The2016 Sugar Bowl is abowl game that was played on January 1, 2016 at theMercedes-Benz Superdome inNew Orleans, Louisiana. This 82ndSugar Bowl was played between theUniversity of Mississippi andOklahoma State University. It is one of the2015–16 bowl games that concluded the2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by theAllstate insurance company, the game is officially known as theAllstate Sugar Bowl.

The contest was televised onESPN andESPN Deportes, with a radio broadcast onESPN Radio andXM Satellite Radio. Kickoff time was set for 8:30 p.m. EST.

In the game, Ole Miss won by a score of 48–20 to get their first 10–win season since 2003, and only their second since the Vaught era. Both teams finished their respective seasons with 10–3 records.

This was Oklahoma State's first Sugar Bowl since1946, and Ole Miss's first since1970. It was the third meeting between the two schools, having contested theCotton Bowl Classic in2004 and2010. Ole Miss won all three games.

Oklahoma State began the season winning their first 10 games, which included a win over then–no. 5TCU. Following the 10–0 start, the Cowboys had a #4 ranking in theCollege Football Playoff poll and controlled its own destiny in the Big 12. However, the Cowboys' undefeated season came to end when then–no. 10Baylor beat them in Stillwater. The Cowboys would then lose another game at home in blowout fashion to rival and eventual Big 12 champion and College Football Playoff participant,Oklahoma. The Cowboys then fell to #16 in the CFP poll entering the Sugar Bowl, their first New Year's Six bowl game.

Ole Miss began the season by handily defeating their first two opponents, scoring at least 73 points in each of the first two games before playing the then–second rankedAlabama on the road. In an upset, the Rebels beat the Crimson Tide and rose to #3 in the AP Poll. Just two weeks later, however, the Rebels would be blown out by then–no. 25Florida. Following an easy win overNew Mexico State, the Rebels traveled toMemphis, who they lost to in an upset. Ole Miss won their next two games against then–no. 15Texas A&M andAuburn and performed well in the SEC West before suffering a defeat toArkansas. Ole Miss ended the regular season with double digit wins over rivalsLSU andMississippi State and were ranked #12 coming into the game, which was their second consecutive New Year's Six bowl game.

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