2016 Foster Farms Bowl

The 2016 Foster Farms Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The 15th edition of the Foster Farms Bowl, the game featured the Utah Utes from the Pac-12 Conference against the Indiana Hoosiers from the Big Ten Conference.

2016 Foster Farms Bowl
15th Foster Farms Bowl
Indiana Hoosiers Utah Utes (6–6) (8–4) Big Ten Pac-12 24 26 Head coach:  Tom Allen Head coach:  Kyle Whittingham AP Coaches CFP NR 23 19
1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 7 10 0 7 24 Utah 10 7 6 3 26
Date	December 28, 2016
Season	2016
Stadium	Levi's Stadium
Location	Santa Clara, California
MVP	Offensive: Utah RB Joe Williams Defensive: Indiana LB Tegray Scales
Favorite	Utah by 8[1]
National anthem	Felisha Dias[2]
Referee	David Smith (SEC)
Attendance	27,608
Payout	US$2,584,286[3]
United States TV coverage
Network	Fox
Announcers	Gus Johnson (Play-by-Play) Joel Klatt (Color Analyst) Shannon Spake (Sideline Reporter)
Foster Farms Bowl  < 2015  2017 >

The 2016 edition was the first under its new management, as it is now run by the San Francisco 49ers NFL team.^[4]

Team selection

The game featured conference tie-ins with teams from the Pac-12 Conference and the Big Ten Conference.

Utah

See also: 2016 Utah Utes football team and 2016 Pac-12 Conference football season

The Utes finished their regular season 8-4 and accepted an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl.^[5] This was Utah's second trip to the Foster Farms Bowl, with the previous appearance being during the 2005–06 bowl season when they won against Georgia Tech by a score of 38–10 in the 2005 Emerald Bowl.^[6]

Indiana

See also: 2016 Indiana Hoosiers football team and 2016 Big Ten Conference football season

After finishing their season 6–6, the Hoosiers received an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl, which they accepted.^[7] This bowl marked the Hoosiers' eleventh bowl game (they were 3–7 in bowl games previously) and they were seeking their first bowl victory since the 1991 Copper Bowl, when they shut out Baylor 24–0.

2016 Foster Farms Bowl - Indiana vs. Utah

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP IND UTAH 1 14:08 3 11 0:47 IND Mitchell Paige 7-yard touchdown reception from Richard Lagow, Griffin Oakes kick good 7 0 1 9:30 11 63 4:38 UTAH 30-yard field goal by Andy Phillips 7 3 1 8:41 1 16 0:07 UTAH Joe Williams 16-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good 7 10 2 9:14 9 95 5:29 UTAH Tyler Huntley 1-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good 7 17 2 4:33 5 54 1:18 IND 24-yard field goal by Griffin Oakes 10 17 2 1:38 8 64 2:35 IND Nick Westbrook 36-yard touchdown reception from Zander Diamont, Griffin Oakes kick good 17 17 3 5:40 10 34 5:10 UTAH 48-yard field goal by Andy Phillips 17 20 3 0:30 7 11 2:57 UTAH 41-yard field goal by Andy Phillips 17 23 4 10:10 10 60 2:50 IND Devine Redding 3-yard touchdown run, Griffin Oakes kick good 24 23 4 1:24 10 68 4:10 UTAH 27-yard field goal by Andy Phillips 24 26 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 26

Statistics

Statistics	IND	Utah
First downs	22	21
Plays–yards	77–341	76–470
Rushes–yards	37–117	52–256
Passing yards	224	214
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	15-40-1	12-24-1
Time of possession	24:37	35:23

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
IND	Passing	Richard Lagow	14/39, 188 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Devine Redding	17 car, 72 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Nick Westbrook	5 rec, 80 yds, 1 TD
Utah	Passing	Troy Williams	11/23, 178 yds, 1 INT
	Rushing	Joe Williams	26 car, 222 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Demari Simpkins	4 rec, 58 yds

Media

The 2016 Foster Farms Bowl was the first broadcast under a new deal with Fox News.

Levi's Stadium was equipped for Intel freeD instant replay technology (previously used by CBS during Super Bowl 50 at the stadium earlier in the year) in order to facilitate testing for Be the Player – a new instant replay feature Fox planned to use during Super Bowl LI to present first-person perspectives of plays.^[8][9]