2016 Dollar General Bowl

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2016 Dollar General Bowl
18th Dollar General Bowl
Ohio Bobcats Troy Trojans
(8–5) (9–3)
MAC Sun Belt
23 28
Head coach: 
Frank Solich		 Head coach: 
Neal Brown
1234 Total
Ohio 71033 23
Troy 14770 28
DateDecember 23, 2016
Season
Dr. Jerry Punch
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The 2016 Dollar General Bowl was a postseason

Dollar General Bowl (previously called the GoDaddy Bowl) featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference versus the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference.[6]

Teams

The game featured the Ohio Bobcats against the Troy Trojans.

This was the second meeting between the schools; the first meeting was in the 2010 New Orleans Bowl, where the Trojans defeated the Bobcats by a score of 48–21. Coincidentally, that had been Troy's most recent bowl appearance prior to this game.[7]

Ohio

Main articles: 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2016 Mid-American Conference football season

Troy

Main articles: 2016 Troy Trojans football team and 2016 Sun Belt Conference football season

Game summary

Scoring summary

[8][9]

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards
TOP
 Ohio Troy
1 13:34 2 48 0:19 Troy Jordan Chunn 1-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 0 7
1 8:19 7 99 2:58 Ohio Papi White 44-yard touchdown reception from Greg Windham, Louie Zervos kick good 7 7
1 1:14 11 65 4:29 Troy Jordan Chunn 3-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 7 14
2 13:20 10 58 2:54 Ohio 33-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 10 14
2 4:52 5 18 2:03 Troy Emanuel Thompson 11-yard touchdown reception from Brandon Silvers, Ryan Kay kick good 10 21
2 0:59 11 77 3:53 Ohio Jordan Reid 5-yard touchdown reception from Greg Windham, Louie Zervos kick good 17 21
3 5:47 1 4 0:04 Troy Jordan Chunn 4-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 17 28
3 3:28 9 21 2:19 Ohio 47-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 20 28
4 4:01 8 36 3:54 Ohio 37-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 23 28
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Statistics

Statistics[3] Ohio Troy
First Downs 23 17
Third down efficiency 5–12 8–17
Rushes-yards 30–78 (2.6) 31–87 (2.8)
Passing yards 315 235
Passing, Comp-Att-Int 23–47–4 24–41–2
Time of Possession 30:40 29:20
Team Category Player Statistics
Ohio Passing Greg Windham 23/47, 315 yds, 2 TD, 4 INT
Rushing Greg Windham 10 car, 24 yds
Receiving Jordan Reid 12 rec, 162 yds, 1 TD
Troy Passing Brandon Silvers 24/41, 235 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Jordan Chunn 20 car, 56 yds, 3 TD
Receiving Emanuel Thompson 8 rec, 83 yds, 1 TD

References

  1. ^ @JMac_Sports (December 24, 2016). ".@JJL_1 named 2016 @dg_bowl MVP!! #RTW #OneTROY" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "2016 Dollar General Bowl Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Bowl payout
  5. ^ "Game Day". Dollar General Bowl. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "Ohio University to Face Off Against Troy University In Dollar General Bowl". Dollar General Bowl. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Ohio Bobcats vs. Troy Trojans series history
  8. ^ "StatMonitr Stat Feed".
  9. ^ "Ohio vs. Troy - Game Summary - December 23, 2016 - ESPN".

External links

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