2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team

2016 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2016 record 4–7 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach Mike Sanford (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Brian Sheppard (4th year)
Defensive coordinator Brian Cabral (4th year)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 12,764)
2016 MVFC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#4 North Dakota State +^   7 1         11 1  
#7 South Dakota State +^   7 1         9 3  
#13 Youngstown State ^   6 2         10 3  
Illinois State ^   4 4         6 6  
Northern Iowa   4 4         5 6  
Western Illinois   3 5         6 5  
South Dakota   3 5         4 7  
Missouri State   2 6         4 7  
Indiana State   2 6         4 7  
Southern Illinois   2 6         4 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team represents Indiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Mike Sanford and play their home games at Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 3:00 PM Butler* Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 41–25   5,625
September 10 12:00 PM at Minnesota* TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN ESPNews L 28–58   41,026
September 17 7:00 PM at Southeast Missouri State* Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO OVCDN W 27–24   7,637
September 24 3:00 PM No. 9 Illinois State Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 34–31   6,561
October 1 3:00 PM Missouri Statedagger No. 24 Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 24–45   6,871
October 8 4:00 PM at No. 13 Western Illinois Hanson FieldMacomb, IL ESPN3 L 35–36   5,487
October 15 3:00 PM South Dakota Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 30–33 2OT  3,297
October 22 3:00 PM at Southern Illinois Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL ESPN3 W 22–14   9,603
October 29 2:00 PM at Youngstown State Stambaugh StadiumYoungstown, OH ESPN3 L 10–13   15,082
November 5 1:00 PM Northern Iowa Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 6–39   3,409
November 12 3:30 PM at No. 4 North Dakota State FargodomeFargo, ND ESPN3 L 17–41   18,276
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 6 6 13 25
Sycamores 14 3 21 3 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–25–2 2015 ISU, 52–17

at Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 0 14 7 28
Golden Gophers 14 24 10 10 58
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 1993 MINN, 27–10

at Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 3 3 14 27
Redhawks 7 3 7 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–4 2015 ISU, 29–28

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Redbirds 0 7 7 17 31
Sycamores 7 10 7 10 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–36–2 2015 ILST, 27–24

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 10 14 7 14 45
#24 Sycamores 14 10 0 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–17 2015 ISU, 56–28

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 7 21 0 35
#13 Leathernecks 0 20 7 9 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–24 2015 WIU, 37–30 OT

South Dakota

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Coyotes 17 0 10 033 33
Sycamores 10 0 7 1030 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2013 USD, 17–14

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 7 6 6 22
Salukis 7 0 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–27 2015 ISU, 39–36

at Younstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 10 0 0 0 10
Penguins 0 6 0 7 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–20 2015 ISU, 27–24

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 13 14 6 6 39
Sycamores 0 3 3 0 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–25 2015 UNI, 59–13

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 7 0 10 17
#4 Bison 21 13 7 0 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–7 2015 NDSU, 28–14

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 NR RV 24 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches NR RV NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

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