# 2016 Miami Beach Bowl

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.

### Tulsa
## Game summary
### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | 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 |
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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 |
| CMU | Rushing | Mark Chapman | 2 car, 38 yds |
| CMU | Receiving | Devon Spalding | 5 rec, 26 yds |
| Tulsa | Passing | Dane Evans | 28/38, 304 yds, 5 TD |
| Tulsa | Rushing | D'Angelo Brewer | 17 car, 105 yds |
| Tulsa | Receiving | Josh Atkinson | 12 rec, 131 yds, 1 TD |