American college football season
The 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium . They were 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 eighth place.
On December 16, head coach Mike Sanford resigned[1] to join the staff at WKU where his son, Mike Sanford Jr. , had recently been named the head coach. Sanford leaves Indiana State with a four year record of 18–30.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 3:00 pm Butler * ESPN3 W 41–255,625
September 10 12:00 pm at Minnesota * ESPNews L 28–5841,026
September 17 7:00 pm at Southeast Missouri State * OVCDN W 27–247,637
September 24 3:00 pm No. 9 Illinois State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 34–316,561
October 1 3:00 pm Missouri State No. 24 Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 24–456,871
October 8 4:00 pm at No. 13 Western Illinois ESPN3 L 35–365,487
October 15 3:00 pm South Dakota Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 30–33 2OT 3,297
October 22 3:00 pm at Southern Illinois ESPN3 W 22–149,603
October 29 2:00 pm at Youngstown State ESPN3 L 10–1315,082
November 5 1:00 pm Northern Iowa Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 6–393,409
November 12 3:30 pm at No. 4 North Dakota State ESPN3 L 17–4118,276
*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 [ ]
Butler [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
6
6
13
25
Sycamores
14
3
21
3
41
at Minnesota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
0
14
7
28
Golden Gophers
14
24
10
10
58
at Southeast Missouri State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
3
3
14
27
Redhawks
7
3
7
7
24
Illinois State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Redbirds
0
7
7
17
31
Sycamores
7
10
7
10
34
Missouri State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
10
14
7
14
45
#24 Sycamores
14
10
0
0
24
at Western Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
7
21
0
35
#13 Leathernecks
0
20
7
9
36
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
at Southern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
7
6
6
22
Salukis
7
0
0
7
14
at Youngstown State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
10
0
0
0
10
Penguins
0
6
0
7
13
Northern Iowa [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
13
14
6
6
39
Sycamores
0
3
3
0
6
at North Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
0
7
0
10
17
#4 Bison
21
13
7
0
41
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
RV
RV
NR
RV
24
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Coaches
NR
RV
NR
NR
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
References [ ]
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