2016 Armed Forces Bowl

The 2016 Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 23, 2016, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The fourteenth annual edition of the Armed Forces Bowl was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season and was sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin; it was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.

2016 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
14th Armed Forces Bowl
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Navy Midshipmen (8–5) (9–4) C-USA The American 48 45 Head coach:  Skip Holtz Head coach:  Ken Niumatalolo CFP 25
1 2 3 4 Total Louisiana Tech 17 14 0 17 48 Navy 7 17 7 14 45
Date	December 23, 2016
Season	2016
Stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
Location	Fort Worth, Texas
MVP	Trent Taylor (La. Tech-WR) Zach Abey (Navy-QB)
Favorite	Navy by 1[1]
Referee	Larry Smith (MAC) [2]
Attendance	40,542[2]
Payout	US$675,000[3]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN RedVoice, LLC
Announcers	Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey, Kris Budden (ESPN) Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine (RedVoice)
Armed Forces Bowl  < 2015 2017 >

Team selection

The game featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs against the Navy Midshipmen.

This was the third meeting between the schools, with Navy winning both previous ones. The most recent meeting was on September 18, 2010, where the Midshipmen defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 37–23.^[4]

Louisiana Tech

See also: 2016 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team and 2016 Conference USA football season

Navy

See also: 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team and 2016 American Athletic Conference football season

Game summary

Scoring summary

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Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP La. Tech Navy 1 13:35 4 16 1:25 La. Tech Ryan Higgins 1-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Barnes kick good 7 0 1 9:48 8 48 3:03 La. Tech 22-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes 10 0 1 4:04 8 55 2:46 Navy Zach Abey 3-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 10 7 1 0:18 9 66 3:39 La. Tech Trent Taylor 19-yard touchdown reception from Ryan Higgins, Jonathan Barnes kick good 17 7 2 14:49 2 73 0:24 Navy Darryl Bonner 64-yard touchdown reception from Zach Abey, Bennett Moehring kick good 17 14 2 11:17 3 52 1:47 Navy Zach Abey 2-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 17 21 2 7:15 9 65 4:02 La. Tech Carlos Henderson 3-yard touchdown reception from Ryan Higgins, Jonathan Barnes kick good 24 21 2 2:02 10 41 5:07 Navy 40-yard field goal by Bennett Noehring 24 24 2 0:35 6 83 1:22 La. Tech Trent Taylor 51-yard touchdown reception from Ryan Higgins, Jonathan Barnes kick good 31 24 3 7:53 14 90 7:02 Navy Chris High 24-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 31 31 4 13:10 6 70 26 La. Tech Boston Scott 12-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Barnes kick good 38 31 4 9:05 10 75 4:05 Navy Chris High 9-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 38 38 4 4:12 10 72 4:48 La. Tech Carlos Henderson 4-yard touchdown reception from Ryan Higgins, Jonathan Barnes kick good 45 38 4 3:46 2 75 0:20 Navy Malcolm Perry 30-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 45 45 4 0:00 9 70 3:40 La. Tech 32-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes 48 45 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 48 45

Statistics

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	17	14	0	17	48
Midshipmen	7	17	7	14	45

Statistics	La. Tech	Navy
First Downs	31	25
Total offense, plays – yards	73–497	61–459
Rushes-yards (net)	33–88 (2.7)	49–300 (6.1)
Passing yards (net)	409	159
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	29–40–0	7–12–0
Time of Possession	31:31	28:29

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
La. Tech	Passing	Ryan Higgins	29/40, 409 yds, 4 TD
	Rushing	Jarred Craft	17 car, 63 yds
	Receiving	Trent Taylor	12 rec, 233 yds, 2 TD
Navy	Passing	Zach Abey	7/12, 159 yds, 1 TD
	Rushing	Zach Abey	25 car, 114 yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	Darryl Bonner	2 rec, 79 yds, 1 TD