| Game Name: | Russell Athletic Bowl |
| Subheader: | 27th Russell Athletic Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 28 |
| Year Game Played: | 2016 |
| Football Season: | 2016 |
| Stadium: | Camping World Stadium |
| City: | Orlando, Florida |
| Home School: | University of Miami |
| Home Name Short: | Miami |
| Home Nickname: | Hurricanes |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Conference: | ACC |
| Home Coach: | Mark Richt |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 21 |
| Home 3Q: | 10 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Visitor School: | West Virginia University |
| Visitor Name Short: | West Virginia |
| Visitor Nickname: | Mountaineers |
| Visitor Record: | 10–2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 14 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 12 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 16 |
| Visitor Coach: | Dana Holgorsen |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Odds: | Miami by 3[1] |
| Mvp: | Miami QB Brad Kaaya[2] |
| Referee: | Ken Williamson (SEC) |
| Attendance: | 48,625[3] |
| Payout: | 2,275,000[4] |
| Us Network: | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | TV: Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill Radio: David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Olivia Harlan |
| Different Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Russell Athletic Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016 at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 27th edition of the Russell Athletic Bowl featured the West Virginia Mountaineers of the Big 12 Conference against the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor is the Russell Athletic uniform company.
The game featured tie-ins from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big 12 Conference.
See also: 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team and 2016 Big 12 Conference football season.
See also: 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team and 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season.