2016 West Georgia Wolves football team

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2016 West Georgia Wolves football
West Georgia Wolves logo.svg
ConferenceGulf South Conference
2016 record7–4 (4–4 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSam Gregg (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorScott Symons (3rd season)
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
(Capacity: 9,500)
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Gulf South Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 North Alabama $^   7 – 0     11 – 2  
No. 18 Valdosta State ^   6 – 2     8 – 3  
West Alabama   6 – 2     7 – 4  
Florida Tech ^   5 – 2     8 – 3  
West Georgia   4 – 4     7 – 4  
West Florida   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Delta State †   3 – 5     4 – 6  
Mississippi College   1 – 7     3 – 7  
Shorter   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • † – Delta State's record is officially listed as 2–8 (1–7) due to the use of ineligible players in two wins, but the opponents are not credited with wins.
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2016 West Georgia Wolves football team represented the University of West Georgia in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Will Hall, who was in his third season at West Georgia. The Wolves played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses (7–4 overall, 4–4 in the GSC), defeating one top 25 ranked team, ranked as high as #2 in the nation before falling in the middle of the season. West Georgia were not invited in the 2016 playoffs.

Schedule[]

West Georgia announced its 2016 football schedule on January 6, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Wolves will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, Mississippi College, and West Alabama, and will travel to North Alabama, Shorter, Valdosta State, and West Florida.[1]

The Wolves will host only one non-conference game against Catawba of the South Atlantic Conference and travel to two away games against Albany State and Miles both from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 32:00 p.mNo. 22 Catawba*No. 2
W 23–37,617
September 105:00 p.m.at Miles*No. 2
W 29–02,437
September 172:00 p.m.Delta StateNo. 3
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 34–246,837
September 247:00 p.m.at Albany State*No. 3
W 27–236,474
October 17:00 p.m.at No. 18 North AlabamaNo. 3
ESPN3L 23–247,726
October 87:00 p.m.at No. 25 Valdosta StateNo. 12
L 27–384,105
October 152:00 p.m.West AlabamaNo. 24
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
ESPN3L 7–315,633
October 222:00 p.m.Mississippi Collegedagger
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 31–236,326
October 291:30 p.m.at Shorter
W 44–01,000
November 52:00 p.m.Florida Tech
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
L 21–455,132
November 121:00 p.m.at West Florida
W 69–06,088
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References[]

  1. ^ "UWG Sets 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Georgia Department of Athletics. January 6, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.[permanent dead link]
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