2016 Celebration Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 2016 Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl 2nd Celebration Bowl North Carolina Central Eagles Tigers Grambling State 2016 9–2 11–1 MEAC SWAC 3 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 Jerry Mack Broderick Fobbs 20 16 December 17 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Offense: #4 TE Martez Carter, Grambling Defense: #33 DB Jameel Jackson, Grambling Marvel July (Mtn. West)2016 Celebration Bowl Game Stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=156535 Stat Broadcast Stat Broadcast 17 December 2016 31,096 1,000,000 (Per Conference) ABCRedVoice, LLC Mark Neely, Jay Walker, & Tiffany Greene (ABC)Sam Crenshaw, Hugh Douglas, & Lericia Harris (RedVoice) 1.83 (Viewers) http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekend-sports-tv-ratings-61.html SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings | Showbuzz Daily www.showbuzzdaily.com 17 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221093814/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekend-sports-tv-ratings-61.html 21 December 2016 dead The 2016 Celebration Bowl (officially known as the 2016 Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl) was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 17, 2016, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The second Celebration Bowl game matched the champion of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, against the champion of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, the two historically black division I conferences. This was the last edition of the Celebration Bowl (and the penultimate college football game) played at the Georgia Dome, as the Dome was demolished in November 2017 following the opening of its successor, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, three months prior. The third and future editions of the Celebration Bowl were moved to the new stadium. Teams The participants for the Celebration Bowl game are based upon the final regular season standings which determine the MEAC football champion and the SWAC football championship Game determining the SWAC representative. North Carolina Central 2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team North Carolina Central entered the season ranked 4th in both the Sheridan & BoxtoRow polls and was picked to finish 3rd overall in the MEAC. The Eagles started their season with back to back losses to FBS opponents Duke and Western Michigan. The Eagles rebounded to win 9 straight, defeating state rival North Carolina A&T in the final MEAC regular season game. The Eagles entered the Celebration Bowl ranked #18 in the FCS. Grambling 2016 Grambling State Tigers football team Grambling started the season ranked 5th in national black college football polls and picked 2nd in the SWAC Western division. The Tigers began the season defeating Virginia-Lynchburg and going up 21–0 before watching FBS opponent Arizona rally to defeat them. Grambling rolled after that with 10 straight wins. The Tigers enter the Celebration Bowl ranked #14. Game summary Scoring summary NCCU Grambling expand 1 6:05 NCCU 13 74 6:40 FG 23 Brandon McLaren 3 0 3 9:14 Grambling 8 70 3:35 RushTD Martez Carter 32 good Jonathan Wallace 3 7 3 2:50 Grambling 4 16 2:11 FG 26 Jonathan Wallace 3 10 4 2:14 NCCU 5 59 1:49 RecTD Quentin Atkinson Malcolm Bell 39 blocked Haiden McCraney 9 10 9 10 Statistics Statistics NCCU Grambling First downs 14 21 Total offense, plays – yards 62–301 75–345Rushes-yards (net) 29–55 (1.9) 44–196 (4.5) Passing yards (net) 246 149Passes, Comp-Att-Int 19–33–2 15–31–1 Time of Possession 27:21 32:29 References Celebration Bowl Category:Celebration Bowl Category:Grambling State Tigers football bowl games Category:North Carolina Central Eagles football bowl games Celebration Bowl Celebration Bowl