The 2016 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and prospects for the 2016 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The game concluded the post-season that began on December 19, 2015. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and is officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl.[1]

2016 Reese's Senior Bowl
67th Senior Bowl
1234 Total
North 0376 16
South 10737 27
DateJanuary 30, 2016
Season2015
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPDak Prescott
RefereeTracy Jones
Attendance35,271
United States TV coverage
NetworkNFL Network
Senior Bowl
 < 2015  2017

The game was played on January 30, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. CST, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, between "North" and "South" teams. Coverage of the event was provided on the NFL Network.[2]

Rosters

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North Team

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South Team

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Game summary

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Scoring summary

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Scoring Play Score
1st Quarter
SOUTH – Aaron Green 25–yard run (Ross Martin kick), 04:00 SOUTH 7 – 0
SOUTH – Ross Martin 48–yard field goal, 00:20 SOUTH 10 – 0
2nd Quarter
NORTH – Ka'imi Fairbairn 36–yard field goal, 02:56 SOUTH 10 – 3
SOUTH – Paul McRoberts 5–yard pass from Dak Prescott (Ross Martin kick), 00:22 SOUTH 17 – 3
3rd Quarter
SOUTH – Ross Martin 40–yard field goal, 09:26 SOUTH 20 – 3
NORTH – Cody Kessler 1–yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick), 01:53 SOUTH 20 – 10
4th Quarter
SOUTH – Kenyan Drake 1–yard run (Ross Martin kick), 06:28 SOUTH 27 – 10
NORTH – Aaron Burbridge 29–yard pass from Jeff Driskel (PAT not attempted), 00:00 SOUTH 27 – 16

Statistics

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Statistics North South
First Downs 18 21
Total offense, plays - yards 332 353
Rushes-yards (net) 26–112 27–127
Passing yards (net) 220 226
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 21–36–0 22–34–0
Time of Possession 28:17 31:43

References

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  1. ^ "Let's Go REESE'S". The Hershey Company. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  2. ^ RSB reveals new start time, new partnership, Seniorbowl.com, December 15, 2015