# 2016 Pinstripe Bowl

The 2016 Pinstripe Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The seventh edition of the Pinstripe Bowl featured the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

## Teams selected

The game featured conference tie-ins from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference.
This was the seventh meeting between the schools, with the series previously tied at 3–3. The previous meeting of the two teams was on September 29, 1973, where the Panthers defeated the Wildcats by a score of 21–14.

### Northwestern Wildcats
## Game summary
### Box score

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |

### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | PITT | NU |
| 1 | 11:53 | 5 | 30 | 1:14 | PITT | 46-yard field goal by Chris Blewitt | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 14:31 | 10 | 99 | 4:19 | NU | Justin Jackson 8-yard touchdown run, Jack Mitchell kick good | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 3:08 | 8 | 74 | 2:35 | NU | Justin Jackson 16-yard touchdown run, Jack Mitchell kick good | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | 2:51 | 1 | 69 | 0:11 | PITT | Jester Weah 69-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Peterman, Chris Blewitt kick good | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | 13:13 | 4 | 68 | 1:46 | PITT | Nathan Peterman 5-yard touchdown run, Chris Blewitt kick good | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | 7:47 | 14 | 89 | 5:18 | NU | Justin Jackson 40-yard touchdown run, Jack Mitchell kick good | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | 13:15 | 6 | 22 | 3:20 | PITT | George Aston 6-yard touchdown reception from Ben DiNucci, Chris Blewitt kick good | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | 8:23 | 14 | 76 | 4:44 | NU | Garrett Dickerson 21-yard touchdown reception from Clayton Thorson, Jack Mitchell kick good | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | 6:17 | 5 | 9 | 1:57 | NU | 37-yard field goal by Jack Mitchell | 24 | 31 |
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### Statistics

| Statistics | PITT | NU |
| First downs | 18 | 27 |
| Plays–yards | 61–438 | 86–462 |
| Rushes–yards | 32–169 (5.3) | 50–248 (5.0) |
| Passing yards | 269 | 214 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 16–29–3 | 23–36–1 |
| Time of possession | 24:38 | 35:22 |
Source:
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| PITT | Passing | Nathan Peterman | 13/18, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| PITT | Rushing | Quadree Henderson | 6 car, 76 yds |
| PITT | Receiving | Dontez Ford | 3 rec, 53 yds |
| NU | Passing | Clayton Thorson | 23/36, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| NU | Rushing | Justin Jackson | 32 car, 224 yds, 3 TD |
| NU | Receiving | Austin Carr | 6 rec, 51 yds |
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