College football game
The 2016 Holiday Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game , played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California , on December 27, 2016. This was the last time the Holiday Bowl was played at Qualcomm Stadium . The game was played at SDCCU Stadium , the home of the San Diego State Aztecs . The 39th edition of the Holiday Bowl featured the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference versus the Washington State Cougars of the Pac-12 Conference . Sponsored by small business loan company National Funding, the game is officially known as the National Funding Holiday Bowl .[ 5]
This was Minnesota's first appearance in the Holiday Bowl. On December 15, Minnesota players threatened to boycott all football activity, including participation in the 2016 Holiday Bowl, in protest against a decision to suspend ten players from the team.[ 6] [ 7]
This was Washington State's third appearance in the Holiday Bowl, having lost to #14 Brigham Young in 1981 , and having defeated #5 Texas in 2003 .
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP MINN WSU 1 6:23 17 76 6:33 WSU 26-yard field goal by Erik Powell 0 3 2 7:26 6 14 2:53 MINN 43-yard field goal by Emmit Carpenter 3 3 2 0:33 7 14 1:56 WSU 41-yard field goal by Erik Powell 3 6 3 3:23 10 84 5:22 MINN Shannon Brooks 13-yard touchdown reception from Mitch Leidner , Emmit Carpenter kick good 10 6 4 2:06 4 31 0:59 MINN Rodney Smith 9-yard touchdown run, Emmit Carpenter kick good 17 6 4 0:19 10 79 1:42 WSU Kyle Sweet 8-yard touchdown reception from Luke Falk , 2-point pass (Falk–Lewis) failed 17 12 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 17 12
Statistics MINN WSU First Downs 17 16 Plays-yards 61-279 74-303 Third down efficiency 3-12 7-19 Rushes-yards 41-150 23-39 Passing yards 129 264 Passing, Comp-Att-Int 11-20-0 30-51-1 Time of Possession 28:54 31:06
Team Category Player Statistics MINN Passing Mitch Leidner 11/20, 129 yds, 1 TD Rushing Rodney Smith 17 car, 74 yds, 1 TD Receiving Drew Wolitarsky 5 rec, 73 yds WSU Passing Luke Falk 30/51, 264 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Gerard Wicks 5 car, 26 yds Receiving Robert Lewis 6 rec, 86 yds
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History & conference tie-ins Games Notes The 1984 game is the only time that the eventual national champion played its bowl game in December.
