2016 Outback Bowl

February 2024 March 2026 Outback Bowl 30th Outback Bowl 175px January 1 2016 2015 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida Northwestern University Northwestern Wildcats 10–2 Big Ten 12 12 13 Pat Fitzgerald 0 6 0 0 University of Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers 8–4 SEC NR NR 23 Butch Jones 7 10 7 21 Tennessee by 8Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015 Jalen Hurd Gary Patterson (ACC) 53,202 ESPN2/Sports USA Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN2)Mike Morgan, Doug Plank, & Rich Herrera (Sports USA) The 2016 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 2016, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was the 30th edition of the Outback Bowl (previously called the Hall of Fame Bowl), featuring the #13 Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Ten and the #23 Tennessee Volunteers from the SEC.Stites Adam December 6, 2015 2015 Outback Bowl, Tennessee vs. Northwestern: Date, time, location and more https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/12/6/8739609/outback-bowl-2015-tennessee-northwestern-time-date-tv-schedule December 6, 2015 SB Nation Vox Media, Inc. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season, with kickoff at noon EST on ESPN2. It was sponsored by the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise. Teams Northwestern Northwestern, ranked #13 in the nation, finished the regular season with a 10–2 record, losing two consecutive games mid-season to ranked teams, Michigan and Iowa. The Wildcats finished second in the Big Ten's western division behind Iowa. Northwestern was led by quarterback Clayton Thorson, with support from runningback Justin Jackson. Pat Fitzgerald was in his tenth year as Northwestern's head coach.December 6, 2015 Wildcats headed to 2016 Outback Bowl http://www.nusports.com/news/2015/12/6/FB_1206150900.aspx?path=football December 6, 2015 nusports.com CBS Interactive Evanston, Illinois Tennessee After starting the season ranked as high as #23 in the country, Tennessee went 3–4, losing two of three close games to higher-ranked teams and having fourth-quarter leads in all four losses, before winning their last five games of the season. The Volunteers won against then-ranked #19 Georgia and lost only one game in the remainder of the SEC schedule, which was to eventual National Champion Alabama.2015 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/tennessee/2015-schedule.html 2025-06-19 College Football at Sports-Reference.com en Tennessee is led by quarterback Joshua Dobbs, with support from running backs Jalen Hurd and Alvin Kamara, as well as Evan Berry and Cameron Sutton on special teams. The Volunteers are coached by Butch Jones in his third year.December 6, 2015 Vols headed to Outback Bowl http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120615aaa.html December 6, 2015 utsports.com CBS Interactive Knoxville, Tennessee January 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117222903/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120615aaa.html dead Series history In their only series game, the 1997 Florida Citrus Bowl, Tennessee won 48–28.January 1, 1997 1997 Florida Citrus Bowl http://www.utsports.com/genrel/121401aac.html December 7, 2015 utsports.com CBS Interactive Orlando, Florida Game summary Scoring summary NU UT 1 0:14 UT 7 75 2:45 RushTD Joshua Dobbs 14 Aaron Medley good 0 7 2 10:47 UT 11 46 3:25 FG 35 Aaron Medley good 0 10 2 5:40 NU 12 75 5:07 RushTD Justin Jackson 5 Jack Mitchell no good 6 10 2 2:18 UT 9 75 3:22 RushTD Alvin Kamara 11 Aaron Medley good 6 17 3 4:40 UT 14 67 5:47 RushTD Jalen Hurd 3 Aaron Medley good 6 24 4 11:42 UT 9 80 3:36 RushTD Joshua Dobbs 18 Aaron Medley good 6 31 4 4:24 UT 7 32 3:38 RushTD John Kelly 1 Aaron Medley good 6 38 4 0:08 UT – – – IntTD Evan Berry 100 good Aaron Medley 6 45 6 45 Source: 2016 Outback Bowl: Northwestern vs. Tennessee Stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=114057&a=1 January 1, 2016 Stat Broadcast Statistics Statistics NU UT First downs 18 24 Plays–yards 70–261 84–420 Rushes–yards 37–132 53–226 Passing yards 129 194 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 14–33–4 16–30–0 Time of possession 25:51 34:09 References External links https://www.outbackbowl.com/ Category:2015–16 NCAA football bowl games 2016 2016 Outback Bowl 2016 Outback Bowl Category:January 2016 sports events in the United States Category:2016 in sports in Florida Category:2010s in Tampa, Florida