American college football season
The 2016 San Diego Toreros football team represented the University of San Diego during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Dale Lindsey and played their home games at Torero Stadium . They were a member of the Pioneer Football League . They finished the season 10–2, 8–0 in PFL play to be crowned PFL champions and earned the PFL's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs , where they defeated Cal Poly in the first round, before losing in the second round to North Dakota State .
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 pm Western New Mexico * W.TV W 27–02,567 September 10 4:00 pm at Cal Poly * GoPoly L 16–386,251 September 24 4:00 pm Dayton Torero Stadium San Diego, CA W.TV W 34–222,119 October 1 10:00 am at Butler BAA W 44–102,408 October 8 1:00 pm Davidson Torero Stadium San Diego, CA W.TV W 52–32,827 October 15 10:30 am at Drake BV W 38–71,740 October 22 1:00 pm Valparaiso Torero Stadium San Diego, CA W.TV W 49–102,222 October 29 10:00 am at Marist RFN W 27–31,604 November 5 4:00 pm Universidad De Las Americas Puebla ‡* Torero Stadium San Diego, CA W.TV W 49–251,786 November 12 1:00 pm Stetson Torero Stadium San Diego, CA W.TV W 42–72,288 November 19 9:00 am at Campbell BSN W 57–214,121 November 26 4:00 pm at No. 21 Cal Poly* No. 24 Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA (FCS Playoffs First Round ) ESPN3 W 35–213,356 December 3 12:30 pm at No. 4 North Dakota State * No. 24 ESPN3 L 7–4518,305 *Non-conference game ‡Exhibition game that does not effect overall record Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Roster [ ] Game summaries [ ] Western New Mexico [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
0
0
0
0
0
Toreros
3
7
10
7
27
at Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
0
13
0
3
16
Mustangs
10
7
14
7
38
Dayton [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Flyers
0
7
7
8
22
Toreros
7
0
14
13
34
at Butler [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
14
3
7
20
44
Bulldogs
0
0
3
7
10
Davidson [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
0
3
3
Toreros
28
14
10
0
52
at Drake [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
7
17
14
0
38
Bulldogs
0
0
0
7
7
Valparaiso [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
3
0
0
7
10
Toreros
14
14
14
7
49
at Marist [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
7
6
0
14
27
Red Foxes
0
3
0
0
3
Universidad De Las Americas Puebla [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aztecas
7
0
10
8
25
Toreros
7
28
0
14
49
This was an exhibition game and had no effect on San Diego's overall record.
Stetson [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hatters
7
0
0
0
7
Toreros
7
21
7
7
42
at Campbell [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
7
16
20
14
57
Fighting Camels
7
7
7
0
21
FCS Playoffs [ ] First Round–Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#24 Toreros
14
0
7
14
35
#21 Mustangs
0
7
7
7
21
Second Round–North Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#24 Toreros
0
0
7
0
7
#4 Bison
7
14
7
17
45
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
24
19
Coaches
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
25
21–T
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People
