2016 Weber State Wildcats football team

2016 Weber State Wildcats football

FCS Playoffs First Round, L 14–45 vs. Chattanooga
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 25
FCS Coaches	No. 23
2016 record	7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jay Hill (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Fesi Sitake (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Jason Kaufusi (1st year)
Home stadium	Stewart Stadium (Capacity: 17,312)

2016 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Eastern Washington +^		8	–	0		11	–	1
#8 North Dakota +^		8	–	0		9	–	3
#25 Weber State ^		6	–	2		7	–	5
#21 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 co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Non-Conference Schedule
September 1	6:00 PM	at Utah State*		Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	MW Net/Twitter	L 6–45	23,008
September 10	1:00 PM	at South Dakota*		DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	L 49–52 ^2OT	8,114
September 17	6:00 PM	Sacramento State*		Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	KJZZ	W 14–7	9,746
Conference Schedule
September 24	7:00 PM	at UC Davis		Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA	WBS	W 38–35	8,426
October 8	6:00 PM	Portland State		Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	KJZZ	W 14–10	10,217
October 15	1:30 PM	Montana State		Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	RTRM	W 45–27	7,148
October 22	6:00 PM	at Southern Utah		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 37–36	8,511
October 29	12:00 PM	at No. 17 North Dakota		Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	Midco SN2	L 19–27	8,699
November 5	12:00 PM	Northern Arizona		Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	KJZZ	L 20–33	8,740
November 12	12:00 PM	No. 16 Cal Poly		Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	KJZZ	W 22–15	7,821
November 19	2:30 PM	at Idaho State		Holt Arena • Pocatello, ID	Eversport.tv	W 34–28	5,464
FCS Playoffs
November 26	12:00 PM	at No. 11 Chattanooga*	No. 25	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (First Round)	ESPN3	L 14–45	5,238
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–13	2013	USU, 70–6

at South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Wildcats	28	0	14	0	7	0	49
Coyotes	14	7	0	21	7	3	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–0–1	1970	TIE, 21–21

Sacramento State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8	2015	WEB, 32–14

at UC Davis

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	WEB, 23–3

Portland State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–14	2014	PSU, 30–17

Montana State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–30–1	2014	MSU, 23–13

at Southern Utah

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–7	2015	SUU, 44–0

at North Dakota

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	WEB, 25–24

Northern Arizona

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–24	2015	NAU, 52–36

Cal Poly

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–6	2014	POLY, 30–24

at Idaho State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–15	2015	WEB, 35–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Chattanooga

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23

References

External links

2016 Weber State Football Schedule

Weber State Wildcats football

Venues	Stewart Stadium (1966–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Beehive Bowl (Southern Utah)

Culture & lore	Waldo the Wildcat Highest scoring NCAA football game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Cal Poly Central Arkansas Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Eastern Washington Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison Lehigh New Hampshire North Carolina A&T North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Saint Francis (PA) Samford Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Villanova Weber State Wofford Youngstown State

Champion – TBD

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