American college football season
The 2016 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by Greg Gattuso , who was in his third season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium . The Great Danes were in fourth season as members of the Colonial Athletic Association . They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 pm at Buffalo * ESPN3 W 22–1618,657
September 10 1:00 pm at Rhode Island A10 Network W 35–74,511
September 17 7:00 pm Holy Cross * No. 25 DZ W 45–288,040
September 24 7:00 pm Saint Francis (PA) * No. 22 Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY DZ W 20–96,309
October 8 3:30 pm No. 6 Richmond No. 16 Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY DZ L 30–36 3OT 9,052
October 15 12:00 pm at Maine No. 17 FCS L 16–2010,443
October 22 3:30 pm at No. 16 Villanova No. 23 NNAA L 13–245,109
October 29 12:00 pm Elon Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY ASN W 27–33,916
November 5 1:00 pm Delaware Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY DZ L 17–334,412
November 12 12:00 pm at No. 21 New Hampshire UNHAthletics W 36–257,012
November 19 1:00 pm Stony Brook Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY (Empire Clash ) DZ W 13–63,836
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ ]
at Buffalo [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
7
7
0
8
22
Bulls
0
13
3
0
16
at Rhode Island [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
7
7
7
14
35
Rams
0
7
0
0
7
Holy Cross [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
7
0
7
14
28
#25 Great Danes
0
28
3
14
45
Saint Francis (PA) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Flash
0
9
0
0
9
#22 Great Danes
0
0
3
17
20
Richmond [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
#6 Spiders
3
7
3
7 3 7 6
36
#16 Great Danes
7
3
3
7 3 7 0
30
at Maine [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Great Danes
3
5
0
8
16
Black Bears
7
6
7
0
20
at Villanova [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#23 Great Danes
0
0
0
13
13
#17 Wildcats
7
7
10
0
24
Elon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Phoenix
0
3
0
0
3
Great Danes
3
7
7
10
27
Delaware [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fightin' Blue Hens
0
14
14
5
33
Great Danes
10
7
0
0
17
at New Hampshire [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
0
7
15
14
36
#21 Wildcats
8
14
3
0
25
Stony Brook [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seawolves
0
3
0
3
6
Great Danes
0
3
10
0
13
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
NR
RV
25
22
21
16
17
23
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Coaches
NR
RV
25
23
21
17
19
24
RV
RV
NR
NR
RV
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons