2016 Chicago Maroons football team

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2016 Chicago Maroons football
Chicago Maroons logo.svg
Conference Southern Athletic Association
2016 record4–6 (4–4 SAA)
Head coach Chris Wilkerson (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBo Flowers (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorLuke Cutkomp (3rd season)
Home stadium Stagg Field
(Capacity: 1,650)
Seasons
  2015
2017 
2016 Southern Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Berry + 71    91 
Washington (MO) +^ 71    83 
Centre  62    82 
Hendrix  53    73 
Rhodes  44    64 
Chicago  44    46 
Millsaps  26    37 
Birmingham–Southern  17    19 
Sewanee  08    010 
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant

The 2016 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago in the 2016 NCAA Division III football season. The Maroons played in the Southern Athletic Association, their second and final [1] season in the conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Wilkerson and played their home games at the 1,650 seat Stagg Field, located on the west end of campus.

University of Chicago Private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, the school is located on a 217-acre campus in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, near Lake Michigan. The University of Chicago holds top-ten positions in various national and international rankings.

The 2016 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began on September 5, 2016 and ended with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, on December 16, 2016 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia.

Southern Athletic Association NCAA Division III collegiate division

The Southern Athletic Association (SAA) is a college athletic conference in NCAA Division III that began play in the 2012–13 school year. It was formed in 2011 by seven former members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and independent Berry College.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 311:00 AMat Case Western Reserve *L 17–451,762 [2]
September 171:00 PM Millsaps W 35–17717
September 2412:30 PMat Centre L 27–492,105
October 112:00 PM Birmingham-Southern
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 38–34689
October 811:00 AMat Berry L 21–282,067
October 151:30 PM Rhodes
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 33–261,608
October 221:00 PMat Hendrix L 28–521,932
October 2912:00 PMat Sewanee W 49–302,746
November 711:00 AM Carnegie Mellon *
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 24–37456
November 1212:00 PM Washington (Mo.)
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 34–431,300
  • *Non-conference game
  • All times are in CST time

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