2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football

FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 22–55 vs. James Madison
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS	No. 22
FCS Coaches	No. 21
2016 record	8–5 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (18th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Carty (9th year)
Defensive coordinator	John Lyons (5th year)
Home stadium	Wildcat Stadium (Capacity: 11,015)

2016 CAA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#5 James Madison $^		8	–	0		11	–	1
#9 Villanova ^		6	–	2		9	–	4
#22 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2		8	–	5
#12 Richmond ^		5	–	3		10	–	3
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 FCS 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:30 PM	at San Diego State*	No. 22	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA		L 0–31	46,486
September 10	7:00 PM	Holy Cross*	No. 24	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	ASN	W 39–28	13,242
September 17	7:00 PM	at Dartmouth*	No. 22	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH (Rivalry)	FCS	L 21–22	8,296
September 24	1:00 PM	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	A10 Network	W 39–17	3,626
October 1	3:30 PM	No. 19 William & Mary		Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHAthletics	W 21–12	21,943
October 7	7:00 PM	at Elon		Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	PAA	W 13–10	4,416
October 15	12:00 PM	No. 7 James Madison		Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	ASN	L 39–42	8,316
October 22	3:30 PM	at Towson		Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD	CSN	W 21–7	5,023
October 29	12:00 PM	No. 22 Stony Brook		Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHAthletics	W 43–14	5,029
November 12	12:00 PM	Albany	No. 21	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHAthletics	L 25–36	7,012
November 19	1:00 PM	at Maine		Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME (Rivalry)	MAA	W 24–21	6,401
November 26	2:00 PM	No. 18 Lehigh*	No. 22	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 64–21	2,240
December 3	2:00 PM	at No. 5 James Madison*	No. 22	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 22–55	13,231
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Game notes

at San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Aztecs	14	7	3	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	14	7	7	0	28
#24 Wildcats	6	7	19	7	39

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–6	2012	W 38–17

at Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Wildcats	0	14	7	0	21
Big Green	7	0	0	15	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–17–2	2014	W 52–19

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	8	7	17	39
Rams	7	0	3	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
57–28–5	2015	W 20–17

William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Tribe	6	0	0	6	12
Wildcats	0	7	0	14	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–15	2015	L 18–34

at Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	0	0	6	13
Phoenix	0	3	7	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	W 37–20

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Dukes	7	14	7	14	42
Wildcats	0	9	3	27	39

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–7	2013	W 33–17

at Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	7	0	21
Tigers	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–3	2013	L 28–44

Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Seawolves	7	0	7	0	14
Wildcats	15	0	21	7	43

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2015	L 6–31

Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	0	7	15	14	36
#21 Wildcats	8	14	3	0	25

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2015	W 24–14

at Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	0	7	10	24
Black Bears	7	7	0	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–44–8	2015	W 22–6

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Mountain Hawks	0	14	7	0	21
#22 Wildcats	15	21	14	14	64

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–3	2014	W 45–27

Second Round–James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Wildcats	7	0	8	7	22
#5 Dukes	3	28	21	3	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–8	10/15/2016	L 39–42

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	22	24	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	21	RV	22
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	25	RV	RV	23	23	RV	21

References

New Hampshire Wildcats football

Venues	Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth Colonial Clash (UMass, Bill Knight Trophy) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Cal Poly Central Arkansas Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Eastern Washington Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison Lehigh New Hampshire North Carolina A&T North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Saint Francis (PA) Samford Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Villanova Weber State Wofford Youngstown State

Champion – TBD

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