2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game

August 2023 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game Conference Championship 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game Logo.svg Logo of the Championship Game December 3 2016 2016 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland Temple University Temple Owls 9–3 Matt Rhule 14 10 0 10 United States Naval Academy Navy Midshipmen 9–2 19 20 20 Ken Niumatalolo 0 3 7 0 P. J. Walker (QB, Temple) Navy by 2 Michael Roche 22,815 ABC/IMG 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,American Athletic Conference Announces 2016 Football Schedule http://www.theamerican.org/news/2016/2/9/FB_0209164951.aspx TheAmerican.org American Athletic Conference 24 October 2016 was the second football championship game for that conference. Houston defeated Temple, 24–13, in last year's game. Teams Navy 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. Temple 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. Game summary Temple Navy expand 1 9:43 Temple 12 75 5:17 RushTD Jahad Thomas 15 good Aaron Boumerhi 7 0 1 3:01 Temple 6 59 3:17 RecTD Ventell Bryant Phillip Walker 22 good Aaron Boumerhi 14 0 2 13:44 Temple 5 70 2:07 RecTD Keith Kirkwood Phillip Walker 56 good Aaron Boumerhi 21 0 2 5:12 Navy 10 68 5:45 FG 23 Bennett Moehring 21 3 2 0:22 Temple 5 20 0:29 FG 48 Aaron Boumerhi 24 3 3 2:18 Navy 7 64 3:03 RushTD Zach Abey 1 good Bennett Moehring 24 10 4 10:17 Temple 12 40 7:01 FG 42 Aaron Boumerhi 27 10 4 3:04 Temple 2 34 0:48 RushTD Ryquell Armstead 30 good Aaron Boumerhi 34 10 34 10 Source: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=155301 AAC Championship: Temple vs. Navy Stat Broadcast 2016-12-03 Statistics Statistics Temple Navy First downs 18 13Plays–yards 61–388 59–306Rushes–yards 36–189 44–168Passing yards 199 138Passing: Comp–Att–Int 16–25–0 8–15–2 Time of possession 30:38 29:22 References 2 Championship Category:American Conference Football Championship Game Category:Navy Midshipmen football games Category:Temple Owls football games Category:American football in Maryland Category:December 2016 sports events in the United States Category:2016 in sports in Maryland