The 2016 Fiesta Bowl (officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the 2016 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It was the 46th playing of the Fiesta Bowl and the second semifinal of the 2016–17 College Football Playoff (CFP), part of the slate of bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. The game featured two of the four teams chosen by the CFP selection committee: the No. 2 Clemson Tigers from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes from the Big Ten Conference. The winner qualified for the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship against the winner of the other semifinal, hosted by the Peach Bowl. The game was broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Radio, and ESPN Deportes. 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 Urban Meyer 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 National Championship game by the Clemson football program. Wiki link Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Clemson Tigers CFP Semifinal · Fiesta Bowl State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ TV: ESPN Final: OSU 0, CLEM 31 https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400876108/ohio-state-clemson