2016 Sun Bowl

{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Sun Bowl

| subheader = 83rd Sun Bowl

| title_sponsor = Hyundai

| image =

| caption =

| date_game_played = December 30

| year_game_played = 2016

| football_season = 2016

| stadium = Sun Bowl

| city = El Paso, Texas

| visitor_school = Stanford University

| visitor_name_short = Stanford

| visitor_nickname = Cardinal

| visitor_record = 9–3

| visitor_conference = Pac-12

| visitor_rank_AP = 16

| visitor_rank_coaches = 16

| visitor_rank_BCS =

| visitor_rank_CFP = 18

| visitor_coach = David Shaw

| visitor_1q = 7

| visitor_2q = 6

| visitor_3q = 3

| visitor_4q = 9

| home_school = University of North Carolina

| home_name_short = North Carolina

| home_nickname = Tar Heels

| home_record = 8–4

| home_conference = ACC

| home_rank_AP =

| home_rank_coaches =

| home_rank_BCS =

| home_rank_CFP =

| home_coach = Larry Fedora

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 0

| home_3q = 10

| home_4q = 6

| MVP = Solomon Thomas (DE), Stanford

| odds = Stanford by 3{{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}}

| anthem = Elia Esparzahttps://www.facebook.com/eliaesparzamusic/posts/1105913679531258 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

| referee = John McDaid (SEC)

| halftime =

| attendance = 42,166

| payout = 2,150,000[http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html Bowl payout]

| us_network = CBS

| us_announcers = Brad Nessler (play-by-play)
Gary Danielson (color)
Allie LaForce (sideline)

| ratings =

| intl_network =

| intl_announcers =

}}

The 2016 Sun Bowl (December) was a postseason college football bowl game, played on December 30, 2016.{{cite web|last1=Vassar|first1=Matt|title=Stanford Selected to 2016 Sun Bowl, Will Play UNC|url=http://www.ruleoftree.com/2016/12/4/13835176/stanford-selected-to-2016-sun-bowl-will-play-pitt-gt-unc-miami|website=Rule of Tree|date=4 December 2016|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=December 4, 2016}} It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. It featured the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference and the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Teams

= Stanford =

{{main|2016 Stanford Cardinal football team|2016 Pac-12 Conference football season}}

= North Carolina =

{{main|2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season}}

Game summary

=Scoring summary=

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart|VisitorName=STAN|HomeName=UNC|state=}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=8:58

| Team=UNC

| DrivePlays=10

| DriveLength=71

| DriveTime=4:16

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Ryan Switzer

| QB=Mitch Trubisky

| yards=19

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Nick Weiler

| Visitor=0

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=6:11

| Team=STAN

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=2:47

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Bryce Love

| QB=Keller Chryst

| yards=49

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Conrad Ukropina

| Visitor=7

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=14:13

| Team=STAN

| DrivePlays=12

| DriveLength=29

| DriveTime=5:12

| Type=FG

| yards=44

| Kicker=Conrad Ukropina

| Visitor=10

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=0:32

| Team=STAN

| DrivePlays=5

| DriveLength=2

| DriveTime=1:20

| Type=FG

| yards=33

| Kicker=Conrad Ukropina

| Visitor=13

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=10:18

| Team=STAN

| DrivePlays=5

| DriveLength=40

| DriveTime=1:53

| Type=FG

| yards=43

| Kicker=Conrad Ukropina

| Visitor=16

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=6:56

| Team=UNC

| DrivePlays=8

| DriveLength=55

| DriveTime=3:22

| Type=FG

| yards=37

| Kicker=Nick Weiler

| Visitor=16

| Home=10

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=2:09

| Team=UNC

| DrivePlays=9

| DriveLength=68

| DriveTime=3:12

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Jordon Brown

| yards=5

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Nick Weiler

| Visitor=16

| Home=17

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=14:13

| Team=STAN

| DrivePlays=

| DriveLength=

| DriveTime=

| Type=IntTD

| Def=Dallas Lloyd

| yards=19

| 2pt type=pass

| 2pt result=failed

| Visitor=22

| Home=17

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=3:23

| Team=STAN

| DrivePlays=12

| DriveLength=70

| DriveTime=7:17

| Type=FG

| yards=27

| Kicker=Conrad Ukropina

| Visitor=25

| Home=17

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=0:25

| Team=UNC

| DrivePlays=10

| DriveLength=97

| DriveTime=1:09

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Bug Howard

| QB=Mitch Trubisky

| yards=2

| 2pt type=run

| 2pt result=failed

| Visitor=25

| Home=23

}}

=Statistics=

class="wikitable" ! Statistics !! style="background:#8c1515; color:#ffffff"\|STAN !! style="background:#6699cc; color:#000000"\|UNC
First Downs	16	25
Plays-yards	61–287	75–398
Third down efficiency	5–15	5–13
Rushes-yards	44–133	37–118
Passing yards	154	280
Passing, Comp-Att-Int	9–17–0	23–38–2
Time of Possession	32:25	27:35

class="wikitable" ! Team !! Category !! Player !! Statistics
rowspan=3 style="background:#8c1515; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;"\|STAN	Passing	Ryan Burns	6–11, 86 yards
Rushing	Bryce Love	22 carries, 115 yards
Receiving	Bryce Love	1 reception, 49 yards
rowspan=3 style="background:#6699cc; color:#000000; text-align:center;"\|UNC	Passing	Mitchell Trubisky	23–38, 280 yards
Rushing	T.J. Logan	19 carries, 72 yards
Receiving	Austin Proehl	7 receptions, 91 yards

References

Category:2016–17 NCAA football bowl games

2016

2016 Sun Bowl

Category:December 2016 sports events in the United States

Category:2016 in sports in Texas