2016 FIU Panthers football team
The 2016 FIU Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers played their home games at the FIU Stadium in Miami, Florida, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA. They were led by fourth-year head coach Ron Turner until he was fired on September 25, 2016. Defensive coordinator Ron Cooper was promoted to interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They finished the season 4–8, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place the East Division.
Schedule
FIU announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host C–USA foes Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, and Middle Tennessee, and will travel to Charlotte, Old Dominion, UTEP, and Western Kentucky.The team will play four non–conference games, three home games against Indiana and Maryland both from the Big Ten Conference, and Central Florida from the American Athletic Conference, and one road game against Massachusetts.
Game summaries
Indiana
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–1 | 2015 | IND, 36–22 |
Maryland
at Massachusetts
UCF
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 2–2 | 2015 | FIU, 15–14 |
Florida Atlantic
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 4–10 | 2015 | FAU, 31–17 |
at UTEP
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–1 | 2015 | UTEP, 52–12 |
at Charlotte
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–0 | 2015 | FIU, 48–31 |
Louisiana Tech
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–2 | 2015 | LATECH, 27–17 |
Middle Tennessee
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 4–7 | 2015 | MTSU, 42–24 |
at WKU
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 4–5 | 2015 | WKU, 63–7 |
Marshall
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–4 | 2015 | MARSH, 52–0 |
at Old Dominion
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–1 | 2015 | ODU, 41–12 |
Awards and honors
Conference USA Players of the Week
| Player | Award | Date Awarded | Ref. |
| Anthony Wint | Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week | October 3, 2016 | |
| Anthony Wint | Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week | October 17, 2016 |