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
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 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
Navy
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
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
#25 Bulls
15
14
10
0 7
46
Gamecocks
0
14
10
15 0
39
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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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