2016 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2016 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his third season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes were in fourth season as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

2016 Albany Great Danes football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2016 record	7–4 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach	Greg Gattuso (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Bernard (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bernard Clark (3rd season)
Home stadium	Bob Ford Field (Capacity: 8,500)

2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 11 Villanova ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 17 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 8 Richmond ^		5	–	3					10	–	4
Maine		5	–	3					6	–	5
Albany		4	–	4					7	–	4
Stony Brook		4	–	4					5	–	6
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	6
Towson		3	–	5					4	–	7
Delaware		2	–	6					4	–	7
Elon		1	–	7					2	–	9
Rhode Island		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	at Buffalo*		UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN3	W 22–16	18,657
September 10	1:00 pm	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	A10 Network	W 35–7	4,511
September 17	7:00 pm	Holy Cross*	No. 25	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	W 45–28	8,040
September 24	7:00 pm	Saint Francis (PA)*	No. 22	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	W 20–9	6,309
October 8	3:30 pm	No. 6 Richmond	No. 16	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	L 30–36 ^3OT	9,052
October 15	12:00 pm	at Maine	No. 17	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS	L 16–20	10,443
October 22	3:30 pm	at No. 16 Villanova	No. 23	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	NNAA	L 13–24	5,109
October 29	12:00 pm	Elon		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	ASN	W 27–3	3,916
November 5	1:00 pm	Delaware		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	L 17–33	4,412
November 12	12:00 pm	at No. 21 New Hampshire		Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	UNHAthletics	W 36–25	7,012
November 19	1:00 pm	Stony Brook		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY (Empire Clash)	DZ	W 13–6	3,836
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	7	7	0	8	22
Bulls	0	13	3	0	16

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	7	7	7	14	35
Rams	0	7	0	0	7

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	7	0	7	14	28
#25 Great Danes	0	28	3	14	45

Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	0	9	0	0	9
#22 Great Danes	0	0	3	17	20

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
#6 Spiders	3	7	3	7	3	7	6	36
#16 Great Danes	7	3	3	7	3	7	0	30

at Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Great Danes	3	5	0	8	16
Black Bears	7	6	7	0	20

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Great Danes	0	0	0	13	13
#17 Wildcats	7	7	10	0	24

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	3	0	0	3
Great Danes	3	7	7	10	27

Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fightin' Blue Hens	0	14	14	5	33
Great Danes	10	7	0	0	17

at New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	0	7	15	14	36
#21 Wildcats	8	14	3	0	25

Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	0	3	0	3	6
Great Danes	0	3	10	0	13

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	NR	RV	25	22	21	16	17	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	NR	RV	25	23	21	17	19	24	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV

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