2016 Sugar Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 Sugar Bowl CFP New Year’s Six82nd Sugar Bowl Allstate File:Mercedes-Benz Superdome Poydras bike.JPG The Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. January 1 2016 2015 Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana University of Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels 9–3 SEC 16 16 12 Hugh Freeze 10 24 7 7 Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State Cowboys 10–2 Big 12 13 13 16 Mike Gundy 3 3 7 7 Chad Kelly (QB - Ole Miss) Ole Miss by 7½Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2015 The Victory Belles Bands from participants Jeff Flanagan (ACC) 72,117 ESPN, ESPN Deportes Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Brock Huard (Color Commentator), Shannon Spake (Sideline Reporter)- ESPNBill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio) 5.1 (8.9 million viewers) The 2016 Sugar Bowl is a bowl game that was played on January 1, 2016, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. This 82nd Sugar Bowl was played between the University of Mississippi and Oklahoma State University. It is one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The contest was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio. Kickoff time was set for 8:30 p.m. EST. In the game, Ole Miss won by a score of 48–20 to get their first 10–win season since 2003, and only their second since the Vaught era. Both teams finished their respective seasons with 10–3 records. Teams This was Oklahoma State's first Sugar Bowl since 1946, and Ole Miss's first since 1970. It was the third meeting between the two schools, having contested the Cotton Bowl Classic in 2004 and 2010. Ole Miss won all three games. Oklahoma State 2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team Oklahoma State began the season winning their first 10 games, which included a win over then–no. 5 TCU. Following the 10–0 start, the Cowboys had a #4 ranking in the College Football Playoff poll and controlled its own destiny in the Big 12. However, the Cowboys' undefeated season came to end when then–no. 10 Baylor beat them in Stillwater. The Cowboys would then lose another game at home in blowout fashion to rival and eventual Big 12 champion and College Football Playoff participant, Oklahoma. The Cowboys then fell to #16 in the CFP poll entering the Sugar Bowl, their first New Year's Six bowl game. The day before bowl selections and the CFP field were announced, Baylor was in line to be the Big 12's representative in the Sugar Bowl as had they won they would’ve also won the 3-way tiebreaker between themselves, Oklahoma State, and TCU. Instead, Texas defeated the Bears 23–17 in an upset in Waco, and Oklahoma State was selected for the Sugar Bowl by virtue of beating TCU a month before as Baylor had fallen to 9–3 (6–3 Big 12). Ole Miss 2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team Ole Miss began the season by handily defeating their first two opponents, scoring at least 73 points in each of the first two games before playing the then–second ranked Alabama on the road. In an upset, the Rebels beat the Crimson Tide and rose to #3 in the AP Poll. Just two weeks later, however, the Rebels would be blown out by then–no. 25 Florida. Following an easy win over New Mexico State, the Rebels traveled to Memphis, who they lost to in an upset. Ole Miss won their next two games against then–no. 15 Texas A&M and Auburn and performed well in the SEC West before suffering a defeat to Arkansas. Ole Miss ended the regular season with double digit wins over rivals LSU and Mississippi State and were ranked #12 coming into the game, which was their second consecutive New Year's Six bowl game. Game summary Scoring summary OSU MISS 1 4:52 OSU 7 29 3:01 FG 26 Ben Grogan good 3 0 1 2:15 MISS 7 57 2:31 FG 34 Gary Wunderlich good 3 3 1 0:20 MISS 3 58 0:39 RecTD Cody Core Chad Kelly 31 Gary Wunderlich good 3 10 2 11:28 MISS 6 51 2:01 RecTD Laquon Treadwell Chad Kelly 34 Gary Wunderlich good 3 17 2 6:58 MISS 5 85 1:36 RecTD Laquon Treadwell Chad Kelly 10 Gary Wunderlich good 3 24 2 3:39 MISS 8 55 2:04 FG Gary Wunderlich 38 3 27 2 1:22 OSU 10 61 2:17 FG Ben Grogan 31 6 27 2 0:00 MISS 8 74 1:22 RushTD Laremy Tunsil 2 Gary Wunderlich good 6 34 3 4:26 MISS 2 40 0:44 RushTD Jordan Wilkins 36 Gary Wunderlich good 6 41 3 1:11 OSU 9 75 3:15 RushTD J. W. Walsh 2 Ben Grogan good 13 41 4 13:04 MISS 8 71 3:00 RecTD Laquon Treadwell Chad Kelly 14 Gary Wunderlich good 13 48 4 3:03 OSU 5 54 2:25 RushTD J. W. Walsh 8 Ben Grogan good 20 48 20 48 Source:http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=111998&a=1 2016 Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss Stats Stat Broadcast 2016-01-01 Statistics Statistics OSU MISS First downs 20 28 Total offense, plays – yards 75–366 72–554Rushes-yards (net) 30–63 37–207 Passing yards (net) 303 347Passes, Comp-Att-Int 27–45–0 22–35–1 Time of Possession 31:53 28:07 References Category:2015–16 NCAA football bowl games 2016 2016 2016 Category:2016 in sports in Louisiana Category:2010s in New Orleans Category:January 2016 sports events in the United States