| Game Name: | Dollar General Bowl |
| Subheader: | 18th Dollar General Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 23 |
| Year Game Played: | 2016 |
| Football Season: | 2016 |
| Stadium: | Ladd–Peebles Stadium |
| City: | Mobile, Alabama |
| Visitor School: | Ohio University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Ohio |
| Visitor Nickname: | Bobcats |
| Visitor Record: | 8–5 |
| Visitor Conference: | MAC |
| Visitor Coach: | Frank Solich |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Home School: | Troy University |
| Home Name Short: | Troy |
| Home Nickname: | Trojans |
| Home Record: | 9–3 |
| Home Conference: | Sun Belt |
| Home Coach: | Neal Brown |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Troy LB Justin Lucas [1] |
| Odds: | Troy by 3.5[2] |
| Referee: | Tra Blake (C-USA) |
| Attendance: | 32,377 |
| Payout: | 750,000[3] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek, Dr. Jerry Punch |
| Different Previous: | Dec 2015 |
| Different Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Dollar General Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game that was played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama on December 23, 2016.[4] The 18th edition of the Dollar General Bowl (previously called the GoDaddy Bowl) featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference versus the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference.[5]
The game featured the Ohio Bobcats against the Troy Trojans.
This was the second meeting between the schools; the first meeting was in the 2010 New Orleans Bowl, where the Trojans defeated the Bobcats by a score of 48–21. Coincidentally, that had been Troy's most recent bowl appearance prior to this game.[6]
See main article: article, 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2016 Mid-American Conference football season.
See main article: article, 2016 Troy Trojans football team and 2016 Sun Belt Conference football season.
| Statistics[9] | Ohio | Troy |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 23 | 17 |
| Third down efficiency | 5–12 | 8–17 |
| Rushes-yards | 30–78 (2.6) | 31–87 (2.8) |
| Passing yards | 315 | 235 |
| Passing, Comp-Att-Int | 23–47–4 | 24–41–2 |
| Time of Possession | 30:40 | 29:20 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | Passing | Greg Windham | 23/47, 315 yds, 2 TD, 4 INT |
| Rushing | Greg Windham | 10 car, 24 yds | |
| Receiving | Jordan Reid | 12 rec, 162 yds, 1 TD | |
| Troy | Passing | Brandon Silvers | 24/41, 235 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Jordan Chunn | 20 car, 56 yds, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Emanuel Thompson | 8 rec, 83 yds, 1 TD |