2016 Heart of Dallas Bowl
| 2016 Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Fair Park Dallas, Texas |
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| MVP | Army QB Ahmad Bradshaw | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Army by 9.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Hubert Owens (SEC) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 39,117 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN, RedVoice, LLC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden (ESPN) Brian Estridge, John Denton, Rob Best, Landry Burdine (RedVoice) |
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The 2016 Heart of Dallas Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on December 27, 2016. The seventh Heart of Dallas Bowl featured the Army Black Knights versus the North Texas Mean Green of Conference USA. Sponsored by chicken fast food restaurant Zaxby's, the game was officially known as the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl. Army beat North Texas 38–31.
The game featured the Army Black Knights against the North Texas Mean Green.
This was the sixth meeting between the schools, with Army previously leading the all-time series 4–1. The most recent meeting was earlier in the season, on October 22, 2016, where the Mean Green defeated the Black Knights by a score of 35–18, marking the first time North Texas had ever beaten Army.
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