2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (January)

The 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2016, at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The 71st edition of the Gator Bowl featured the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference against the Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference. It began at noon EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor was tax preparation software company TaxSlayer.com, and for sponsorship reasons was officially known as the TaxSlayer Bowl.

2016 TaxSlayer Bowl
71st Gator Bowl
1234 Total
Penn State 03014 17
Georgia 31470 24
DateJanuary 2, 2016
Season2015
StadiumEverBank Field
LocationJacksonville, Florida
MVPTerry Godwin (WR, Georgia) & Trace McSorley (QB, Penn State)
FavoriteGeorgia by 6½
RefereeMike Mothershed (Pac-12)
Attendance58,212
PayoutUS$2,750,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersAllen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins, & Tiffany Greene (ESPN)
Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi, & Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)
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