2016 Cactus Bowl (December)

August 2023 May 2026 Cactus Bowl 28th Cactus Bowl Motel 6 December 27 2016 2016 Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona Boise State University Boise State Broncos 10–2 Mountain West Bryan Harsin 0 6 0 6 Baylor University Baylor Bears 6–6 Big 12 Jim Grobe 7 14 3 7 Boise State by 8http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/18228600/college-football-full-list-odds-every-bowl-game College Bowl Game Odds ESPN December 7, 2016 December 9, 2016 Offensive: Baylor WR K. D. CannonDefensive: Baylor DE Tyrone Hunt Mike Roche (American) 33,328 3,325,000Bowl payout ESPN/ESPN Radio TV: Rece Davis, Joey Galloway, David Pollack, Molly McGrath Radio: Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek, Dawn Davenport 2016 (Jan) 2017 The 2016 Cactus Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 27, 2016 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the 28th edition of the Cactus Bowl, although only the third played under that name. Sponsored by the Motel 6 chain of budget motels, the game is officially known as the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl. The bowl featured the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference against the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference, and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. Teams The game features tie-ins from the Big 12 Conference and the Mountain West Conference. Baylor Bears 2016 Baylor Bears football team 2016 Big 12 Conference football season Baylor opened the year 6–0 to become bowl eligible. They raised in the polls to as high as #8 in the AP poll and a tie for #6 in the coaches poll. However, the Bears would finish the season on a six-game losing streak to finish in the season 6–6. The team had to also deal all season with the ongoing Baylor University football scandal. Boise State Broncos 2016 Boise State Broncos football team 2016 Mountain West Conference football season Boise State opened the season 7–0 and climbed to #13 in the AP and coaches poll before losing to Wyoming and dropping in the polls. The Broncos won their next three games and rose back up to #19 in the polls and were in position to be the highest ranked team from the Group of 5 until a season ending loss to Air Force which dropped them out of the polls, the Mountain West Championship Game, and contention for the Group of 5 spot in a New Years Six bowl. They were selected for the Cactus Bowl after the Pac-12 Conference failed to have enough bowl eligible teams to fill their spot in the game and the Mountain West Conference received a backup spot. Game summary Broncos 0 6 0 6 Bears 7 14 3 7 Scoring summary BSU BU 1 5:53 Baylor 6 81 2:21 RecTD K. D. Cannon Zach Smith 30 good Chris Callahan 0 7 2 13:40 Boise St. 17 57 7:13 FG 24 Tyler Rausa 3 7 2 12:14 Baylor 5 81 1:20 RecTD KD Cannon Zach Smith 68 good Chris Callahan 3 14 2 4:19 Baylor 15 99 4:21 RushTD JaMycal Hasty 5 good Chris Callahan 3 21 2 0:11 Boise St. 15 56 4:08 FG 26 Tyler Rausa 6 21 3 3:18 Baylor 21 78 5:55 FG 34 Chris Callahan 6 24 4 10:03 Baylor 12 71 3:38 RecTD Ishmael Zamora Zach Smith 14 good Chris Callahan 6 31 4 1:20 Boise St. 5 70 0:53 RecTD Cedrick Wilson Jr. Brett Rypien 28 pass failed 12 31 12 31 Statistics Statistics Boise St. Baylor First downs 25 29 Plays-yards 89–388 83–515 Third down efficiency 8–19 8–15 Rushes-yards 38–83 (2.2) 43–140 (3.3) Passing yards 305 375 Passing, Comp-Att-Int 32–51–2 29–40–1 Time of Possession 32:55 27:05 Team Category Player StatisticsBoise St. Passing Brett Rypien 32/51, 305 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing Jeremy McNichols 19 car, 46 yds Receiving Cedrick Wilson 6 rec, 88 yds, 1 TD Baylor Passing Zach Smith 28/39, 375 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT Rushing Terence Williams 25 car, 103 yds Receiving KD Cannon 14 rec, 226 yds, 2 TD References Cactus Bowl Category:Cactus Bowl Category:Baylor Bears football bowl games Category:Boise State Broncos football bowl games Category:December 2016 sports events in the United States Cactus Bowl Category:2010s in Phoenix, Arizona