| 2016 Capital One Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CFP New Year’s Six 83rd Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Hard Rock Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Dalvin Cook RB, Florida State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Michigan by 7 (50.5)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Maddie & Tae[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Matt Austin (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | DNCE[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 67,432 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Steve Levy,Brian Griese andTodd McShay (ESPN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2016 Orange Bowl was acollege footballbowl game played on December 30, 2016 atHard Rock Stadium inMiami Gardens, Florida, played between theMichigan Wolverines of theBig Ten Conference against theFlorida State Seminoles of theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It was one of the2016–17 bowl games that concluded the2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Florida State won the game by a score of 33–32.Dalvin Cook,running back for the Seminoles, was named the game's MVP.
The game was played on the 30th instead of on December 31 or January 1, as the following day'sCollege Football Playoff semi-final bowls were played with earlier kick-off times that intruded into the New Year's Six early-afternoon scheduling window.[3][4]
This Orange Bowl game featured theMichigan Wolverines and theFlorida State Seminoles.
This was the third meeting between the two schools, with the all time series tied at 1–1;[5] the most recent previous meeting was in 1991, when theSeminoles defeated theWolverines by a score of 51–31 inAnn Arbor, Michigan.[6] The other meeting occurred in 1986 when theWolverines defeated theSeminoles by a score of 20–18, a game also played in Ann Arbor.
After finishing their regular season with a 10–2 record, the Wolverines were selected to their third Orange Bowl appearance. This was their 45th bowl game appearance, the 11th-highest total all-time among FBS schools.
After finishing their regular season with a 9–3 record, the Seminoles were selected to their 10th Orange Bowl appearance, the third most Orange Bowl appearances by any team. This will be their 46th bowl game appearance.[7]
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| Statistics | Michigan | Florida State |
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| First Downs | 16 | 15 |
| Plays-yards | 74-252 | 62-371 |
| Third down efficiency | 7-20 | 3-13 |
| Rushes-yards | 36-89 | 35-149 |
| Passing yards | 163 | 222 |
| Passing, Comp-Att-Int | 21-38-1 | 9-27-1 |
| Time of Possession | 34:17 | 25:43 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Michigan | Passing | Wilton Speight | 21/38, 163 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Chris Evans | 8 car, 49 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Amara Darboh | 5 rec, 36 yds | |
| Florida State | Passing | Deondre Francois | 9/27, 222 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Dalvin Cook | 20 car, 145 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Nyquan Murray | 2 rec, 104 yds |