2016 Wofford Terriers football team
The 2016 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 29th-year head coach Mike Ayers and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Charleston Southern and The Citadel in the first and second round, before losing to Youngstown State in the quarterfinals.
2016 Wofford Terriers football | |
---|---|
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 23–30 2OT vs. Youngstown State | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 9 |
FCS Coaches | No. 11 |
2016 record | 10–4 (6–2 SoCon) |
Head coach |
|
Offensive coordinator | Wade Lang (29th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Nathan Fuqua (12th season) |
Home stadium | Gibbs Stadium (Capacity: 13,000) |
2016 Southern Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 The Citadel $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Chattanooga ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Wofford ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Samford ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 1 | 7:00 pm | at Tennessee Tech* | OVCDN | W 21–7 | 9,066 | ||
September 10 | 4:00 pm | at No. 19 (FBS) Ole Miss* | SECN | L 13–38 | 64,232 | ||
September 17 | 3:00 pm | Johnson C. Smith* | ESPN3 | W 59–0 | 5,417 | ||
September 24 | 1:30 pm | East Tennessee State |
| ESPN3 | W 31–0 | 7,316 | |
October 1 | 3:00 pm | at Samford | ESPN3 | L 26–28 | 8,509 | ||
October 8 | 7:00 pm | at Western Carolina | ASN | W 31–14 | 9,457 | ||
October 22 | 1:30 pm | No. 5 The Citadel |
| ESPN3 | L 21–24 OT | 11,102 | |
October 29 | 1:30 pm | Mercer |
| ESPN3 | W 31–21 | 6,190 | |
November 5 | 1:30 pm | at Furman | ESPN3 | W 34–27 | 7,834 | ||
November 12 | 2:00 pm | at No. 7 Chattanooga | SDN | W 36–28 | 8,750 | ||
November 19 | 1:30 pm | VMI | No. 20 |
| ESPN3 | W 17–0 | 8,102 |
November 26 | 1:00 pm | No. 10 Charleston Southern* | No. 19 |
| ESPN3 | W 15–14 | 2,605 |
December 3 | 6:00 pm | at No. 6 The Citadel* | No. 19 | ESPN3 | W 17–3 | 10,336 | |
December 10 | 2:00 pm | at No. 13 Youngstown State* | No. 19 | ESPN3 | L 23–30 2OT | 8,066 | |
|
- Source: Schedule
Ranking movements
Week | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 19 | 9 | |||||||
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 | 19 | 11 |
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.