The 2016 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (December) was a college football

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that was played on December 31, 2016 at the

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in Glendale, Arizona. This 46th Fiesta Bowl Game was a

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semifinal with the winner of the game competing against the winner of the 2016 Peach Bowl in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship which took place at

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. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. It was the second game to be called "the 2016 Fiesta Bowl", as the previous season's game was played on January 1, 2016. Ironically, the previous season's game featured Ohio State. The previous

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Fiesta Bowls were also played in the same calendar year as each other. The game's title sponsor was Sony Interactive Entertainment via its PlayStation brand as part of a multi-year deal with broadcasting and marketing rightsholder ESPN, which includes branded content and making PlayStation the official video gaming and virtual reality sponsor of the College Football Playoff. The winning team will receive the Molina Fiesta Bowl Trophy. Clemson became just the second team in college football history to shut out Ohio State (11-2) in a bowl game, joining Cal in the 1921 Rose Bowl. The game also marked the first time that Buckeyes head coach

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was shut out in his career, in about 193 games, and his second major loss to Dabo Swinney in the past four seasons. The game also marked the second consecutive advance to the CFP

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game by the

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program.

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On Sunday December 4, 2016, the CFP Semifinals was announced with #2 Clemson vs. #3 Ohio State playing in the Fiesta Bowl. This was the third meeting between the schools, with Clemson having won both of the previous matchups. The most recent meeting was the 2014 Orange Bowl, where the

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defeated the Buckeyes by a score of 40–35.Winsipedia - Clemson Tigers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes football series history
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