| 2016 Gildan New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 11th New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 17, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | University Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: New Mexico QB Lamar Jordan[1] Defense:New Mexico LB Dakota Cox[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | New Mexico by 7[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Senior Airman Rashaun Carter[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jason McArthur (Sun Belt)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 29,688[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$456,250[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath (ESPN) Roy Philpott, Clint Stoerner, Kevin Weidl (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 17, 2016 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The eleventh annual New Mexico Bowl, was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. The game aired on ESPN. Sponsored by clothing company Gildan Activewear, the game was officially known as the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.
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