2016 Armed Forces Bowl

{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Armed Forces Bowl

| game_link = Armed Forces Bowl

| subheader = 14th Armed Forces Bowl

| title_sponsor = Lockheed Martin

| image =

| caption =

| date_game_played = December 23

| year_game_played = 2016

| football_season = 2016

| stadium = Amon G. Carter Stadium

| city = Fort Worth, Texas

| visitor_school =

| visitor_name_short = Louisiana Tech

| visitor_nickname = Bulldogs

| visitor_record = 8–5

| visitor_conference = C-USA

| visitor_rank_AP =

| visitor_rank_coaches =

| visitor_rank_CFP =

| visitor_coach = Skip Holtz

| visitor_1q = 17

| visitor_2q = 14

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 17

| home_school =

| home_name_short = Navy

| home_nickname = Midshipmen

| home_record = 9–4

| home_conference = The American

| home_rank_AP =

| home_rank_coaches =

| home_rank_CFP = 25

| home_coach = Ken Niumatalolo

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 17

| home_3q = 7

| home_4q = 14

| odds = Navy by 1{{cite web | url=http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/18228600/college-football-full-list-odds-every-bowl-game| title=College Bowl Game Odds| publisher=ESPN| date=December 7, 2016 | access-date=December 9, 2016}}

| MVP = Trent Taylor (La. Tech-WR)
Zach Abey (Navy-QB)

| anthem =

| referee = Larry Smith (MAC)

| halftime =

| attendance = 40,542

| payout = 675,000[http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html Bowl payout]

| us_network = ESPN
RedVoice, LLC

| us_announcers = Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey, Kris Budden (ESPN)
Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine (RedVoice)

| ratings =

| different_previous = 2015

}}

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.

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.[http://www.winsipedia.com/louisiana-tech/vs/navy Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Navy Midshipmen series history]

=Louisiana Tech=

{{See also|2016 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team|2016 Conference USA football season}}

=Navy=

{{See also|2016 Navy Midshipmen football team|2016 American Athletic Conference football season}}

Game summary

=Scoring summary=

{{cite web|title=2016 Armed Forces Bowl Game Stats|url=http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=155832|website=Stat Broadcast|publisher=Stat Broadcast|access-date=23 December 2016}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart|VisitorName=La. Tech|HomeName=Navy|state=expand}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=13:35

| Team=La. Tech

| DrivePlays=4

| DriveLength=16

| DriveTime=1:25

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Ryan Higgins

| yards=1

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Jonathan Barnes

| Visitor=7

| Home=0

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=9:48

| Team=La. Tech

| DrivePlays=8

| DriveLength=48

| DriveTime=3:03

| Type=FG

| yards=22

| Kicker=Jonathan Barnes

| Visitor=10

| Home=0

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=4:04

| Team=Navy

| DrivePlays=8

| DriveLength=55

| DriveTime=2:46

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Zach Abey

| yards=3

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Bennett Moehring

| Visitor=10

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=0:18

| Team=La. Tech

| DrivePlays=9

| DriveLength=66

| DriveTime=3:39

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Trent Taylor

| QB= Ryan Higgins

| yards=19

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Jonathan Barnes

| 2pt type=run/pass

| 2pt result=good/failed/incomplete

| Visitor=17

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=14:49

| Team=Navy

| DrivePlays=2

| DriveLength=73

| DriveTime=0:24

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Darryl Bonner

| QB= Zach Abey

| yards=64

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Bennett Moehring

| 2pt type=run/pass

| 2pt result=good/failed/incomplete

| Visitor=17

| Home=14

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=11:17

| Team=Navy

| DrivePlays=3

| DriveLength=52

| DriveTime=1:47

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Zach Abey

| yards=2

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Bennett Moehring

| Visitor=17

| Home=21

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=7:15

| Team=La. Tech

| DrivePlays=9

| DriveLength=65

| DriveTime=4:02

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Carlos Henderson

| QB= Ryan Higgins

| yards=3

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Jonathan Barnes

| 2pt type=run/pass

| 2pt result=good/failed/incomplete

| Visitor=24

| Home=21

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=2:02

| Team=Navy

| DrivePlays=10

| DriveLength=41

| DriveTime=5:07

| Type=FG

| yards=40

| Kicker=Bennett Noehring

| Visitor=24

| Home=24

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=0:35

| Team=La. Tech

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=83

| DriveTime=1:22

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Trent Taylor

| QB= Ryan Higgins

| yards=51

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Jonathan Barnes

| 2pt type=run/pass

| 2pt result=good/failed/incomplete

| Visitor=31

| Home=24

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=7:53

| Team=Navy

| DrivePlays=14

| DriveLength=90

| DriveTime=7:02

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Chris High

| yards=24

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Bennett Moehring

| Visitor=31

| Home=31

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=13:10

| Team=La. Tech

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=70

| DriveTime=26

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Boston Scott

| yards=12

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Jonathan Barnes

| Visitor=38

| Home=31

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=9:05

| Team=Navy

| DrivePlays=10

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=4:05

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Chris High

| yards=9

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Bennett Moehring

| Visitor=38

| Home=38

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=4:12

| Team=La. Tech

| DrivePlays=10

| DriveLength=72

| DriveTime=4:48

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Carlos Henderson

| QB= Ryan Higgins

| yards=4

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Jonathan Barnes

| 2pt type=run/pass

| 2pt result=good/failed/incomplete

| Visitor=45

| Home=38

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=3:46

| Team=Navy

| DrivePlays=2

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=0:20

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Malcolm Perry

| yards=30

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Bennett Moehring

| Visitor=45

| Home=45

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=0:00

| Team=La. Tech

| DrivePlays=9

| DriveLength=70

| DriveTime=3:40

| Type=FG

| yards=32

| Kicker=Jonathan Barnes

| Visitor=48

| Home=45

}}

=Statistics=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Bulldogs

|R1=17|R2=14|R3=0|R4=17

|Home=Midshipmen

|H1=7|H2=17|H3=7|H4=14}}

class="wikitable" ! Statistics !! style="{{NCAA color cell\|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}"\|La. Tech !! style="{{NCAA color cell\|Navy Midshipmen}}"\|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

class="wikitable" ! Team !! Category !! Player !! Statistics
rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell\|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}; text-align:center"\| 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
rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell\|Navy Midshipmen}}; text-align:center"\| 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

References

Category:2016–17 NCAA football bowl games

2016

2016 Armed Forces Bowl

Category:December 2016 sports events in the United States

Category:2016 in sports in Texas

2016 Armed Forces Bowl