2016 Music City Bowl






















2016 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl












Nebraska CornhuskersTennessee Volunteers
(9–3)(8–4)
Big TenSEC
2438
Head coach: 
Mike Riley
Head coach: 
Butch Jones






APCoachesCFP
2421NR






APCoachesCFP
NRNR21


















1234Total
Nebraska0771024
Tennessee02131438
DateDecember 30, 2016
Season2016
StadiumNissan Stadium
LocationNashville, Tennessee
FavoriteTennessee by 3[1]
RefereeMike Mothershed (Pac-12)
Payout
US$2,750,000[2]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN
ESPN Radio
Announcers
Tom 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 Tennessee Volunteers, from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, from the Big Ten Conference. 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.




Contents





  • 1 Teams

    • 1.1 Tennessee Volunteers


    • 1.2 Nebraska Cornhuskers



  • 2 Game summary

    • 2.1 Scoring summary


    • 2.2 Statistics



  • 3 References




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.



Tennessee Volunteers


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


Nebraska Cornhuskers


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


Game summary



Scoring summary


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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


























StatisticsNEBTENN
First Downs1825
Plays-yards70-31876-521
Third down efficiency5-166-14
Rushes-yards28-6138-230
Passing yards257291
Passing, Comp-Att-Int19-42-023-38-0
Time of Possession28:2831:32
























TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
NEBPassingRyker Fyfe17/36, 243 yds, 2 TD
RushingDevine Ozigbo7 car, 66 yds
ReceivingBrandon Reilly4 rec, 98 yds, 2 TD
TENNPassingJoshua Dobbs23/38, 291 yds, 1 TD
RushingJoshua Dobbs11 car, 118 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingAlvin Kamara7 rec, 46 yds


References




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