| Game Name: | Texas Bowl |
| Subheader: | 11th Texas Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | AdvoCare V100 |
| Date Game Played: | December 28 |
| Year Game Played: | 2016 |
| Football Season: | 2016 |
| Stadium: | NRG Stadium |
| City: | Houston, Texas |
| Home School: | Kansas State University |
| Home Name Short: | Kansas State |
| Home Nickname: | Wildcats |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home Coach: | Bill Snyder |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 16 |
| Home 3Q: | 3 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Visitor School: | Texas A&M University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Texas A&M |
| Visitor Nickname: | Aggies |
| Visitor Record: | 8–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | SEC |
| Visitor Coach: | Kevin Sumlin |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Odds: | Texas A&M by 3.5[1] |
| Mvp: | Jesse Ertz |
| Anthem: | Sundance Head |
| Referee: | Jerry McGinn (Big Ten) |
| Attendance: | 68,412[2] |
| Payout: | 3,000,000[3] |
| Us Network: | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | TV: Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
The 2016 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by the AdvoCare nutrition and sports performance company, it is officially known as the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The eleventh edition of the Texas Bowl, it featured the Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference against the Texas A&M Aggies of the Southeastern Conference. This was the first meeting between the two teams since Texas A&M left the Big 12 Conference after the 2011 season.
See also: 2016 Southeastern Conference football season.
See also: 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team and 2016 Big 12 Conference football season.
| Statistics | A&M | KSU |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 17 |
| Plays–yards | 76–454 | 53–413 |
| Rushes–yards | 28–144 | 41–218 |
| Passing yards | 310 | 195 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 30–48–1 | 14–20–0 |
| Time of possession | 27:11 | 32:49 |