2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Lehigh in the first round before losing in the second round to James Madison.

2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 17
Record8–5 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (9th season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (5th season)
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 James Madison $^   8 0     14 1  
No. 11 Villanova ^   6 2     9 4  
No. 17 New Hampshire ^   6 2     8 5  
No. 8 Richmond ^   5 3     10 4  
Maine   5 3     6 5  
Albany   4 4     7 4  
Stony Brook   4 4     5 6  
William & Mary   3 5     5 6  
Towson   3 5     4 7  
Delaware   2 6     4 7  
Elon   1 7     2 9  
Rhode Island   1 7     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 18:30 pmat San Diego State*No. 22L 0–3146,486
September 107:00 pmHoly Cross*No. 24ASNW 39–2813,242
September 177:00 pmat Dartmouth*No. 22FCSL 21–228,296
September 241:00 pmat Rhode IslandA10 NetworkW 39–173,626
October 13:30 pmNo. 19 William & Mary 
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHAthleticsW 21–1221,943
October 77:00 pmat ElonPAAW 13–104,416
October 1512:00 pmNo. 7 James Madison
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
ASNL 39–428,316
October 223:30 pmat TowsonCSNW 21–75,023
October 2912:00 pmNo. 22 Stony Brook
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHAthleticsW 43–145,029
November 1212:00 pmAlbanyNo. 21
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHAthleticsL 25–367,012
November 191:00 pmat MaineMAAW 24–216,401
November 262:00 pmNo. 18 Lehigh*No. 22
ESPN3W 64–212,240
December 32:00 pmat No. 5 James Madison*No. 22
ESPN3L 22–5513,231
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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At San Diego State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Aztecs 14 7 3 7 31

Holy Cross

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1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 14 7 7 0 28
#24 Wildcats 6 7 19 7 39

At Dartmouth

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1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Wildcats 0 14 7 0 21
Big Green 7 0 0 15 22

At Rhode Island

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 8 7 17 39
Rams 7 0 3 7 17

William & Mary

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1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Tribe 6 0 0 6 12
Wildcats 0 7 0 14 21

At Elon

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 0 6 13
Phoenix 0 3 7 0 10

James Madison

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1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Dukes 7 14 7 14 42
Wildcats 0 9 3 27 39

At Towson

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 7 0 21
Tigers 0 7 0 0 7

Stony Brook

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1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Seawolves 7 0 7 0 14
Wildcats 15 0 21 7 43

Albany

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1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 7 15 14 36
#21 Wildcats 8 14 3 0 25

At Maine

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 7 10 24
Black Bears 7 7 0 7 21

Lehigh—NCAA Division I First Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Mountain Hawks 0 14 7 0 21
#22 Wildcats 15 21 14 14 64

James Madison–NCAA Division I Second Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Wildcats 7 0 8 7 22
#5 Dukes 3 28 21 3 55

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS222422RVRVRVRVRVRV2221RV2217
CoachesRVRVRVRVRV25RVRV2323RV2117

References

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