The 2016 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The Tigers were led by first-year head coach Mike Norvell and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Tigers competed as a member of the West Division of the American Athletic Conference.

They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division.

They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to Western Kentucky.