Английская Википедия:2016 Holiday Bowl

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The 2016 Holiday Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, on December 27, 2016. This was the last time the Holiday Bowl was played at Qualcomm Stadium. Beginning in 2017, the game was played at SDCCU Stadium, the home of the SDSU Aztecs. The 39th edition of the Holiday Bowl featured the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference versus the Washington State Cougars of the Pac-12 Conference. Sponsored by small business loan company National Funding, the game is officially known as the National Funding Holiday Bowl.

Teams

Minnesota

This was Minnesota's first appearance in the Holiday Bowl. On December 15, Minnesota players threatened to boycott all football activity, including participation in the 2016 Holiday Bowl, in protest against a decision to suspend ten players from the team. The suspension was made as a result of school investigation into sexual assault charges from the beginning of school year. The legal process had already run its course, with no charges filed. On December 17, the Golden Gophers ended their boycott and announced they would play.

Washington State

This was Washington State's third appearance in the Holiday Bowl, having lost to #14 Brigham Young in 1981, and having defeated #5 Texas in 2003.

Game summary

Statistics

Statistics	MINN	WSU
First Downs	17	16
Plays-yards	61-279	74-303
Third down efficiency	3-12	7-19
Rushes-yards	41-150	23-39
Passing yards	129	264
Passing, Comp-Att-Int	11-20-0	30-51-1
Time of Possession	28:54	31:06

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
MINN	Passing	Mitch Leidner	11/20, 129 yds, 1 TD
	Rushing	Rodney Smith	17 car, 74 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Drew Wolitarsky	5 rec, 73 yds
WSU	Passing	Luke Falk	30/51, 264 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Gerard Wicks	5 car, 26 yds
	Receiving	Robert Lewis	6 rec, 86 yds