2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team
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* |
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Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN |
ESPN3 |
W 41–25 |
5,625 |
September 10 |
12:00 PM |
at Minnesota* |
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TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN |
ESPNews |
L 28–58 |
41,026 |
September 17 |
7:00 PM |
at Southeast Missouri State* |
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Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO |
OVCDN |
W 27–24 |
7,637 |
September 24 |
3:00 PM |
No. 9 Illinois State |
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Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN |
ESPN3 |
W 34–31 |
6,561 |
October 1 |
3:00 PM |
Missouri State |
No. 24 |
Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN |
ESPN3 |
L 24–45 |
6,871 |
October 8 |
4:00 PM |
at No. 13 Western Illinois |
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Hanson Field • Macomb, IL |
ESPN3 |
L 35–36 |
5,487 |
October 15 |
3:00 PM |
South Dakota |
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Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN |
ESPN3 |
L 30–33 2OT |
3,297 |
October 22 |
3:00 PM |
at Southern Illinois |
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Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL |
ESPN3 |
W 22–14 |
9,603 |
October 29 |
2:00 PM |
at Youngstown State |
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Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH |
ESPN3 |
L 10–13 |
15,082 |
November 5 |
1:00 PM |
Northern Iowa |
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Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN |
ESPN3 |
L 6–39 |
3,409 |
November 12 |
3:30 PM |
at No. 4 North Dakota State |
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Fargodome • Fargo, ND |
ESPN3 |
L 17–41 |
18,276 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Game summaries
Butler
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Coyotes |
17 |
0 |
10 |
0 | 3 | 3 |
33 |
Sycamores |
10 |
0 |
7 |
10 | 3 | 0 |
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.
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Poll |
Pre |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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10 |
11 |
12 |
Final |
STATS FCS |
RV |
RV |
NR |
RV |
24 |
RV |
RV |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
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Coaches |
NR |
RV |
NR |
NR |
RV |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
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