2016 Holiday Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Holiday Bowl 39th Holiday Bowl National Funding December 27 2016 2016 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California University of Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers 8–4 Big Ten Tracy Claeys 0 3 7 7 Washington State University Washington State Cougars 8–4 Pac-12 Mike Leach 3 3 0 6 Offense: Minnesota RB Rodney SmithDefense: Minnesota LB Blake Cashman Washington State by 10College Football http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/ VegasInsider.com VegasInsider.com Inc. 5 December 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111228054517/http://www.vegasinsider.com/college%2Dfootball/odds/las%2Dvegas/ 28 December 2011 Gary Patterson (ACC) 48,704https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=155841 StatBroadcast® Systems - Box Score - Minnesota 17 at Washington State 12 5.93 million (total for both teams)2016 National Funding Holiday Bowl Media Guide http://3yzw3t1s34i327ucsbf7klxx.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Holiday-Bowl-Media-Guide-2016-web.pdf 7 December 2016 December 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185518/http://3yzw3t1s34i327ucsbf7klxx.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Holiday-Bowl-Media-Guide-2016-web.pdf dead ESPN/ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison WilliamsPress Releases 6 December 2016 http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/12/179886/ ESPN 7 December 2016 The 2016 Holiday Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, on December 27, 2016. This was the last time the Holiday Bowl was played at Qualcomm Stadium. The game was played at SDCCU Stadium, the home of the San Diego State Aztecs. The 39th edition of the Holiday Bowl featured the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference versus the Washington State Cougars of the Pac-12 Conference. Sponsored by small business loan company National Funding, the game is officially known as the National Funding Holiday Bowl.MINNESOTA AND WASHINGTON STATE TO FACE OFF IN 2016 NATIONAL FUNDING HOLIDAY BOWL http://www.sandiegobowlgames.com/minnesota-washington-state-face-off-2016-national-funding-holiday-bowl/ San Diego Bowl Game Association December 5, 2016January 2025 InternetArchiveBot yes Teams Minnesota 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team 2016 Big Ten Conference football season This was Minnesota's first appearance in the Holiday Bowl. On December 15, Minnesota players threatened to boycott all football activity, including participation in the 2016 Holiday Bowl, in protest against a decision to suspend ten players from the team.Joe Christensen Gophers players boycott football after suspensions; Holiday Bowl in jeopardy https://www.startribune.com/gophers-football-players-plan-to-threaten-boycott-of-bowl-game/406928136/ Star-Tribune December 16, 2016 December 27, 2016 The suspension was made as a result of school investigation into sexual assault charges from the beginning of school year. The legal process had already run its course, with no charges filed. On December 17, the Golden Gophers ended their boycott and announced they would play.Joe Krawczynski Minnesota team ends boycott threat, will go to Holiday Bowl http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-players-to-boycott-all-football-activities/407048196/ Star-Tribune December 17, 2016 December 27, 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161228124622/http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-players-to-boycott-all-football-activities/407048196/ December 28, 2016 Washington State 2016 Washington State Cougars football team 2016 Pac-12 Conference football season This was Washington State's third appearance in the Holiday Bowl, having lost to #14 Brigham Young in 1981, and having defeated #5 Texas in 2003. Game summary Scoring summary MINN WSU 1 6:23 WSU 17 76 6:33 FG 26 Erik Powell 0 3 2 7:26 MINN 6 14 2:53 FG 43 Emmit Carpenter 3 3 2 0:33 WSU 7 14 1:56 FG 41 Erik Powell 3 6 3 3:23 MINN 10 84 5:22 RecTD Shannon Brooks Mitch Leidner 13 good Emmit Carpenter 10 6 4 2:06 MINN 4 31 0:59 RushTD Rodney Smith 9 good Emmit Carpenter 17 6 4 0:19 WSU 10 79 1:42 RecTD Kyle Sweet Luke Falk 8 pass (Falk–Lewis) failed 17 12 17 12 Statistics Statistics MINN WSU First downs 17 16 Plays-yards 61-279 74-303 Third down efficiency 3-12 7-19 Rushes-yards 41-150 23-39 Passing yards 129 264 Passing, Comp-Att-Int 11-20-0 30-51-1 Time of Possession 28:54 31:06 Team Category Player StatisticsMINN Passing Mitch Leidner 11/20, 129 yds, 1 TD Rushing Rodney Smith 17 car, 74 yds, 1 TD Receiving Drew Wolitarsky 5 rec, 73 ydsWSU Passing Luke Falk 30/51, 264 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Gerard Wicks 5 car, 26 yds Receiving Robert Lewis 6 rec, 86 yds References 30em Category:2016–17 NCAA football bowl games 2016 2016 2016 Holiday Bowl 2016 Holiday Bowl Category:2016 in sports in California Category:December 2016 sports events in the United States