2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They were in their first and only season as an FCS Independent. The Chanticleers joined the FBS Sun Belt Conference in July 2016 as a full but non-football member. The football team will transition to FBS, joining Sun Belt football in 2017 and gaining full FBS membership and bowl eligibility in 2018.[1][2] They finished the season 10–2.

2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
2016 record	10–2
Head coach	Joe Moglia (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Patenaude (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Matthews (1st season)
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium (Capacity: 9,214)

2016 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 18 Coastal Carolina			–						10	–	2
Coastal Carolina ineligible for FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 pm	at Lamar	No. 16	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX	ESPN3	W 38–14	8,697
September 10	7:00 pm	Florida A&M	No. 17	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	W 49–10	10,037
September 17	2:00 pm	at No. 4 Jacksonville State	No. 17	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	OVCDN	L 26–27	14,265
September 24	6:00 pm	Furman	No. 17	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	CSN	W 41–21	10,311
October 1	6:00 pm	No. 10 Charleston Southern	No. 14	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	L 58–59 ^2OT	10,213
October 15	1:30 pm	at Gardner–Webb	No. 16	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	BSN	W 17–7	6,850
October 22	2:00 pm	Central Connecticut	No. 17–T	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	CSN	W 33–25	9,217
October 29	2:00 pm	at Presbyterian	No. 18	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN3	W 48–17	4,453
November 5	2:00 pm	Monmouth	No. 18	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	W 38–17	7,123
November 12	2:00 pm	Bryant	No. 15	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	CSN	W 31–21	6,528
November 17	7:00 pm	Liberty	No. 16	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPNews	W 42–7	7,787
November 26	2:00 pm	Hampton	No. 15	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	CSN	W 26–7	5,921
Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Lamar

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Chanticleers	3	0	25	10	38
Cardinals	7	7	0	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2016	CCU 38–14

Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	0	7	0	3	10
#17 Chanticleers	22	14	6	7	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2016	CCU 49–10

at Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Chanticleers	3	9	6	8	26
#4 Gamecocks	7	6	7	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2016	Jacksonville State 27–26

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	0	7	7	7	21
#17 Chanticleers	7	20	7	7	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2016	CCU 41–21

Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
#10 Buccaneers	7	16	7	15	7	7	59
#14 Chanticleers	21	0	14	10	7	6	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–6	2016	Charleston Southern 59–58

at Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Chanticleers	0	3	0	14	17
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–2	2016	CCU 17–7

Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	3	7	15	25
#17–T Chanticleers	7	16	3	7	33

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2016	CCU 33–25

at Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Chanticleers	23	7	11	7	48
Blue Hose	7	10	0	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–1	2016	CCU 48–17

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	10	7	0	0	17
#18 Chanticleers	3	7	14	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2016	CCU 38–17

Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	7	0	21
#15 Chanticleers	6	3	7	15	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2016	CCU 31–21

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	0	7	0	0	7
#16 Chanticleers	7	21	7	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–7	2016	CCU 42–7

Hampton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	0	0	7	7
#15 Chanticleers	10	6	0	10	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2016	CCU 26–7

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	16	17	17	17	14	17	16	17–T	18	18	15	16	15	18
Coaches*	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

* Due to their transition to FBS, they are not eligible to be ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll.

References

1. "2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Football Schedule". FBSSchedules. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
2. "Coastal Carolina Announces 2016 Football Schedule". Coastal Carolina Official Athletics Site. March 1, 2016. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.