2016 Texas Bowl

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.

2016 AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl
11th Texas Bowl
Texas A&M Aggies Kansas State Wildcats (8–4) (8–4) SEC Big 12 28 33 Head coach:  Kevin Sumlin Head coach:  Bill Snyder
1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 7 7 7 7 28 Kansas State 7 16 3 7 33
Date	December 28, 2016
Season	2016
Stadium	NRG Stadium
Location	Houston, Texas
MVP	Jesse Ertz
Favorite	Texas A&M by 3.5
National anthem	Sundance Head
Referee	Jerry McGinn (Big Ten)
Attendance	68,412
Payout	US$3,000,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	TV: Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons

Teams

Texas A&M Aggies

See also: 2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team and 2016 Southeastern Conference football season

Kansas State Wildcats

See also: 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team and 2016 Big 12 Conference football season

Game summary

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	7	7	7	28
Wildcats	7	16	3	7	33

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP KSU TAMU 1 11:30 10 75 3:30 TAMU Keith Ford 7-yard touchdown run, Daniel LaCamera kick good 7 0 1 4:52 1 79 0:11 KSU Byron Pringle 79-yard touchdown reception from Jesse Ertz, Ian Patterson kick good 7 7 2 12:19 8 55 4:45 KSU Ertz 5-yard touchdown run, Patterson kick blocked 7 13 2 10:00 8 75 2:19 TAMU Ricky Seals-Jones 3-yard touchdown reception from Trevor Knight, LaCamera kick good 14 13 2 6:13 7 49 3:47 KSU 40-yard field goal by Patterson 14 16 2 3:07 2 62 0:43 KSU Dominique Heath 52-yard touchdown run, Patterson kick good 14 23 3 6:55 10 90 4:01 TAMU Josh Reynolds 4-yard touchdown reception from Knight, LaCamera kick good 21 23 3 2:48 9 71 4:07 KSU 25-yard field goal by Patterson 21 26 4 9:00 10 66 5:55 KSU Ertz 1-yard touchdown run, Patterson kick good 21 33 4 7:50 3 75 1:10 TAMU Reynolds 15-yard touchdown reception from Knight, LaCamera kick good 28 33 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 33 28

Statistics

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

External links

• Game summary at ESPN