2016 Dollar General Bowl

2016 Dollar General Bowl
18th Dollar General Bowl
Ohio Bobcats Troy Trojans (8–5) (9–3) MAC Sun Belt 23 28 Head coach:  Frank Solich Head coach:  Neal Brown
1 2 3 4 Total Ohio 7 10 3 3 23 Troy 14 7 7 0 28
Date	December 23, 2016
Season	2016
Stadium	Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Location	Mobile, Alabama
MVP	Troy LB Justin Lucas
Favorite	Troy by 3.5
Referee	Tra Blake (C-USA)
Attendance	32,377
Payout	US$750,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek, Dr. Jerry Punch

The 2016 Dollar General Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game that was played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama on December 23, 2016. The 18th edition of the Dollar General Bowl (previously called the GoDaddy Bowl) featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference versus the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference.

Teams

The game featured the Ohio Bobcats against the Troy Trojans.

This was the second meeting between the schools; the first meeting was in the 2010 New Orleans Bowl, where the Trojans defeated the Bobcats by a score of 48–21. Coincidentally, that had been Troy's most recent bowl appearance prior to this game.

Ohio

Main articles: 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2016 Mid-American Conference football season

Troy

Main articles: 2016 Troy Trojans football team and 2016 Sun Belt Conference football season

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Ohio Troy 1 13:34 2 48 0:19 Troy Jordan Chunn 1-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 0 7 1 8:19 7 99 2:58 Ohio Papi White 44-yard touchdown reception from Greg Windham, Louie Zervos kick good 7 7 1 1:14 11 65 4:29 Troy Jordan Chunn 3-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 7 14 2 13:20 10 58 2:54 Ohio 33-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 10 14 2 4:52 5 18 2:03 Troy Emanuel Thompson 11-yard touchdown reception from Brandon Silvers, Ryan Kay kick good 10 21 2 0:59 11 77 3:53 Ohio Jordan Reid 5-yard touchdown reception from Greg Windham, Louie Zervos kick good 17 21 3 5:47 1 4 0:04 Troy Jordan Chunn 4-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 17 28 3 3:28 9 21 2:19 Ohio 47-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 20 28 4 4:01 8 36 3:54 Ohio 37-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 23 28 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 23 28

Statistics

Statistics	Ohio	Troy
First Downs	23	17
Third down efficiency	5–12	8–17
Rushes-yards	30–78 (2.6)	31–87 (2.8)
Passing yards	315	235
Passing, Comp-Att-Int	23–47–4	24–41–2
Time of Possession	30:40	29:20

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Ohio	Passing	Greg Windham	23/47, 315 yds, 2 TD, 4 INT
	Rushing	Greg Windham	10 car, 24 yds
	Receiving	Jordan Reid	12 rec, 162 yds, 1 TD
Troy	Passing	Brandon Silvers	24/41, 235 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Jordan Chunn	20 car, 56 yds, 3 TD
	Receiving	Emanuel Thompson	8 rec, 83 yds, 1 TD

External links

• ESPN summary