2016 Bahamas Bowl
| 2016 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Thomas Robinson Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nassau, Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Old Dominion by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Charles Lewis (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,422 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$450,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
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ESPN RedVoice, LLC |
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| Announcers | Steve Levy, Mack Brown, Kaylee Hartung (ESPN) Brian Hanni, Rob Best (RedVoice) |
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The 2016 Bahamas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 23, 2016 at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The third edition of the Bahamas Bowl featured the Eastern Michigan Eagles of the Mid-American Conference against the Old Dominion Monarchs of Conference USA. It began at 1:00 PM EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant chain, the game was officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.
The game featured the Eastern Michigan Eagles against the Old Dominion Monarchs.
This was the third meeting between the schools, with Old Dominion winning both previous ones. The most recent meeting was on September 5, 2015, where the Monarchs defeated the Eagles by a score of 38–34.
After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Richard Giannini extended an invitation for the Eagles to play in the game, which they accepted.
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