2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football
UNH Wildcats.png
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 17
Record8–5 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ryan Carty (9th season)
Defensive coordinator John Lyons (5th season)
Home stadium Wildcat Stadium
Seasons
  2015
2017  
2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
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

The 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Lehigh in the first round before losing in the second round to James Madison.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 18:30 pmat San Diego State *No. 22L 0–3146,486
September 107:00 pm Holy Cross *No. 24 ASN W 39–2813,242
September 177:00 pmat Dartmouth *No. 22 FCS L 21–228,296
September 241:00 pmat Rhode Island A10 Network W 39–173,626
October 13:30 pmNo. 19 William & Mary Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHAthletics W 21–1221,943
October 77:00 pmat Elon PAA W 13–104,416
October 1512:00 pmNo. 7 James Madison
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
ASNL 39–428,316
October 223:30 pmat Towson CSN W 21–75,023
October 2912:00 pmNo. 22 Stony Brook
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHAthleticsW 43–145,029
November 1212:00 pm Albany No. 21
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHAthleticsL 25–367,012
November 191:00 pmat Maine MAA W 24–216,401
November 262:00 pmNo. 18 Lehigh *No. 22
ESPN3W 64–212,240
December 32:00 pmat No. 5 James Madison*No. 22
ESPN3L 22–5513,231
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At San Diego State

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#22 Wildcats00000
Aztecs1473731

Holy Cross

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Crusaders1477028
#24 Wildcats6719739

At Dartmouth

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#22 Wildcats0147021
Big Green7001522

At Rhode Island

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Wildcats7871739
Rams703717

William & Mary

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#19 Tribe600612
Wildcats0701421

At Elon

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Wildcats700613
Phoenix037010

James Madison

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#7 Dukes71471442
Wildcats0932739

At Towson

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Wildcats777021
Tigers07007

Stony Brook

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#22 Seawolves707014
Wildcats15021743

Albany

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Great Danes07151436
#21 Wildcats8143025

At Maine

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Wildcats7071024
Black Bears770721

Lehigh—NCAA Division I First Round

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#18 Mountain Hawks0147021
#22 Wildcats1521141464

James Madison–NCAA Division I Second Round

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#22 Wildcats708722
#5 Dukes32821355

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
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— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS 222422RVRVRVRVRVRV2221RV2217
Coaches RVRVRVRVRV25RVRV2323RV2117

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