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2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game

2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
1 2 3 4 Total
Temple 14 10 0 10 34
Navy 0 3 7 0 10
Date December 3, 2016
Season 2016
Stadium Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Location Annapolis, Maryland
Referee Michael Roche
Attendance 22,815
United States TV coverage
Network ABC/IMG
Announcers Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, and Holly Rowe (ABC)
Tony Castricone and Tony Pike (IMG)
American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
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2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Temple xy$   7 1         10 4  
No. 19 South Florida x   7 1         11 2  
UCF   4 4         6 7  
Cincinnati   1 7         4 8  
Connecticut   1 7         3 9  
East Carolina   1 7         3 9  
West Division
Navy xy   7 1         9 5  
Tulsa   6 2         10 3  
Memphis   5 3         8 5  
Houston   5 3         9 4  
SMU   3 5         5 7  
Tulane   1 7         4 8  
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, held on Saturday, December 3, 2016, was the second football championship game for that conference. Houston defeated Temple, 24–13, in last year's game.

The Navy Midshipmen football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They will represent 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.

The Temple Owls football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its East Division. 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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