2016 Pinstripe Bowl

The 2016 Pinstripe Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The seventh edition of the Pinstripe Bowl featured the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

2016 New Era Pinstripe Bowl
7th Pinstripe Bowl
Pittsburgh Panthers Northwestern Wildcats (8–4) (6–6) ACC Big Ten 24 31 Head coach:  Pat Narduzzi Head coach:  Pat Fitzgerald AP CFP 22 23
1 2 3 4 Total Pittsburgh 3 7 7 7 24 Northwestern 0 14 7 10 31
Date	December 28, 2016
Season	2016
Stadium	Yankee Stadium
Location	Bronx, New York
MVP	Northwestern RB Justin Jackson[1]
Favorite	Pitt by 5[2]
Referee	Dan Romeo (Big 12) [3]
Attendance	37,918 [3]
Payout	US$2,000,000 [4]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	TV: Ryan Ruocco, Mike Golic, Mike Golic Jr, Paul Caracaterra, Radio: Kevin Winter, Jack Ford, CJ Papa
Pinstripe Bowl  ← 2015  2017 →

Teams selected

The game featured conference tie-ins from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference.

This was the seventh meeting between the schools, with the series previously tied at 3–3. The previous meeting of the two teams was on September 29, 1973, where the Panthers defeated the Wildcats by a score of 21–14.^[5]

Pittsburgh Panthers

See also: 2016 Pittsburgh Panthers football team and 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

Northwestern Wildcats

See also: 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team and 2016 Big Ten Conference football season

Game summary

Box score

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	3	7	7	7	24
Wildcats	0	14	7	10	31

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP PITT NU 1 11:53 5 30 1:14 PITT 46-yard field goal by Chris Blewitt 3 0 2 14:31 10 99 4:19 NU Justin Jackson 8-yard touchdown run, Jack Mitchell kick good 3 7 2 3:08 8 74 2:35 NU Justin Jackson 16-yard touchdown run, Jack Mitchell kick good 3 14 2 2:51 1 69 0:11 PITT Jester Weah 69-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Peterman, Chris Blewitt kick good 10 14 3 13:13 4 68 1:46 PITT Nathan Peterman 5-yard touchdown run, Chris Blewitt kick good 17 14 3 7:47 14 89 5:18 NU Justin Jackson 40-yard touchdown run, Jack Mitchell kick good 17 21 4 13:15 6 22 3:20 PITT George Aston 6-yard touchdown reception from Ben DiNucci, Chris Blewitt kick good 24 21 4 8:23 14 76 4:44 NU Garrett Dickerson 21-yard touchdown reception from Clayton Thorson, Jack Mitchell kick good 24 28 4 6:17 5 9 1:57 NU 37-yard field goal by Jack Mitchell 24 31 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 31

Source: ^[3]

Statistics

Statistics	PITT	NU
First downs	18	27
Plays–yards	61–438	86–462
Rushes–yards	32–169 (5.3)	50–248 (5.0)
Passing yards	269	214
Passing: comp–att–int	16–29–3	23–36–1
Time of possession	24:38	35:22

Source:^[6]

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
PITT	Passing	Nathan Peterman	13/18, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Quadree Henderson	6 car, 76 yds
	Receiving	Dontez Ford	3 rec, 53 yds
NU	Passing	Clayton Thorson	23/36, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Justin Jackson	32 car, 224 yds, 3 TD
	Receiving	Austin Carr	6 rec, 51 yds

Source: ^[3]