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
South Carolina–Birmingham Bowl [ ]
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
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
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