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 CincinnatiESPNUW 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 TempleESPNL 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 MemphisCBSSNW 49–4237,218
November 197:00 p.m.at SMUCBSSNW 35–2718,417
November 2612:00 p.m.UCF
CBSSNW 48–3136,056
December 292:00 p.m.vs. South Carolina*No. 25ESPNW 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

Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 7 0 10 17
Bulls 14 13 14 7 48

at Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 0 28 7 10 45
Orange 17 0 3 0 20

Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Seminoles 28 10 7 10 55
Bulls 14 0 7 14 35

at Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 10 14 14 7 45
Bearcats 6 14 0 0 20

East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 3 7 9 22
Bulls 7 10 7 14 38

UConn

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 3 0 14 10 27
Bulls 7 7 7 21 42

at Temple

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 14 7 14 14 49
Tigers 3 14 14 11 42

at SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 14 7 7 7 35
Mustangs 7 7 10 3 27

UCF

1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 7 7 10 7 31
Bulls 14 10 7 17 48

South Carolina–Birmingham Bowl

1 2 3 4OT Total
#25 Bulls 15 14 10 07 46
Gamecocks 0 14 10 150 39

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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