The 2016 Baylor Bears football team were invited to what event when they defeated the 2016 Boise State Broncos?
Cactus Bowl
2016 Baylor Bears football team
The 2016 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 The Bears were coached by interim head coach Jim Grobe in their 118th football season.
 This was the team's third season in McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas.
 The Bears were members of the Big 12 Conference.
 They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.
 They were invited to Cactus Bowl where they defeated Boise State.
2016 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2016 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 It marked the Broncos' 80th season overall, sixth as a member of the Mountain West Conference and fourth within the Mountain Division.
 They played their home games at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
 They were led by third-year head coach Bryan Harsin.
 They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for the Mountain Division title.
 After tiebreakers, they did not represent the Mountain Division in the Mountain West Championship Game.
 They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they lost to Baylor.
Boise State–Nevada football rivalry
The Boise State–Nevada football rivalry is a college football rivalry between the Boise State Broncos football team of Boise State University and Nevada Wolf Pack football team of University of Nevada, Reno.
 The game has been played every year since 1971 with the exception of 1978, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2015 and 2016.
 The game was also played twice in 1990 as the second game was a Division I-AA semifinal playoff game, and to date has been the only post-season game played between the two programs.
 The series has mostly been a conference match-up, with the exception of the first seven games as well as the 1993, 1994, and 2011 games.
 Boise State and Nevada have faced each other as conference rivals in four separate conferences - the Big Sky Conference, Big West Conference, Western Athletic Conference and the Mountain West Conference.
 The two teams have played each other from the NCAA Division II level all the way up to the highest level of college football, NCAA Division I FBS. List of Boise State Broncos bowl games
The Boise State Broncos college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Boise State University as members of the Mountain West Conference.
 Since the establishment of the team in 1932 (although joined Division I in 1971 and FBS in 1996), Boise State has appeared in 17 bowl games.
 The Broncos have appeared in eight different bowl games, with multiple appearances in the Humanitarian/MPC Computers Bowl (4), the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas (3), the Fiesta Bowl (3) (which was part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and now part of the New Year's Six), the Hawaii Bowl (2), and the Poinsettia Bowl (2).
 Boise State was the only school from a non automatic qualifying conference to receive an at-large bid into a BCS game during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 They went to the 2010 Fiesta Bowl that season (all other appearances by non-AQ schools are actually automatic bids under BCS rules).
 With their most recent loss in the 2016 Cactus Bowl, Boise State has an overall bowl record of 11–6. 2014 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2014 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Bryan Harsin and played their home games at Albertsons Stadium.
 They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division.
 They finished the season 12–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain Division championship.
 They defeated West Division champion Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game to become Mountain West champions.
 As the highest ranked team from the "Group of five", they received an automatic bid to a New Year's Six bowl.
 They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they defeated Arizona.
 It was the Broncos third appearance and victory in the Fiesta Bowl. 2005 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2005 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.
 Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
 The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Dan Hawkins.
 He resigned at the end of the regular season to take the head coaching job at Colorado, but remained to coach the Broncos in their bowl game.
 The Broncos finished the season 9–4 and 7–1 in conference to win their fourth straight WAC title (shared with Nevada) and played in the MPC Computers Bowl, where they lost to Boston College, 27–21. 2002 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2002 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.
 Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
 The Broncos were led by second-year head coach Dan Hawkins.
 The Broncos finished the season 12–1 and 8–0 in conference to win their first WAC title and played in the Humanitarian Bowl, where they defeated Iowa State, 34–16.
 The 2002 marked the first season that Boise State was ranked in the top 25 since moving to Division I-A in 1996. 2003 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2003 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season.
 Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
 The Broncos were led by third-year head coach Dan Hawkins.
 The Broncos finished the season 13–1 and 8–0 in conference to win their second consecutive WAC title and played in the Fort Worth Bowl, where they defeated TCU, 34–31. 2011 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2011 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 The Broncos were led by head coach Chris Petersen, winner of the 2010 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award, and played their home games at Bronco Stadium.
 This season was Boise State's first in the Mountain West Conference after spending the previous ten years in the Western Athletic Conference.
 They finished the season 12–1, 6–1 Mountain West play to finish in second place.
 They were invited the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas for the second consecutive year where they defeated Arizona State 56–24. 2012 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2012 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
 The Broncos were led by head coach Chris Petersen and played their home games at Bronco Stadium.
 This season was Boise State's second in the Mountain West Conference.
 They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to share the conference championship with Fresno State and San Diego State.
 They were invited to and were champions of the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas for the third consecutive year, this year defeating Washington 28–26.