2016 Peach Bowl

2016 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
CFP Semifinal at the Peach Bowl 49th Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Washington Huskies Alabama Crimson Tide (12–1) (13–0) Pac-12 SEC 7 24 Head coach:  Chris Petersen Head coach:  Nick Saban AP Coaches CFP 4 4 4 AP Coaches CFP 1 1 1
1 2 3 4 Total Washington 7 0 0 0 7 Alabama 7 10 0 7 24
Date	December 31, 2016
Season	2016
Stadium	Georgia Dome
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
MVP	Offense: Bo Scarbrough Defense: Ryan Anderson
Favorite	Alabama by 14
Referee	Dan Capron (Big Ten)
Halftime show	Bands from participants
Attendance	75,996
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe (ESPN) Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Todd McShay (ESPN Radio)
Nielsen ratings	( viewers)
International TV coverage
Network	ESPN Deportes
Announcers	Kenneth Garay, Alex Pombo, Sebastian Martinez-Christensen

The 2016 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The 49th Peach Bowl was a College Football Playoff semifinal, with the winner of this game advancing to play the winner of the 2016 Fiesta Bowl in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship. This was the final edition of the Peach Bowl (and final college football game) contested in the Georgia Dome, as the stadium was demolished on November 20, 2017 after its replacement, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, opened on August 26 of the same year.

Sponsored by Chick-fil-A, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The game was televised on ESPN with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio. The winner of the game received the George P. Crumbley Trophy, named for the founder of the original Peach Bowl.

Teams

On Sunday December 4, 2016, the CFP Semifinals were announced, with #1 Alabama vs. #4 Washington playing in the Peach Bowl.

This was the fifth meeting between the schools, with Alabama having won all four previous encounters. Their most recent meeting was at the 1986 Sun Bowl, where the Crimson Tide defeated the Huskies by a score of 28–6.

This was the first bowl game between a Pac-12 team and an SEC team (or a predecessor conference) since the 2011 BCS National Championship Game when the Auburn Tigers defeated the Oregon Ducks by a score of 22–19 on a last-second field goal, and the second since the 1989 Freedom Bowl when the Washington Huskies defeated the Florida Gators 34–7. This was also Alabama's first appearance in the Peach Bowl, as well the first appearance of a Pac-12 team (although Arizona State appeared in the 1970 Peach Bowl as a member of the Western Athletic Conference).

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP WASH ALA 1 8:01 8 64 3:52 WASH Dante Pettis 16-yard touchdown reception from Jake Browning, Cameron Van Winkle kick good 7 0 1 5:01 9 78 3:00 ALA Bo Scarbrough 18-yard touchdown run, Adam Griffith kick good 7 7 2 14:55 6 17 2:27 ALA 41-yard field goal by Adam Griffith 7 10 2 1:13 6 28 1:03 ALA Interception returned 26 yards for touchdown by Ryan Anderson, Adam Griffith kick good 7 17 4 11:56 6 98 2:54 ALA Bo Scarbrough 68-yard touchdown run, Adam Griffith kick good 7 24 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 7 24

Statistics

Statistics	Washington	Alabama
First Downs	14	16
Total yards	194	326
Third down efficiency	6-17	4-14
Rushing yards	44	269
Passing yards	150	57
Passing, Comp-Att-Int	20-38-2	7-14-0
Time of Possession	29:15	30:45

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Washington	Passing	Jake Browning	20/38, 150 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Myles Gaskin	10 car, 34 yds
	Receiving	Myles Gaskin	5 rec, 40 yds
Alabama	Passing	Jalen Hurts	7/14, 57 yds
	Rushing	Bo Scarbrough	19 car, 180 yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	O. J. Howard	4 rec, 44 yds