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
1234 Total
Central Michigan 3007 10
Tulsa 1017217 55
DateDecember 19, 2016
Season2016
StadiumMarlins Park
LocationMiami, Florida
MVPTulsa QB Dane Evans
FavoriteTulsa by 12[1]
National anthemMiami Beach Senior High School Chorus[2]
RefereeMarvel July (MWC)[3]
Attendance15,262[3]
PayoutUS$1,000,000[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersAllen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden
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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.

  1. ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. ^ @FriscoBowlGame (December 19, 2016). "Phenomenal job by the @MiamiBeachSr chorus with the national anthem! Just 5 minutes until kickoff! #MiamiBeachBowl #ReignCane #FireUpChips" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Game Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Bowl payout