2016 Monmouth Hawks football team

The 2016 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 24th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field. Monmouth finished the season 4–7 overall and 0–5 in Big South play to place sixth.

2016 Monmouth Hawks football
Conference	Big South Conference
2016 record	4–7 (0–5 Big South)
Head coach	Kevin Callahan (24th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Morris (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Andy Bobik (23rd season)
Home stadium	Kessler Field (Capacity: 3,200)

2016 Big South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Charleston Southern +^		4	–	1					7	–	4
Liberty +		4	–	1					6	–	5
Kennesaw State		3	–	2					8	–	3
Gardner–Webb		3	–	2					5	–	6
Presbyterian		1	–	4					2	–	9
Monmouth		0	–	5					4	–	7
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	W 23–21	4,828
September 10	5:00 p.m.	at Delaware State*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	W 34–20	2,454
September 17	3:30 p.m.	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	L 7–27	14,265
September 24	1:00 p.m.	No. 12 Charleston Southern	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 7–35	2,801
October 1	1:00 p.m.	Fordham*	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 42–41 ^OT	2,847
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Howard*	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	W 59–27	453
October 13	7:00 p.m.	at Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN3	L 13–17	2,350
October 22	3:30 p.m.	at Liberty	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	L 28–52	16,687
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 17–49	3,869
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Coastal Carolina*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	L 17–38	7,123
November 19	1:30 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN3	L 33–34 ^OT	3,380
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	7	9	23
Mountain Hawks	0	0	7	14	21

at Delaware State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	7	10	10	7	34
Hornets	0	0	13	7	20

at Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	0	7	7
Golden Flashes	3	10	7	7	27

Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Buccaneers	0	7	14	14	35
Hawks	0	0	7	0	7

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Rams	13	14	0	7	7	41
Hawks	3	10	7	14	8	42

at Howard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	10	21	21	7	59
Bison	7	7	6	7	27

at Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	6	0	13
Blue Hose	0	7	3	7	17

at Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	14	7	28
Flames	14	17	7	14	52

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	14	21	7	49
Hawks	3	14	0	0	17

at Coastal Carolina

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

at Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Hawks	0	7	6	14	6	33
Runnin' Bulldogs	3	7	10	7	7	34

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