College football game
The 2016 Citrus Bowl (December) was an American college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016, at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida . The 71st edition of the Citrus Bowl , it was one of the 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The game was nationally televised by ABC . It was sponsored by the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant franchise and was officially titled the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl .
Teams were selected from the SEC and the ACC . The matchup was announced on December 4, 2016. LSU was chosen from the SEC and Louisville was chosen from the ACC.
LSU Tigers [ edit ]
Louisville Cardinals [ edit ]
Game summary [ edit ]
Scoring summary [ edit ]
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
LSU
UL
1
7:14
5
55
1:11
UL
24-yard field goal by Blanton Creque
0
3
2
14:54
7
52
3:41
LSU
Colin Heter 1-yard touchdown reception from Danny Etling , Colby Delahoussaye kick good
7
3
2
7:14
13
79
5:45
LSU
Derrius Guice 1-yard touchdown reception from Danny Etling, Colby Delahoussaye kick good
14
3
2
1:08
LSU
Lamar Jackson tackled in end zone for a safety by Arden Key
16
3
2
0:00
4
3
0:54
UL
47-yard field goal by Blanton Creque
16
6
3
8:48
2
82
0:45
LSU
Derrius Guice 70-yard touchdown run, Colby Delahoussaye kick good
23
6
3
3:04
8
35
4:18
LSU
42-yard field goal by Colby Delahoussaye
26
6
4
14:43
12
56
3:21
UL
30-yard field goal by Blanton Creque
26
9
4
10:38
8
41
4:05
LSU
25-yard field goal by Colby Delahoussaye
29
9
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
29
9
Statistics [ edit ]
Statistics
LSU
UL
First Downs
20
11
Plays-yards
70–394
62–220
Third down efficiency
7–17
2–17
Rushes-yards
41–177
35–67
Passing yards
217
153
Passing, Comp-Att-Int
16–29–1
10–27–0
Time of Possession
35:38
24:22
"Source": [1]
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
LSU
Passing
Danny Etling
16/29, 217 yds, 2 TD 1 INT
Rushing
Derrius Guice
26 car, 138 yds, 1 TD
Receiving
Malachi Dupre
7 rec, 139 yds
UL
Passing
Lamar Jackson
10/27, 153 yds
Rushing
Lamar Jackson
26 car, 33 yds
Receiving
James Quick
3 rec, 81 yds
"Source": [2]
References [ edit ]
History & conference tie-ins Tangerine Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl Capital One Bowl Citrus Bowl
There were games in January and December of 1958, 1960, and 2016. As a result, there were no games in 1959, 1986 or 2017.