The 2016 Army Black Knights football team represented the

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as an

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in the

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. The Black Knights were led by third-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. They finished the season 8–5 and defeated Navy for the first time since 2001 in the

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. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they defeated

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in overtime.

Schedule

Personnel

Roster

Depth chart

Depth Chart 2016
''True Freshman''
Double Position : *

Game summaries

At Temple

Rice

At UTEP

At Buffalo

At Duke

Lafayette

North Texas

At Wake Forest

Air Force

Vs. Notre Dame

Morgan State

Vs. Navy

Vs. North Texas – Heart of Dallas Bowl

References

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Army Black Knights football seasons First Responder Bowl champion seasons

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