Teams
The game featured the 2016 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Eastern Michigan Eagles against the 2016 Old Dominion Monarchs football team, Old Dominion Monarchs. This was the third meeting between the schools, with Old Dominion winning both previous ones. The most recent meeting was on September 5, 2015, where the 2015 Old Dominion Monarchs football team, Monarchs defeated the 2015 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Eagles by a score of 38–34.Eastern Michigan Eagles
After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Richard Giannini extended an invitation for the Eagles to play in the game, which they accepted. This was the first bowl game for Eastern Michigan since the 1987 California Bowl where 1987 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team, they defeated the San Jose State Spartans football, San Jose State Spartans by a score of 30–27.Old Dominion Monarchs
After finishing their regular season 9–3 and winning a share of the Conference USA East Division championship, Giannini extended an invitation for the Monarchs to play in the game, which they accepted. This was the first FBS bowl game in school history for Old Dominion, in their third season as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision and Conference USA, their second season of bowl eligibility, and their eighth season of the football program since resuming in 2009 Old Dominion Monarchs football team, 2009 following a 67-year hiatus.Game summary
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