2016 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2016 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his third season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes were in fourth season as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

2016 Albany Great Danes football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2016 record7–4 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Bernard (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBernard Clark (3rd season)
Home stadiumBob Ford Field
(Capacity: 8,500)
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmat Buffalo*ESPN3W 22–1618,657
September 101:00 pmat Rhode IslandA10 NetworkW 35–74,511
September 177:00 pmHoly Cross*No. 25DZW 45–288,040
September 247:00 pmSaint Francis (PA)*No. 22
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
DZW 20–96,309
October 83:30 pmNo. 6 RichmondNo. 16
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
DZL 30–36 3OT9,052
October 1512:00 pmat MaineNo. 17FCSL 16–2010,443
October 223:30 pmat No. 16 VillanovaNo. 23NNAAL 13–245,109
October 2912:00 pmElon
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
ASNW 27–33,916
November 51:00 pmDelaware
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
DZL 17–334,412
November 1212:00 pmat No. 21 New HampshireUNHAthleticsW 36–257,012
November 191:00 pmStony Brook
DZW 13–63,836

Game summaries

at Buffalo

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 7 0 8 22
Bulls 0 13 3 0 16

at Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 7 7 14 35
Rams 0 7 0 0 7

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 7 0 7 14 28
#25 Great Danes 0 28 3 14 45

Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 0 9 0 0 9
#22 Great Danes 0 0 3 17 20

Richmond

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
#6 Spiders 3 7 3 7376 36
#16 Great Danes 7 3 3 7370 30

at Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Great Danes 3 5 0 8 16
Black Bears 7 6 7 0 20

at Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Great Danes 0 0 0 13 13
#17 Wildcats 7 7 10 0 24

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 0 3 0 0 3
Great Danes 3 7 7 10 27

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 14 14 5 33
Great Danes 10 7 0 0 17

at New Hampshire

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

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 0 3 0 3 6
Great Danes 0 3 10 0 13

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR RV 25 22 21 16 17 23 RV RV RV RV RV  
Coaches NR RV 25 23 21 17 19 24 RV RV NR NR RV

References

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