American college football season
The 2016 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Wildcats were led by third year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium and were members of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Chattanooga in the first round.
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 pm at Utah State * CI /Twitter L 6–4523,008 September 10 1:00 pm at South Dakota * ESPN3 L 49–52 2OT 8,114 September 17 6:00 pm Sacramento State * KJZZ W 14–79,746 September 24 7:00 pm at UC Davis WBS W 38–358,426 October 8 6:00 pm Portland State KJZZ W 14–1010,217 October 15 1:30 pm Montana State RTRM W 45–277,148 October 22 6:00 pm at Southern Utah WBS W 37–368,511 October 29 12:00 pm at No. 17 North Dakota Midco SN2 L 19–278,699 November 5 12:00 pm Northern Arizona KJZZ L 20–338,740 November 12 12:00 pm No. 16 Cal Poly KJZZ W 22–157,821 November 19 2:30 pm at Idaho State Eversport.tv W 34–285,464 November 26 12:00 pm at No. 11 Chattanooga * No. 25 ESPN3 L 14–455,238 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Sacramento State on September 17 is considered a non-conference game.
Game summaries [ ] at Utah State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
6
0
0
6
Aggies
14
7
10
14
45
at South Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Wildcats
28
0
14
0 7 0
49
Coyotes
14
7
0
21 7 3
52
Sacramento State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
0
7
0
0
7
Wildcats
0
7
0
7
14
at UC Davis [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
8
17
7
6
38
Aggies
10
0
3
22
35
Portland State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
0
7
0
3
10
Wildcats
0
0
7
7
14
Montana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
7
7
7
6
27
Wildcats
21
21
0
3
45
at Southern Utah [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
6
8
23
37
Thunderbirds
14
9
13
0
36
at North Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
13
0
6
19
#17 Fighting Hawks
7
0
14
6
27
Northern Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
10
10
3
10
33
Wildcats
0
7
7
6
20
Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Mustangs
0
7
8
0
15
Wildcats
12
3
0
7
22
at Idaho State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
14
3
7
10
34
Bengals
7
14
0
7
28
FCS Playoffs [ ] First Round–Chattanooga [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Wildcats
0
0
7
7
14
#11 Mocs
14
10
7
14
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
RV
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
25
25
Coaches
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
23
24
References [ ]
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