2016 South Florida Bulls football team

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]

2016 South Florida Bulls football
The American East Division co-champion
Birmingham Bowl champion
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 19
2016 record11–2 (7–1 The American)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorT. J. Weist (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDarren Hiller (1st season)
Offensive scheme"Gulf Coast Offense"
Defensive coordinatorRaymond Woodie (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumRaymond James Stadium (Capacity: 65,890, grass)
2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Temple xy$  7 –1     10 –4  
No. 19 South Florida x  7 –1     11 –2  
UCF  4 –4     6 –7  
Cincinnati  1 –7     4 –8  
UConn  1 –7     3 –9  
East Carolina  1 –7     3 –9  
West Division
Navy xy  7 –1     9 –5  
Tulsa  6 –2     10 –3  
Memphis  5 –3     8 –5  
Houston  5 –3     9 –4  
SMU  3 –5     5 –7  
Tulane  1 –7     4 –8  
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 p.m.No. 24 (FCS) Towson*
ASNW 56–2035,976
September 107:00 p.m.Northern Illinois*
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
CBSSNW 48–1736,557
September 173:30 p.m.at Syracuse*
ACCN+W 45–2032,288
September 2412:00 p.m.No. 13 Florida State*
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
ABCL 35–5561,665
October 17:00 p.m.at Cincinnati
ESPNUW 45–2035,108
October 812:00 p.m.East Carolina
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
ESPNewsW 38–2230,397
October 157:00 p.m.UConn
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
CBSSNW 42–2730,297
October 217:00 p.m.at Temple
ESPNL 30–4625,950
October 287:00 p.m.No. 22 Navy
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
ESPN2W 52–4531,824
November 127:00 p.m.at Memphis
CBSSNW 49–4237,218
November 197:00 p.m.at SMU
CBSSNW 35–2718,417
November 2612:00 p.m.UCF
CBSSNW 48–3136,056
December 292:00 p.m.vs. South Carolina*No. 25
ESPNW 46–39 OT31,229
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Source:[2]

Game summaries

Towson
1 2 3 4 Total
#24 (FCS) Tigers 3 7 7 3 20
Bulls 14 14 21 7 56
See also: 2016 Towson Tigers football team

Northern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 7 0 10 17
Bulls 14 13 14 7 48
See also: 2016 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

at Syracuse
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 0 28 7 10 45
Orange 17 0 3 0 20
See also: 2016 Syracuse Orange football team

Florida State
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Seminoles 28 10 7 10 55
Bulls 14 0 7 14 35
See also: 2016 Florida State Seminoles football team

at Cincinnati
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 10 14 14 7 45
Bearcats 6 14 0 0 20
See also: 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

East Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 3 7 9 22
Bulls 7 10 7 14 38
See also: 2016 East Carolina Pirates football team

UConn
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 3 0 14 10 27
Bulls 7 7 7 21 42
See also: 2016 UConn Huskies football team

at Temple
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 7 6 10 7 30
Owls 3 17 14 12 46
See also: 2016 Temple Owls football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Midshipmen 0 14 7 24 45
Bulls 28 14 3 7 52
See also: 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team

at Memphis
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 14 7 14 14 49
Tigers 3 14 14 11 42
See also: 2016 Memphis Tigers football team

at SMU
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 14 7 7 7 35
Mustangs 7 7 10 3 27
See also: 2016 SMU Mustangs football team

UCF
1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 7 7 10 7 31
Bulls 14 10 7 17 48
See also: 2016 UCF Knights football team and South Florida–UCF football rivalry

South Carolina–Birmingham Bowl
1 2 3 4OT Total
#25 Bulls 15 14 10 07 46
Gamecocks 0 14 10 150 39
See also: 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team and 2016 Birmingham Bowl

Rankings
Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV NR NR RV NR RV RV RV NR 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

References
  1. McMurphy, Brett (December 7, 2016). "Oregon hires South Florida's Willie Taggart as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  2. "2016 USF Bulls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
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