The 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Hurricanes' 91st season of football and 13th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Mark Richt and played their home games at Hard Rock Stadium. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 5–3 in the ACC to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they defeated West Virginia, 31-14.
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Florida A&M* | | | ACCN+ | W 70–3 | 60,703 |
September 10 | 6:00 pm | Florida Atlantic* | No. 25 | - Hard Rock Stadium
- Miami Gardens, FL
| ACCN+ | W 38–10 | 57,123 |
September 17 | 12:00 pm | at Appalachian State* | No. 25 | | ESPN | W 45–10 | 34,658 |
October 1 | 12:00 pm | at Georgia Tech | No. 14 | | ESPN2 | W 35–21 | 53,047 |
October 8 | 8:00 pm | No. 23 Florida State | No. 10 | - Hard Rock Stadium
- Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)
| ABC | L 19–20 | 65,685 |
October 15 | 3:30 pm | North Carolina | No. 16 | - Hard Rock Stadium
- Miami Gardens, FL
| ABC/ESPN2 | L 13–20 | 58,731 |
| 7:30 pm | at Virginia Tech | | | ESPN | L 16–37 | 63,507 |
October 29 | 3:30 pm | at Notre Dame* | | | NBC | L 27–30 | 80,795 |
November 5 | 12:30 pm | Pittsburgh | | - Hard Rock Stadium
- Miami Gardens, FL
| ACCN | W 51–28 | 51,796 |
November 12 | 2:00 pm | at Virginia | | | RSN | W 34–14 | 39,867 |
November 19 | 12:30 pm | at NC State | | | ACCN | W 27–13 | 56,263 |
November 26 | 3:30 pm | Duke | | - Hard Rock Stadium
- Miami Gardens, FL
| ESPN2 | W 40–21 | 57,396 |
| 5:30 pm | vs. No. 14 West Virginia* | | | ESPN | W 31–14 | 48,625 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Coaching staff
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Roster
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2016 Miami Hurricanes football team roster |
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Coaches |
Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Florida A&M
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Rattlers |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Hurricanes |
14 |
14 |
42 |
0 |
70 |
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Florida Atlantic
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
#25 Hurricanes |
0 |
14 |
10 |
14 |
38 |
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At Appalachian State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#25 Hurricanes |
21 |
3 |
14 |
7 |
45 |
Mountaineers |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
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At Georgia Tech
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#14 Hurricanes |
7 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
35 |
Yellow Jackets |
0 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
21 |
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Florida State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#23 Seminoles |
0 |
3 |
14 |
3 |
20 |
#10 Hurricanes |
3 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
19 |
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North Carolina
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Tar Heels |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
#16 Hurricanes |
0 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
13 |
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At Virginia Tech
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hurricanes |
3 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
16 |
Hokies |
3 |
13 |
14 |
7 |
37 |
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At Notre Dame
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hurricanes |
0 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
27 |
Fighting Irish |
17 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
30 |
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Pittsburgh
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
7 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
28 |
Hurricanes |
17 |
10 |
7 |
17 |
51 |
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At Virginia
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hurricanes |
7 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
34 |
Cavaliers |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
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At NC State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hurricanes |
3 |
0 |
14 |
10 |
27 |
Wolfpack |
0 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
13 |
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Duke
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
Hurricanes |
10 |
6 |
17 |
7 |
40 |
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West Virginia–Russell Athletic Bowl
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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#14 Mountaineers |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
Hurricanes |
0 |
21 |
10 |
0 |
31 |
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | 25 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 16 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | 20 |
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Coaches | RV | RV | 25 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 17 | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 23 |
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CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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