2016 South Florida Bulls football team

2016 South Florida Bulls football
The American East Division co-champion
Birmingham Bowl champion
Conference American Athletic Conference
Division East Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 19
AP No. 19
2016 record 11–2 (7–1 The American)
Head coach Willie Taggart (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator T. J. Weist (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator Darren Hiller (1st season)
Offensive scheme "Gulf Coast Offense"
Defensive coordinator Raymond Woodie (1st season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Raymond 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  
Connecticut  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

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* Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ASN W 56–20   35,976
September 10 7:00 p.m. Northern Illinois* Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL CBSSN W 48–17   36,557
September 17 3:30 p.m. at Syracuse* Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY ACCN+ W 45–20   32,288
September 24 12:00 p.m. No. 13 Florida State* Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ABC L 35–55   61,665
October 1 7:00 p.m. at Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH ESPNU W 45–20   35,108
October 8 12:00 p.m. East Carolinadagger Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ESPNews W 38–22   30,397
October 15 7:00 p.m. Connecticut Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL CBSSN W 42–27   30,297
October 21 7:00 p.m. at Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA ESPN L 30–46   25,950
October 28 7:00 p.m. No. 22 Navy Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ESPN2 W 52–45   31,824
November 12 7:00 p.m. at Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN CBSSN W 49–42   37,218
November 19 7:00 p.m. at SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX CBSSN W 35–27   18,417
November 26 12:00 p.m. UCF Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (War on I-4) CBSSN W 48–31   36,056
December 29 2:00 p.m. vs. South Carolina* No. 25 Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Birmingham Bowl) ESPN W 46–39 OT  31,229
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. 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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 7 0 10 17
Bulls 14 13 14 7 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2010 USF, 27–3

at Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 0 28 7 10 45
Orange 17 0 3 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–2 2015 USF, 45–24

Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Seminoles 28 10 7 10 55
Bulls 14 0 7 14 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2015 FSU, 34–14

at Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 10 14 14 7 45
Bearcats 6 14 0 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–8 2015 USF, 65–27

East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 3 7 9 22
Bulls 7 10 7 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2015 USF, 22–17

Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 3 0 14 10 27
Bulls 7 7 7 21 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–6 2015 USF, 28–20

at Temple

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 7 6 10 7 30
Owls 3 17 14 12 46
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2015 USF, 44–23
1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Midshipmen 0 14 7 24 45
Bulls 28 14 3 7 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2015 NAVY, 29–17

at Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 14 7 14 14 49
Tigers 3 14 14 11 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–5 2015 MEM, 24–17

at SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 14 7 7 7 35
Mustangs 7 7 10 3 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2015 USF, 38–14

UCF

1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 7 7 10 7 31
Bulls 14 10 7 17 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–2 2015 USF, 44–3

South Carolina–Birmingham Bowl

1 2 3 4OT Total
#25 Bulls 15 14 10 07 46
Gamecocks 0 14 10 150 39
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2004 SC, 34–3

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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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