2016 Shorter Hawks football team

The 2016 Shorter Hawks football team represented the Shorter University in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Aaron Kelton, who was in his first season at Shorter. The Hawks played their home games at Barron Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 0 wins and 11 losses (0–11 overall, 0–8 in the GSC).

2016 Shorter Hawks football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
2016 record0–11 (0–8 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKiJuan Ware (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorWilliams Jones (1st season)
Home stadiumBarron Stadium
(Capacity: 6,500)
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

Shorter announced its 2016 football schedule on March 9, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Hawks hosted GSC foes Florida Tech, Mississippi College, West Alabama, and West Georgia, and travelled to Delta State, North Alabama, Valdosta State, and West Florida.[1]

The Hawks hosted only one non-conference game against Clark Atlanta of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travelled to two away games against Chattanooga from the Southern Conference and Mars Hill from the South Atlantic Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.mat No. 6 (FCS) Chattanooga*
SDNL 0–669,588
September 101:00 p.m.at Mars Hill*
L 21–28 OT3,112
September 177:00 p.m.No. 19 Florida Tech
ESPN3L 0–401,150
September 247:00 p.m.at Delta State
L 7–477,151
September 297:00 p.m.West Alabama
  • Barron Stadium
  • Rome, GA
L 28–43850
October 67:00 p.m.Clark Atlanta*
  • Barron Stadium
  • Rome, GA
L 23–271,050
October 157:00 p.m.at No. 10 North Alabama
L 0–459,958
October 221:00 p.m.at West Florida
ESPN3L 0–366,588
October 291:30 p.m.West Georgia
  • Barron Stadium
  • Rome, GA
L 0–441,000
November 51:30 p.m.Mississippi College
  • Barron Stadium
  • Rome, GA
L 0–32750
November 127:00 p.m.at No. 23 Valdosta State
L 0–443,654

References
  1. "Hawks finalize 2016 football schedule" (Press release). Shorter University Department of Athletics. March 9, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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