American college football season
The 2016 Florida Tech Panthers football team represented the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) during the 2016 NCAA Division II football season . They were led by head coach Steve Englehart , who was in his fourth season at Florida Tech. The Panthers play their home games at Florida Tech Panther Stadium, approximately one mile from the Florida Tech campus and are members of the Gulf South Conference .
Schedule [ ] Florida Tech announced its 2016 football schedule on February 17, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Delta State , Mississippi College , North Alabama , and Valdosta State , and will travel to Shorter , West Alabama , West Florida , and West Georgia .[1]
The Panthers hosted only one non-conference game against Fort Valley State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travel to two against Newberry of the South Atlantic Conference and Presbyterian of the Big South Conference .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 p.m at Newberry * W 42–283,378 September 10 7:00 p.m. Mississippi College No. 22 W 41–03,056 September 17 7:00 p.m. at Shorter No. 19 ESPN3 W 40–01,150 September 24 7:00 p.m. at Presbyterian * No. 19 BSN W 28–73,290 October 1 7:00 p.m. at West Florida No. 16 ASN L 39–426,588 October 8 7:00 p.m. No. 11 North Alabama No. 23 Canceled [a] October 15 1:00 p.m. Fort Valley State No. 20 W 48-143,034 October 22 3:00 p.m. West Alabama No. 19 L 35-453,034 October 29 7:00 p.m. No. 14 Valdosta State ESPN3 W 38-203,247 November 5 2:00 p.m. West Georgia W 45-215,132 November 12 2:00 p.m. Delta State ESPN3 W 42-164,026 November 19 12:00 p.m. North Greenville No. 23 L 13-271,480 *Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
^[a] Hurricane Matthew .[2] Game summaries [ ] at Newberry [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
14
13
8
42
Wolves
0
21
7
0
28
Mississippi College [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Choctaws
0
0
0
0
0
Panthers
7
21
6
7
41
at Shorter [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
10
17
10
3
40
Hawks
0
0
0
0
0
at Presbyterian [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
7
7
7
28
Blue Hose
0
0
7
0
7
at West Florida [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
0
10
22
39
Argonauts
7
14
7
14
42
Fort Valley State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
7
0
7
14
Panthers
13
28
7
0
48
at West Alabama [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
14
0
14
7
35
Tigers
7
14
14
10
45
Valdosta State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
0
7
3
10
20
Panthers
10
7
0
21
38
at West Georgia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
14
10
14
45
Wolves
7
7
7
0
21
Delta State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
2
7
0
7
16
Panthers
14
14
7
7
42
North Greenville [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
3
0
14
10
27
Panthers
0
3
3
7
13
Awards and milestones [ ] Gulf South Conference honors [ ] Ten players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches, including a program-record six First Team members.[3]
Gulf South Conference All-Conference First Team [ ]
Antwaun Haynes, RB/AP
Kenny Johnston, TE
Cory Sanicky, G
Adonis Davis, DL
Chris Stapleton, LB
Manny Abad, DB Gulf South Conference All-Conference Second Team [ ]
Trevor Sand, RB
Wayne Saunders II, WR
Joe Laguna, T
Kevin Delgado, G Gulf South Conference offensive player of the week [ ] November 14: Antwuan Haynes [4] Gulf South Conference defensive player of the week [ ] September 12: Adonis Davis [5]
September 26: Jo Jackson [6]
October 31: Tyler Rosenblatt [7]
November 7: Chris Stapleton [8] School records [ ] Most rushing touchdowns in a season: 10, Antwuan Haynes and Trevor Sand
Most passing yards in a single game: 502, Mark Cato (October 22)
Most receiving yards in a single game: 185, Kenny Johnston (October 1)
Most interceptions in a single game: 2, Tyler Rosenblatt (October 29) and Jo Jackson (September 24th)
Most yards of total offense gained in a single game: 643 (October 22)
Fewest yards of total offense surrendered in a single game: 73 (September 17) References [ ]
