2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (December)
| 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| (a.k.a. Gator Bowl) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | EverBank Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia Tech by 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Reggie Smith (Big XII) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 43,102 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,750,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Mark Jones (play-by-play) Rod Gilmore (color) Quint Kessenich (sidelines) |
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The 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The 72nd edition of the TaxSlayer Bowl (formerly the Gator Bowl) featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference. It began at 11 AM EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor was tax preparation software company TaxSlayer.com.
This was the 20th overall meeting between the two teams, with Georgia Tech holding a 11–7–1 series lead coming into the game. The previous time the two teams met was in 1960, when both teams were members of the Southeastern Conference. In that game, Georgia Tech beat Kentucky 23–13.
Georgia Tech was led by head coach Paul Johnson. The Yellow Jackets began the season 3–0, before losing three games in a row to become 3–3 halfway through the season. Georgia Tech went 5–1 the second half of the season, ending their regular season in a 28–27 victory over their rivals Georgia.
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