| Game Name: | Citrus Bowl |
| Subheader: | 71st Citrus Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Buffalo Wild Wings |
| Date Game Played: | December 31 |
| Year Game Played: | 2016 |
| Football Season: | 2016 |
| Stadium: | Camping World Stadium |
| City: | Orlando, Florida |
| State: | Florida |
| Visitor School: | Louisiana State |
| Visitor Name Short: | LSU |
| Visitor Nickname: | Tigers |
| Visitor Record: | 7–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | SEC |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 19 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 20 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 20 |
| Visitor Coach: | Ed Orgeron |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 16 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Home School: | Louisville |
| Home Name Short: | Louisville |
| Home Nickname: | Cardinals |
| Home Record: | 9–3 |
| Home Conference: | ACC |
| Home Rank Ap: | 15 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 15 |
| Home Rank Cfp: | 13 |
| Home Coach: | Bobby Petrino |
| Home 1Q: | 3 |
| Home 2Q: | 3 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 3 |
| Odds: | LSU by 3.5[1] |
| Mvp: | Derrius Guice, LSU |
| Referee: | Mark Duddy (Pac-12) |
| Attendance: | 46,063 |
| Payout: | 4,250,000[2] |
| Us Network: | ABC |
| Us Announcers: | Dave Pasch (play-by-play) Greg McElroy (color) Tom Luginbill (sidelines) |
| Different Previous: | 2016 (Jan) |
| Different Next: | 2018 |
The 2016 Citrus Bowl (December) was an American college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016, at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 71st edition of the Citrus Bowl, it was one of the 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was nationally televised by ABC. It was sponsored by the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant franchise and was officially titled the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl.
Teams were selected from the SEC and the ACC. The matchup was announced on December 4, 2016. LSU was chosen from the SEC and Louisville was chosen from the ACC.
See main article: 2016 LSU Tigers football team and 2016 Southeastern Conference football season.
See main article: 2016 Louisville Cardinals football team and 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season.
| Statistics | LSU | UL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 20 | 11 | |
| Plays-yards | 70–394 | 62–220 | |
| Third down efficiency | 7–17 | 2–17 | |
| Rushes-yards | 41–177 | 35–67 | |
| Passing yards | 217 | 153 | |
| Passing, Comp-Att-Int | 16–29–1 | 10–27–0 | |
| Time of Possession | 35:38 | 24:22 | |
| "Source": http://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup?gameId=400876106 | |||
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU | Passing | 16/29, 217 yds, 2 TD 1 INT | ||
| Rushing | 26 car, 138 yds, 1 TD | |||
| Receiving | 7 rec, 139 yds | |||
| UL | Passing | 10/27, 153 yds | ||
| Rushing | Lamar Jackson | 26 car, 33 yds | ||
| Receiving | James Quick | 3 rec, 81 yds | ||
| "Source": https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2016-12-31-louisville.html#all_team_stats | ||||