2016 Wofford Terriers football team
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| 2016 Wofford Terriers football | |
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FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 23–30 2OT vs. Youngstown State | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 9 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 11 |
| Record | 10–4 (6–2 SoCon) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Wade Lang (29th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Nathan Fuqua (12th season) |
| Home stadium | Gibbs Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 The Citadel $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Wofford ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Chattanooga ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Samford ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 29th-year head coach Mike Ayers and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Charleston Southern and The Citadel in the first and second round, before losing to Youngstown State in the quarterfinals.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 7:00 pm | at Tennessee Tech* | OVCDN | W 21–7 | 9,066 | ||
| September 10 | 4:00 pm | at No. 19 (FBS) Ole Miss* | SECN | L 13–38 | 64,232 | ||
| September 17 | 3:00 pm | Johnson C. Smith* | ESPN3 | W 59–0 | 5,417 | ||
| September 24 | 1:30 pm | East Tennessee State |
| ESPN3 | W 31–0 | 7,316 | |
| October 1 | 3:00 pm | at Samford | ESPN3 | L 26–28 | 8,509 | ||
| October 8 | 7:00 pm | at Western Carolina | ASN | W 31–14 | 9,457 | ||
| October 22 | 1:30 pm | No. 5 The Citadel |
| ESPN3 | L 21–24 OT | 11,102 | |
| October 29 | 1:30 pm | Mercer |
| ESPN3 | W 31–21 | 6,190 | |
| November 5 | 1:30 pm | at Furman | ESPN3 | W 34–27 | 7,834 | ||
| November 12 | 2:00 pm | at No. 7 Chattanooga | SDN | W 36–28 | 8,750 | ||
| November 19 | 1:30 pm | VMI | No. 20 |
| ESPN3 | W 17–0 | 8,102 |
| November 26 | 1:00 pm | No. 10 Charleston Southern* | No. 19 |
| ESPN3 | W 15–14 | 2,605 |
| December 3 | 6:00 pm | at No. 6 The Citadel* | No. 19 | ESPN3 | W 17–3 | 10,336 | |
| December 10 | 2:00 pm | at No. 13 Youngstown State* | No. 19 | ESPN3 | L 23–30 2OT | 8,066 | |
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Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 19 | 9 |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 | 19 | 11 |