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American college football season
The 2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 2:00 pm | Rocky Mountain (MT)* | | WBS | W 56–27 | 4,319 |
September 10 | 5:00 pm | at Abilene Christian* | | ACUSports | W 55–52 | 8,348 |
September 17 | 2:05 pm | at Colorado State* | | RTRM | L 21–47 | 26,718 |
October 1 | 1:05 pm | Northern Arizona | - Nottingham Field
- Greeley, CO
| CET | W 21–18 | 5,478 |
October 8 | 2:05 pm | at No. 4 Eastern Washington | | WBS | L 31–49 | 10,924 |
October 15 | 3:00 pm | at UC Davis | | WBS | L 21–34 | 6,251 |
October 22 | 1:05 pm | Sacramento State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Nottingham Field
- Greeley, CO
| CET | W 27–19 | 5,232 |
October 29 | 3:30 pm | at Portland State | | WBS | W 56–49 OT | 3,446 |
November 5 | 12:05 pm | No. 16 North Dakota | - Nottingham Field
- Greeley, CO
| CET | L 13–23 | 4,322 |
November 12 | 12:05 pm | No. 18 Montana | - Nottingham Field
- Greeley, CO
| CET | W 28–25 | 5,128 |
November 19 | 7:05 pm | at No. 21 Cal Poly | | WBS | L 48–55 | 6,863 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Mountain time
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Game summaries[]
Rocky Mountain (MT)[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Battlin' Bears
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0
|
0
|
10
|
17 |
27 |
Bears
|
28
|
14
|
0
|
14 |
56 |
at Abilene Christian[]
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1
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2
|
3
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4 |
Total |
Bears
|
21
|
14
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13
|
7 |
55 |
Wildcats
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7
|
21
|
21
|
3 |
52 |
at Colorado State[]
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1
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2
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3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
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0
|
0
|
14
|
7 |
21 |
Rams
|
21
|
17
|
3
|
6 |
47 |
Northern Arizona[]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
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7
|
3
|
0
|
8 |
18 |
Bears
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
21 |
at Eastern Washington[]
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1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
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7
|
10
|
7
|
7 |
31 |
#4 Eagles
|
3
|
11
|
21
|
14 |
49 |
at UC Davis[]
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1
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2
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3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
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7
|
7
|
7
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0 |
21 |
Aggies
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
10 |
34 |
Sacramento State[]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
6 |
19 |
Bears
|
7
|
0
|
10
|
10 |
27 |
at Portland State[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 | OT |
Total |
Bears
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3
|
10
|
29
|
7 | 7 |
56 |
Vikings
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7
|
14
|
14
|
14 | 0 |
49 |
North Dakota[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#16 Fighting Hawks
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7
|
6
|
10
|
0 |
23 |
Bears
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
13 |
Montana[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#18 Grizzlies
|
3
|
9
|
0
|
13 |
25 |
Bears
|
14
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
at Cal Poly[]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
17 |
48 |
#21 Mustangs
|
21
|
13
|
7
|
14 |
55 |
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Categories:
- 2016 Big Sky Conference football season
- Northern Colorado Bears football seasons
- 2016 in sports in Colorado
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