2016 Armed Forces Bowl


The 2016 Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 23, 2016 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The fourteenth annual edition of the Armed Forces Bowl was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season and was sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin; it was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.

Team selection

The game featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs against the Navy Midshipmen.
This was the third meeting between the schools, with Navy winning both previous ones. The most recent meeting was on September 18, 2010, where the Midshipmen defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 37–23.

Louisiana Tech

Navy

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

StatisticsLa. TechNavy
First Downs3125
Total offense, plays – yards73–49761–459
Rushes-yards 33–88 49–300
Passing yards 409159
Passes, Comp-Att-Int29–40–07–12–0
Time of Possession31:3128:29

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
La. TechPassingRyan Higgins29/40, 409 yds, 4 TD
La. TechRushingJarred Craft17 car, 63 yds
La. TechReceivingTrent Taylor12 rec, 233 yds, 2 TD
NavyPassingZach Abey7/12, 159 yds, 1 TD
NavyRushingZach Abey25 car, 114 yds, 2 TD
NavyReceivingDarryl Bonner2 rec, 79 yds, 1 TD