2016 Conference USA Football Championship Game





















2016 Dynacraft[1] Conference USA Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Conference USA logo.svg








Louisiana Tech BulldogsWKU Hilltoppers
(8–4)(9–3)
4458
Head coach: 
Skip Holtz
Head coach: 
Jeff Brohm


















1234Total
Louisiana Tech171014344
WKU2414101058
DateDecember 3, 2016
Season2016
StadiumHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
LocationBowling Green, Kentucky
MVPRB Anthony Wales (WKU)
RefereeRodney Burnette[2]
Attendance13,213[2]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN/TuneIn
Announcers
Dave Pasch, Tom Luginbill, Quint Kessenich (ESPN)
TJ Rives, Kelly Holcomb (Tag Sports Group on TuneIn)



Conference USA Football Championship Game

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2016 Conference USA football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 

East Division

Western Kentucky xy$
 7
–1
    11
–3
 

Old Dominion x
 7
–1
    10
–3
 

Middle Tennessee
 5
–3
    8
–5
 

FIU
 4
–4
    4
–8
 

Charlotte
 3
–5
    4
–8
 

Marshall
 2
–6
    3
–9
 

Florida Atlantic
 2
–6
    3
–9
 

West Division

Louisiana Tech xy
 6
–2
    9
–5
 

UTSA
 5
–3
    6
–7
 

Southern Miss
 4
–4
    7
–6
 

North Texas
 3
–5
    5
–8
 

Rice
 2
–6
    3
–9
 

UTEP
 2
–6
    4
–8
 


Championship: Western Kentucky 58, Louisiana Tech 44

  • $ – Conference champion

  • x – Division champion/co-champions

  • y – Championship game participant

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Conference USA Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and determined the 2016 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA). The game featured the West Division champion Louisiana Tech visiting the East Division champion Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (WKU), with the Hilltoppers winning 58–44. The game was broadcast nationally by ESPN for the 5th consecutive year.[3]


If winner of the C-USA Championship Game is one of highest ranked in the rankings of the "Group of Five" conferences, the team could be placed in the playoffs if not then the Cotton Bowl. The conference champion if not selected would then pick a bowl game of their choosing to attend that has ties to the conference.


The 2016 championship game was the 12th game in the championship series. In the 2015 championship game, also hosted by WKU, the Hilltoppers defeated Southern Miss 45–28.


The game proved to be the last for Jeff Brohm as WKU's head coach; two days later, he was hired to fill the head coaching vacancy at Purdue.[4]




Contents





  • 1 Teams

    • 1.1 Louisiana Tech


    • 1.2 Western Kentucky



  • 2 Game summary

    • 2.1 Scoring summary


    • 2.2 Statistics



  • 3 References




Teams



Louisiana Tech


Main article: 2016 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

The Bulldogs got off to a rough start at 1-2 before going into conference play with a close 21–20 loss to Arkansas. Louisiana Tech lost its first conference game against Middle Tennessee in which the Bulldogs lost the game in the last quarter when the Blue Raiders scored 21 points to win 38–34. The Bulldogs then went undefeated in conference play before losing their regular-season finale 39–24 to Southern Miss on November 26. They had already clinched the West Division title on November 12 by defeating UTSA, winning the division title for the second time in school history.[5][6] The previous time the Bulldogs won the West Division was back in 2014, which resulted in the Bulldogs losing by 3 points to Marshall.[7]



Western Kentucky


Main article: 2016 WKU Hilltoppers football team

WKU opened the season with a conference win over Rice, and then went 2–2 in its nonconference schedule, with both losses to Southeastern Conference teams. WKU then resumed its conference schedule at Louisiana Tech, losing 55–52, before winning its final six regular-season games, finishing C-USA play as East Division co-champions along with Old Dominion. Both teams finished 7–1 in C-USA play, with WKU holding the tiebreaker with a 59–24 win over Old Dominion on October 22. Entering the final weekend of conference play, the Hilltoppers could have been beaten out for hosting rights by Louisiana Tech, which entered that weekend 6–1 in the conference and held the head-to-head tiebreaker with its win over WKU. However, the Bulldogs lost on November 26 to Southern Miss, leaving them at 6–2 in C-USA play. WKU hosted the championship for the second consecutive season, making it the first C-USA school to ever do so.



Game summary


WKU hosted the Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky at noon Eastern Time on December 3, 2016 and was broadcast on ESPN. Louisiana Tech held the overall series record over the Hilltoppers 4–2 before the matchup. The Bulldogs defeated the Hilltoppers in the last meeting back in the beginning of the season on October 6, 55–52.



Scoring summary


Scoring summary

















































































































































































Quarter
Time

Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score

Plays
Yards

TOP
LATECH
WKU
1
11:56
8
54
3:04
WKU
32-yard field goal by Skyler Simcox
0
3
1
10:18
5
76
1:38
LATECH
25-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes
3
3
1
7:40
7
70
2:38
WKU
Anthony Wales 15-yard touchdown run, Skyler Simcox kick good
3
10
1
5:43



LATECH
Interception returned 48 yards for touchdown by L'Jarius Sneed, Jonathan Barnes kick good
10
10
1
3:38
6
75
2:05
WKU
Anthony Wales 26-yard touchdown run, Skyler Simcox kick good
10
17
1
1:34
7
63
2:04
LATECH
Carlos Henderson 6-yard touchdown reception from Ryan Higgins, Jonathan Barnes kick good
17
17
1
0:00
3
63
1:34
WKU
Anthony Wales 10-yard touchdown reception from Mike White, Skyler Simcox kick good
17
24
2
11:06
8
79
3:54
LATECH
Jarred Craft 5-yard touchdown reception from Ryan Higgins, Jonathan Barnes kick good
24
24
2
10:17
2
72
0:49
WKU
Taywan Taylor 45-yard touchdown reception from Mike White, Skyler Simcox kick good
24
31
2
8:26
7
72
1:51
LATECH
36-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes
27
31
2
5:05
7
23
3:21
WKU
Taywan Taylor 4-yard touchdown reception from Mike White, Skyler Simcox kick good
27
38
3
13:15
5
65
1:45
LATECH
Kameron McKnight 53-yard touchdown reception from Ryan Higgins, Jonathan Barnes kick good
34
38
3
10:17
7
29
2:58
LATECH
Kameron McKnight 1-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Barnes kick good
41
38
3
4:05
10
55
4:32
WKU
28-yard field goal by Skyler Simcox
41
41
3
4:05
2
40
0:48
WKU
Anthony Wales 15-yard touchdown run, Skyler Simcox kick good
41
48
4
14:08
15
72
4:57
LATECH
24-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes
44
48
4
7:19
9
63
4:57
WKU
34-yard field goal by Skyler Simcox
44
51
4
0:58
9
83
4:57
WKU
Anthony Wales 13-yard touchdown run, Skyler Simcox kick good
44
58

"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.
44
58

Source: [2]



Statistics























Statistics[2]LA TechWKU
First downs2631
Plays–yards79–50772–656
Rushes–yards22–541–235
Passing yards421502
Passing: Comp–Att–Int35–57–121–31–1
Time of possession28:2431:36


References




  1. ^ "C-USA Rolls Out Dynacraft as Football Championship Title Sponsor". Conference USA. Retrieved 2016-11-15..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ abcd "C-USA Championship: Louisiana Tech vs. Western Kentucky". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2016-12-03.


  3. ^ "2016 Conference USA Football TV Schedule Announced". FBS Schedule.


  4. ^ "Jeff Brohm moving from Western Kentucky to Purdue". ESPN.com. December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.


  5. ^ "Tech wraps up C-USA West title with seventh straight win". The News Star.


  6. ^ "LA Tech clinches West Division with 63-35 Victory". KTAL.


  7. ^ "Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Marshall Thundering Herd". ESPN. 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2016-11-14.










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