2016 Dollar General Bowl

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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 [1]
Favorite	Troy by 3.5[2]
Referee	Tra Blake (C-USA) [3]
Attendance	32,377[3]
Payout	US$750,000[4]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek, Dr. Jerry Punch
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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.^[7]

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

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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[3]	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