2016 Sun Bowl
| 2016 Hyundai Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 83rd Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Solomon Thomas (DE), Stanford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Stanford by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Elia Esparza | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John McDaid (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 42,166 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,150,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brad Nessler (play-by-play) Gary Danielson (color) Allie LaForce (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Sun Bowl (December) was a postseason college football bowl game, played on December 30, 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.