2016 Weber State Wildcats football team

The 2016 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by third year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Chattanooga in the first round.

2016 Weber State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 25
FCS CoachesNo. 24
2016 record7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFesi Sitake (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJason Kaufusi (1st season)
Home stadiumStewart Stadium
(Capacity: 17,312)
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  8 0     12 2  
No. 12 North Dakota +^  8 0     9 3  
No. 25 Weber State ^  6 2     7 5  
No. 24 Cal Poly ^  5 3     7 5  
Southern Utah  5 3     6 5  
Northern Colorado  4 4     6 5  
Northern Arizona  4 4     5 6  
Montana  3 5     6 5  
Montana State  2 6     4 7  
Portland State  2 6     3 8  
UC Davis  2 6     3 8  
Sacramento State  2 6     2 9  
Idaho State  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmat Utah State*CI/TwitterL 6–4523,008
September 101:00 pmat South Dakota*ESPN3L 49–52 2OT8,114
September 176:00 pmSacramento State*KJZZW 14–79,746
September 247:00 pmat UC DavisWBSW 38–358,426
October 86:00 pmPortland State
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
KJZZW 14–1010,217
October 151:30 pmMontana State
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
RTRMW 45–277,148
October 226:00 pmat Southern UtahWBSW 37–368,511
October 2912:00 pmat No. 17 North DakotaMidco SN2L 19–278,699
November 512:00 pmNorthern Arizona
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
KJZZL 20–338,740
November 1212:00 pmNo. 16 Cal Poly
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
KJZZW 22–157,821
November 192:30 pmat Idaho StateEversport.tvW 34–285,464
November 2612:00 pmat No. 11 Chattanooga*No. 25ESPN3L 14–455,238

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Sacramento State on September 17 is considered a non-conference game.

Game summaries

at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 6 0 0 6
Aggies 14 7 10 14 45

at South Dakota

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Wildcats 28 0 14 070 49
Coyotes 14 7 0 2173 52

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 7 0 0 7
Wildcats 0 7 0 7 14

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 8 17 7 6 38
Aggies 10 0 3 22 35

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 0 3 10
Wildcats 0 0 7 7 14

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 7 7 6 27
Wildcats 21 21 0 3 45

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 6 8 23 37
Thunderbirds 14 9 13 0 36

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 13 0 6 19
#17 Fighting Hawks 7 0 14 6 27

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 10 10 3 10 33
Wildcats 0 7 7 6 20

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Mustangs 0 7 8 0 15
Wildcats 12 3 0 7 22

at Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 3 7 10 34
Bengals 7 14 0 7 28

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Wildcats 0 0 7 7 14
#11 Mocs 14 10 7 14 45

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 RV RV RV NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 
Coaches RV RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 23 24

References

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