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College football game
2016 Hyundai Sun Bowl
83rd Sun Bowl
Stanford Cardinal
North Carolina Tar Heels
(9–3)
(8–4)
Pac-12
ACC
25
23
Head coach: David Shaw
Head coach: Larry Fedora
AP
Coaches
CFP
16
16
18
1
2
3
4
Total
Stanford
7
6
3
9
25
North Carolina
7
0
10
6
23
Date
December 30, 2016
Season
2016
Stadium
Sun Bowl
Location
El Paso, Texas
MVP
Solomon Thomas (DE), Stanford
Favorite
Stanford by 3[1]
National anthem
Elia Esparza[2]
Referee
John McDaid (SEC)
Attendance
42,166
Payout
US$2,150,000[3]
United States TV coverage
Network
CBS
Announcers
Brad Nessler (play-by-play) Gary Danielson (color) Allie LaForce (sideline)
Sun Bowl
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The 2016 Sun Bowl (December) was a postseason college football bowl game, played on December 30, 2016.[4] It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. It featured the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference and the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[4]
^"College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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