2016 Miami Beach Bowl

2016 Miami Beach Bowl
3rd Miami Beach Bowl
Central Michigan Chippewas Tulsa Golden Hurricane (6–6) (9–3) MAC The American 10 55 Head coach:  John Bonamego Head coach:  Philip Montgomery
1 2 3 4 Total Central Michigan 3 0 0 7 10 Tulsa 10 17 21 7 55
Date	December 19, 2016
Season	2016
Stadium	Marlins Park
Location	Miami, Florida
MVP	Tulsa QB Dane Evans
Favorite	Tulsa by 12
National anthem	Miami Beach Senior High School Chorus
Referee	Marvel July (MWC)
Attendance	15,262
Payout	US$1,000,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden

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.

Team selection

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.

Central Michigan

See also: 2016 Central Michigan Chippewas football team and 2016 Mid-American Conference football season

Tulsa

See also: 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team and 2016 American Athletic Conference football season

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP CMU Tulsa 1 7:24 17 93 5:29 Tulsa Josh Atkinson 5-yard touchdown reception from Dane Evans, Redford Jones kick good 0 7 1 2:55 7 46 2:10 Tulsa 46-yard field goal by Redford Jones 0 10 1 0:55 6 70 2:00 CMU 26-yard field goal by Brian Eavey 3 10 2 12:18 11 41 3:37 Tulsa 44-yard field goal by Redford Jones 3 13 2 4:03 8 80 2:43 Tulsa Keevan Lucas 13-yard touchdown reception from Dane Evans, Redford Jones kick good 3 20 2 0:59 9 62 1:55 Tulsa Chris Minter 4-yard touchdown reception from Dane Evans, Redford Jones kick good 3 27 3 9:50 5 56 1:44 Tulsa James Flanders 17-yard touchdown run, Redford Jones kick good 3 34 3 6:53 5 62 1:10 Tulsa Keevan Lucas 28-yard touchdown reception from Dane Evans, Redford Jones kick good 3 41 3 2:16 10 69 3:05 Tulsa Keevan Lucas 11-yard touchdown reception from Dane Evans, Redford Jones kick good 3 48 4 12:49 Tulsa Interception returned 66 yards for touchdown by Jesse Brubaker, Redford Jones kick good 3 55 4 9:21 6 73 3:28 CMU Jahray Hayes 13-yard touchdown run, Brian Eavey kick good 10 55 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 10 55

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Statistics

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	Cooper Rush	24/49, 241 yds, 3 INT
	Rushing	Mark Chapman	2 car, 38 yds
	Receiving	Devon Spalding	5 rec, 26 yds
Tulsa	Passing	Dane Evans	28/38, 304 yds, 5 TD
	Rushing	D'Angelo Brewer	17 car, 105 yds
	Receiving	Josh Atkinson	12 rec, 131 yds, 1 TD