American college football season
The 2016 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The 2016 season is the 20th season for the Bulls, and their fourth as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). They played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida , and were led during the regular season by head coach Willie Taggart , who was in his fourth year. Following the regular season, but before the team's appearance in the Birmingham Bowl , Taggart left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oregon , with co-offensive coordinator T. J. Weist named as interim head coach for the bowl game.[1]
Even though South Florida had been ranked as high as #2 in 2007, this was their first season finishing the season ranked; even though they were ranked in the 2008 pre-season poll.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 7:00 p.m. No. 24 (FCS ) Towson * ASN W 56–2035,976 September 10 7:00 p.m. Northern Illinois * Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL CBSSN W 48–1736,557 September 17 3:30 p.m. at Syracuse * ACCN+ W 45–2032,288 September 24 12:00 p.m. No. 13 Florida State * Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ABC L 35–5561,665 October 1 7:00 p.m. at Cincinnati ESPNU W 45–2035,108 October 8 12:00 p.m. East Carolina Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ESPNews W 38–2230,397 October 15 7:00 p.m. UConn Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL CBSSN W 42–2730,297 7:00 p.m. at Temple ESPN L 30–4625,950 7:00 p.m. No. 22 Navy Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ESPN2 W 52–4531,824 November 12 7:00 p.m. at Memphis CBSSN W 49–4237,218 November 19 7:00 p.m. at SMU CBSSN W 35–2718,417 November 26 12:00 p.m. UCF CBSSN W 48–3136,056 2:00 p.m. vs. South Carolina * No. 25 ESPN W 46–39 OT 31,229 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Source: [2] Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #24 (FCS) Tigers 3 7 7 3 20 Bulls 14 14 21 7 56
Northern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 0 7 0 10 17 Bulls 14 13 14 7 48
At Syracuse [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 0 28 7 10 45 Orange 17 0 3 0 20
Florida State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #13 Seminoles 28 10 7 10 55 Bulls 14 0 7 14 35
At Cincinnati [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 10 14 14 7 45 Bearcats 6 14 0 0 20
East Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 3 3 7 9 22 Bulls 7 10 7 14 38
1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 3 0 14 10 27 Bulls 7 7 7 21 42
At Temple [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 7 6 10 7 30 Owls 3 17 14 12 46
1 2 3 4 Total #22 Midshipmen 0 14 7 24 45 Bulls 28 14 3 7 52
At Memphis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 14 7 14 14 49 Tigers 3 14 14 11 42
1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 14 7 7 7 35 Mustangs 7 7 10 3 27
1 2 3 4 Total Knights 7 7 10 7 31 Bulls 14 10 7 17 48
South Carolina–Birmingham Bowl [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total #25 Bulls 15 14 10 0 7 46 Gamecocks 0 14 10 15 0 39
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP RV — — RV — RV RV RV — RV RV RV RV 24–T 25 19 Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 22 19 CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
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