2016 WPI Engineers football team
The 2016 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2016 NCAA Division III football season.[1][2] It marked the Engineers' 127th overall season and the team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by seventh-year head coach Chris Robertson. This was the final season that WPI was a member of the Liberty League for football, as they moved to the NEWMAC for the 2017 season.
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| Conference | Liberty League |
| 2016 record | 6–4 (3–4 Liberty) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Neil Hitchen (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Dan Mulrooney (3rd season) |
| Captain | Brandon Eccher Brian Murtagh Kevin Lynch Steven Thulin |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 2,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 St. Lawrence + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Hobart +^ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merchant Marine | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Springfield | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WPI | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RPI | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union (NY) | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rochester (NY) | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Engineers finished the season with a winning record of 6-4. This marked the first time that WPI posted consecutive winning seasons since the 1990s.
Schedule
The 2016 schedule was officially released on July 5, 2016. WPI faced all seven Liberty League opponents: RPI, Hobart, Union, Merchant Marine, St. Lawrence, Rochester, and Springfield. They also played four non-conference games: MIT of the New England Football Conference (NEFC), Worcester State of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MSCAC), and Norwich of the NEFC.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at MIT* |
| W 34-31 OT | 1,215 | |
| September 9 | 7:00 p.m. | Worcester State* | W 41-7 | 2,392 | ||
| September 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Norwich* | W 40-17 | 2,976 | ||
| September 24 | 1:00 p.m. | at Springfield |
| SCTV3 | L 23-28 | 2,516 |
| October 1 | 1:30 p.m. | Union |
| Charter TV3 | W 21-14 | 889 |
| October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Merchant Marine |
| L 44-45 | 2,024 | |
| October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at RPI |
| RPITV | W 19-7 | 1,596 |
| October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 25 Hobart |
| L 31-35 | 1,000 | |
| November 5 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rochester |
| W 37-34 | 625 | |
| November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 25 St. Lawrence |
| L 21-28 | 1,209 | |
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