| Game Name: | Miami Beach Bowl |
| Game Link: | Miami Beach Bowl |
| Subheader: | 3rd Miami Beach Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 19 |
| Year Game Played: | 2016 |
| Football Season: | 2016 |
| Stadium: | Marlins Park |
| City: | Miami, Florida |
| Visitor Name Short: | Central Michigan |
| Visitor Nickname: | Chippewas |
| Visitor Record: | 6–6 |
| Visitor Coach: | John Bonamego |
| Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home Name Short: | Tulsa |
| Home Nickname: | Golden Hurricane |
| Home Record: | 9–3 |
| Home Conference: | The American |
| Home Coach: | Philip Montgomery |
| Home 1Q: | 10 |
| Home 2Q: | 17 |
| Home 3Q: | 21 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Odds: | Tulsa by 12[1] |
| Mvp: | Tulsa QB Dane Evans |
| Anthem: | Miami Beach Senior High School Chorus[2] |
| Referee: | Marvel July (MWC) |
| Attendance: | 15,262 |
| Payout: | 1,000,000[3] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden |
| Different Next: | 2017 (Frisco Bowl) |
The 2016 Miami Beach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 19, 2016 at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. The third annual edition of the Miami Beach Bowl was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season.
The game featured the Central Michigan Chippewas against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.
This was the third meeting between the schools, with the all-time series tied 1–1. The most recent meeting was on October 17, 1987, where the Chippewas defeated the Golden Hurricane by a score of 51–21.[4]
See also: 2016 Central Michigan Chippewas football team and 2016 Mid-American Conference football season.
See also: 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team and 2016 American Athletic Conference football season.
Source: [5]
| Statistics | CMU | Tulsa |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 34 |
| Plays–yards | 72–355 | 85–581 |
| Rushes–yards | 22–83 (3.8) | 46–261 (5.7) |
| Passing yards | 272 | 320 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 25–50–3 | 29–39–0 |
| Time of possession | 30:52 | 29:08 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMU | Passing | 24/49, 241 yds, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | 2 car, 38 yds | ||
| Receiving | Devon Spalding | 5 rec, 26 yds | |
| Tulsa | Passing | Dane Evans | 28/38, 304 yds, 5 TD |
| Rushing | 17 car, 105 yds | ||
| Receiving | Josh Atkinson | 12 rec, 131 yds, 1 TD |