American college football season
The 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina and competed in the Sun Belt Conference . They were led by fourth-year head coach Scott Satterfield . They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to win a share of the Sun Belt championship with Arkansas State . They were invited to the Camellia Bowl where they defeated Toledo .
Schedule [ ]
Appalachian State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Sun Belt foes Georgia State , Idaho , Louisiana–Monroe , and Texas State , and will travel to Georgia Southern , Louisiana–Lafayette , New Mexico State , and Troy . Appalachian State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Arkansas State and South Alabama .[1]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Miami from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Old Dominion from Conference USA , and two road games against Akron from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Tennessee from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:30 p.m. at No. 9 Tennessee * SECN L 13–20 OT 100,074
September 10 3:30 p.m. Old Dominion * ASN W 31–723,374
September 17 Noon No. 25 Miami (FL) * Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPN L 10–4534,658
September 24 3:30 p.m. at Akron * ASN W 45–3815,381
October 1 Noon Georgia State Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ASN W 17–324,782
October 12 8:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Lafayette ESPN2 W 24–016,960
October 22 3:30 p.m. Idaho Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPN3 W 37–1926,931
October 27 7:30 p.m. at Georgia Southern ESPNU W 34–1023,474
November 5 3:30 p.m. Texas State Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPN3 W 35–1028,472
November 12 3:30 p.m. at Troy ESPN3 L 24–2825,782
November 19 2:30 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPN3 W 42–1718,699
November 26 4:00 p.m. at New Mexico State ESPN3 W 37–75,366
December 17 5:30 p.m. vs. Toledo * ESPN W 31–2820,257
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source: [2]
Game summaries [ ]
at Tennessee [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Mountaineers
7
6
0
0 0
13
#9 Volunteers
3
0
3
7 7
20
Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
0
7
0
0
7
Mountaineers
14
10
0
7
31
Miami (FL) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Hurricanes
21
3
7
14
45
Mountaineers
0
3
7
0
10
at Akron [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
10
21
7
7
45
Zips
0
14
10
14
38
Georgia State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
0
0
3
3
Mountaineers
0
0
7
10
17
at Louisiana–Lafayette [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
10
14
0
0
24
Ragin' Cajuns
0
0
0
0
0
Idaho [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Vandals
0
6
3
10
19
Mountaineers
10
0
13
14
37
at Georgia Southern [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
0
10
10
14
34
Eagles
10
0
0
0
10
Texas State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
3
0
7
0
10
Mountaineers
7
21
7
0
35
at Troy [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
0
14
3
7
24
Trojans
14
0
7
7
28
Louisiana–Monroe [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Warhawks
3
7
0
7
17
Mountaineers
14
7
14
7
42
at New Mexico State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
17
3
10
7
37
Aggies
0
7
0
0
7
Toledo–Camellia Bowl [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
7
7
14
3
31
Rockets
7
7
14
0
28
Roster [ ]
References [ ]
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