2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Northern Arizona Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tim Plough (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Andy Thompson (8th season)
Home stadium Walkup Skydome
Seasons
  2015
2017  
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

The 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:45 pmat Arizona State *No. 18 P12N L 13–4445,300
September 101:00 pmat No. 18 Western Illinois *No. 19 ESPN3 L 20–346,732
September 174:00 pm New Mexico Highlands *No. 24 NAU-TV , FSAZ W 73–38,711
September 244:00 pmNo. 4 Eastern Washington
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZL 35–5010,179
October 112:00 pmat Northern Colorado CET L 18–215,478
October 84:00 pmat Montana State RTNW W 20–1417,637
October 154:00 pm Idaho State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZW 52–77,836
October 224:00 pmNo. 10 Montana
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZW 45–347,197
November 511:00 amat Weber State KJZZ W 33–208,740
November 1212:00 pmat No. 12 North Dakota Midco SN L 31–389,049
November 192:00 pm Southern Utah
NAU-TV, FSAZL 21–485,626

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Game summaries

At Arizona State

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#18 Lumberjacks033713
Sun Devils73102444

At Western Illinois

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#19 Lumberjacks1307020
#18 Leathernecks31014734

New Mexico Highlands

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Cowboys03003
#24 Lumberjacks282124073

Eastern Washington

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#4 Eagles1210141450
Lumberjacks7147735

At Northern Colorado

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Lumberjacks730818
Bears1470021

At Montana State

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Lumberjacks01010020
Bobcats007714

Idaho State

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Bengals00077
Lumberjacks141471752

Montana

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#10 Grizzlies31701434
Lumberjacks141417045

At Weber State

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Lumberjacks101031033
Wildcats077620

At North Dakota

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Lumberjacks14107031
#12 Fighting Hawks10072138

Southern Utah

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Thunderbirds141420048
Lumberjacks1470021

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
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