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
Scoring summary
Source:Statistics
| 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 |
