2016 West Alabama Tigers football team

The 2016 West Alabama Tigers football team represented the University of West Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Brett Gilliland, who was in his third season at West Alabama. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses (7–4 overall, 6–2 in the GSC), defeating two top 25 ranked teams and were not invited in the 2016 playoffs.

2016 West Alabama Tigers football
Conference	Gulf South Conference
2016 record	7–4 (6–2 GSC)
Head coach	Brett Gilliland (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Don Bailey (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Nathan Burton (3rd season)
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium (Capacity: 7,000)

2016 Gulf South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 North Alabama $^		7	–	0					11	–	2
No. 18 Valdosta State ^		6	–	2					8	–	3
West Alabama		6	–	2					7	–	4
Florida Tech ^		5	–	2					8	–	3
West Georgia		4	–	4					7	–	4
West Florida		3	–	5					5	–	6
Delta State †		3	–	5					4	–	6
Mississippi College		1	–	7					3	–	7
Shorter		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant † – Delta State's record is officially listed as 2–8 (1–7) due to the use of ineligible players in two wins, but the opponents are not credited with wins. Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule

West Alabama announced its 2016 football schedule on February 16, 2016. The schedule consists of both five home and six away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, North Alabama, and Valdosta State and will travel to Mississippi College, Shorter, West Florida, and West Georgia[1]

The Lions will only host one of the three non-conference games against Malone Pioneers of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference and travel two games against North Greenville which is independent from a conference and Stephen F. Austin of the Southland Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m	at North Greenville*	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC		L 23–24	3,822
September 10	7:35 p.m.	at Stephen F. Austin*	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	ESPN3	L 24–30	5,812
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at Mississippi College	Robinson–Hale Stadium Clinton, MS		W 38–13	3,143
September 24	6:00 p.m.	No. 19 North Alabama	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL (Rivalry)	ESPN3	L 7–45	6,863
September 29	6:00 p.m.	at Shorter	Barron Stadium Rome, GA		W 43–28	850
October 8	4:00 p.m.	Delta State	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL		W 54–42	6,921
October 15	1:00 p.m.	at No. 24 West Georgia	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	ESPN3	W 31–7	5,633
October 22	6:00 p.m.	No. 19 Florida Tech	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL		W 45–35	3,588
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at West Florida	Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL		W 45–21	6,088
November 5	2:00 p.m.	No. 23 Valdosta State	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL	ESPN3	L 22–37	5,269
November 12	2:00 p.m.	Malone*	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL		W 56–7	3,702
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

References

1. "West Alabama Releases 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. February 16, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.