| Game Name: | Military Bowl |
| Title Sponsor Suffix: | presented by Northrop Grumman |
| Subheader: | 9th Military Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 27 |
| Year Game Played: | 2016 |
| Football Season: | 2016 |
| Stadium: | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| City: | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Visitor School: | Temple University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Temple |
| Visitor Nickname: | Owls |
| Visitor Record: | 10–3 |
| Visitor Conference: | The American |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 23 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 24 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 24 |
| Visitor Coach: | Ed Foley (interim) |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 6 |
| Home School: | Wake Forest University |
| Home Name Short: | Wake Forest |
| Home Nickname: | Demon Deacons |
| Home Record: | 6–6 |
| Home Conference: | ACC |
| Home Coach: | Dave Clawson |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 17 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 3 |
| Mvp: | Wake Forest LB Thomas Brown |
| Odds: | Temple by 13[1] |
| Referee: | Kevin Stine (Sun Belt) |
| Attendance: | 26,656 |
| Payout: | 1,000,000[2] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | TV: Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra Radio: John Brickley, Brad Edwards |
The 2016 Military Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, on December 27, 2016.[3] The ninth edition of the Military Bowl featured the American Athletic Conference champion Temple Owls versus the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of Atlantic Coast Conference.[4]
The game featured the Temple Owls against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
This was the second all-time meeting between the schools; the previous one was on November 1, 1930, when the Owls defeated the Demon Deacons by a score of 36–0.[5]
See main article: article and 2016 Temple Owls football team.
See main article: article and 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team.
| Statistics | TEM | WAKE |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 21 | 22 |
| Plays-yards | 72–376 | 72–368 |
| Third down efficiency | 1–12 | 6–14 |
| Rushes-yards | 23– -20 (-0.9) | 43-125 (2.9) |
| Passing yards | 396 | 243 |
| Passing, Comp-Att-Int | 28–49–1 | 14–29–2 |
| Time of Possession | 30:57 | 29:03 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| TEM | Passing | ||
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| WAKE | Passing | ||
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