave Pasch (play-by-play)
Greg McElroy (color)
Tom Luginbill (sidelines)

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

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP 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

StatisticsLSUUL
First Downs2011
Plays-yards70-39462-220
Third down efficiency7-172-17
Rushes-yards41-17735-67
Passing yards217153
Passing, Comp-Att-Int16-29-110-27-0
Time of Possession35:3824:22
"Source":
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
LSUPassingDanny Etling16/29, 217 yds, 2 TD 1 INT
RushingDerrius Guice26 car, 138 yds, 1 TD
ReceivingMalachi Dupre7 rec, 139 yds
ULPassingLamar Jackson10/27, 153 yds
RushingLamar Jackson26 car, 33 yds
ReceivingJames Quick3 rec, 81 yds
"Source":

References

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