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.
The 2016 edition was the first under its new management, as it is now run by the San Francisco 49ers NFL team.
Team selection The game featured conference tie-ins with teams from the Pac-12 Conference and the Big Ten Conference.
Utah
The Utes finished their regular season 8-4 and accepted an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl.Utah accepts Bowl Bid 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.Utah beats Georgia Tech
Indiana
After finishing their season 6–6, the Hoosiers received an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl, which they accepted. 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.
Game summary
Scoring summary
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 StatisticsIND 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 TDUtah 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.
References
External links Game summary at ESPN