2016 Peach Bowl

2016 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
CFP Semifinal 49th Peach Bowl
2016 Peach Bowl logo
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[1]
Referee	Dan Capron (Big Ten)
Halftime show	Million Dollar Band University of Washington Husky Marching Band
Attendance	75,996
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN and ESPN Radio
Announcers	ESPN: Joe Tessitore (play-by-play) Todd Blackledge (analyst) Holly Rowe (sideline) ESPN Radio: Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay
Nielsen ratings	11.5 (19.8 million viewers)[2]
International TV coverage
Network	ESPN Deportes
Announcers	Kenneth Garay, Alex Pombo, Sebastian Martinez-Christensen
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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.^[3][4]