Game Name: | American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game |
Subheader: | Conference Championship |
Date Game Played: | December 3 |
Year Game Played: | 2016 |
Time: | Noon |
Football Season: | 2016 |
Stadium: | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
City: | Annapolis, Maryland |
Visitor School: | Temple University |
Visitor Name Short: | Temple |
Visitor Nickname: | Owls |
Visitor Record: | 9–3 |
Visitor Coach: | Matt Rhule |
Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
Visitor 2Q: | 10 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 10 |
Home School: | United States Naval Academy |
Home Name Short: | Navy |
Home Nickname: | Midshipmen |
Home Record: | 9–2 |
Home Rank Cfp: | 19 |
Home Rank Ap: | 20 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 20 |
Home Coach: | Ken Niumatalolo |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 3 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Mvp: | P. J. Walker (QB, Temple) |
Odds: | Navy by 2 |
Referee: | Michael Roche |
Attendance: | 22,815 |
Us Network: | ABC/IMG |
Us Announcers: | Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, and Holly Rowe (ABC) Tony Castricone and Tony Pike (IMG) |
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, held on Saturday, December 3, 2016,[1] was the second football championship game for that conference. Houston defeated Temple, 24–13, in last year's game.
See main article: article and 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team. The Navy Midshipmen football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They represented the West Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game.
Navy hosted the title game. Since Navy and Temple both finished 7–1 in American play and did not play during the regular season, the next tiebreaker used to determine the home team was College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking. Under American Conference rules, if one or both division champions enter the final week of conference play in the CFP rankings, the higher-ranked team will host, provided that it wins its game that week. Since Navy entered its conference finale against SMU at #25 in the CFP rankings, and won that game 75–31, the Midshipmen earned hosting rights. This was Navy's first ever conference championship appearance.
See main article: article and 2016 Temple Owls football team. The Temple Owls went 7–1 in American Athletic Conference play, finishing 1st in the East Division for the second straight year. Due to their win over South Florida, they represented the East Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game. This was their second straight conference championship appearance. They were attempting to earn their first conference title since 1967, when the Owls were in the Middle Atlantic Conference.
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Statistics | Temple | Navy |
---|---|---|
First Downs | 18 | 13 |
Plays–yards | 61–388 | 59–306 |
Rushes–yards | 36–189 | 44–168 |
Passing yards | 199 | 138 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 16–25–0 | 8–15–2 |
Time of possession | 30:38 | 29:22 |