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American college football season
The 2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by 20th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at their new stadium Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium . They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for the MVFC title. Due to their head-to-head victory over North Dakota State , they received the MVFC's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Villanova in the second round, before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 7:00 pm at No. 13 (FBS ) TCU * No. 8 FSN L 41–5943,450 September 10 6:00 pm Drake * No. 9 ESPN3 W 56–2815,171 (R) September 17 6:00 pm Cal Poly * No. 9 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD ESPN3 L 31–3816,887 (R) October 1 6:00 pm No. 8 Western Illinois No. 15 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD ESPN3 W 52–1414,155 October 8 6:00 pm at Southern Illinois No. 12 ESPN3 W 45–395,704 October 15 2:30 pm at No. 1 North Dakota State No. 11 NBC ND W 19–1718,828 October 22 2:00 pm No. 13 Youngstown State No. 7 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD Midco SN W 24–1017,730 (R) October 29 2:00 pm at Illinois State No. 7 CSN CH L 21–387,595 November 5 2:00 pm Missouri State No. 13 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD Midco SN W 49–2410,826 November 12 2:00 pm South Dakota No. 11 Midco SN W 28–2115,345 November 19 4:00 pm at Northern Iowa No. 8 ESPN3 W 45–2410,511 December 3 2:00 pm No. 9 Villanova * No. 7 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Second Round ) ESPN3 W 10–76,154 December 10 11:00 am at No. 4 North Dakota State* No. 7 Fargodome Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals ) ESPN L 10–36**18,285 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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** Most watched FCS Game of all time - 1.98m viewers on ESPN
R indicates Record AttendanceGame summaries [ ] @ TCU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Jackrabbits
3
21
14
3
41
#13 (FBS) Horned Frogs
7
17
21
14
59
Drake [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
14
0
14
28
#9 Jackrabbits
21
7
7
21
56
Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
7
10
0
21
38
#9 Jackrabbits
7
3
7
14
31
Western Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Leathernecks
14
0
0
0
14
#15 Jackrabbits
7
21
24
0
52
@ Southern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Jackrabbits
14
14
7
10
45
Salukis
7
11
14
7
39
@ North Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Jackrabbbits
0
3
7
9
19
#1 Bison
0
10
7
0
17
Youngstown State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Penguins
3
0
0
7
10
#7 Jackrabbits
14
3
7
0
24
@ Illinois State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Jackrabbits
0
14
7
0
21
Redbirds
14
14
0
10
38
Missouri State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
14
3
0
7
24
#13 Jackrabbits
14
7
21
7
49
South Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Coyotes
0
7
7
7
21
#11 Jackrabbits
7
0
14
7
28
@ Northern Iowa [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Jackrabbbits
14
7
7
17
45
Panthers
14
3
7
0
24
FCS Playoffs [ ] Second Round–Villanova [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Wildcats
0
7
0
0
7
#7 Jackrabbits
7
0
0
3
10
Quarterfinals–North Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Jackrabbits
10
0
0
0
10
#4 Bison
7
7
8
14
36
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
8
9
9
15
15
12
11
7
7
13
11
8
7
6
Coaches
14
12
10
18
16
15
14
11
10
15
12
10
7
7
FCS Playoffs
Not released
NR
NR
10
Not released
References [ ]
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