2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team

The 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by head coach Joey Jones, who was in his eighth year with the team. They finished the season 6–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to Air Force.

2016 South Alabama Jaguars football
Arizona Bowl, L 21–45 vs. Air Force
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record6–7 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBryant Vincent (2nd as OC, 5th overall season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorKane Wommack (1st season)
Home stadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
(Capacity: 33,471)
2016 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Appalachian State +  7 –1   10 –3  
Arkansas State +  7 –1   8 –5  
Troy  6 –2   10 –3  
Idaho  6 –2   9 –4  
Louisiana–Lafayette  5 –3   6 –7  
Georgia Southern  4 –4   5 –7  
Louisiana–Monroe  3 –5   4 –8  
South Alabama  2 –6   6 –7  
Georgia State  2 –6   3 –9  
New Mexico State  2 –6   3 –9  
Texas State  0 –8   2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule

South Alabama announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars will host Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and Troy, and will travel to Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Louisiana–Monroe. South Alabama will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Appalachian State and Texas State.[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Nicholls State from the Southland Conference and San Diego State from the Mountain West Conference, and two road games against Louisiana State (LSU) and Mississippi State both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). On October 13, 2016, LSU canceled its game against the Jaguars on November 19 due to scheduling issues after Hurricane Matthew.[2][3] On October 15, 2016, the Jaguars announced they will host the Presbyterian Blue Hose on November 19; the Blue Hose's game with Florida on that day was also canceled under the same circumstances.[4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 311:00 a.m.at Mississippi State*
SECNW 21–2057,075
September 106:00 p.m.Georgia Southern
ASNL 9–2417,691
September 176:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Lafayette
ESPN3L 23–2819,208
September 246:00 p.m.Nicholls State*
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
ESPN3W 41–40 OT13,086
October 17:00 p.m.No. 19 San Diego State*
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
ESPNewsW 42–2414,741
October 156:00 p.m.at Arkansas State
ESPN3L 7–1722,277
October 206:30 p.m.Troy
ESPNUL 21–2830,837
October 294:00 p.m.Georgia State
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
ESPN3W 13–1011,565
November 54:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Monroe
ESPN3L 35–42 OT16,073
November 196:00 p.m.Presbyterian*
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
ESPN3W 31–711,017
November 262:30 p.m.at Idaho
ASNL 31–389,049
December 312:00 p.m.New Mexico State
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
ESPN3W 35–2814,812
December 303:30 pmvs. Air Force*
ASNL 21–4533,868
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[5]

Game summaries

At Mississippi State
1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 0 7 14 21
Bulldogs 7 10 3 0 20
See also: 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

Georgia Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 10 0 7 7 24
Jaguars 3 3 0 3 9
See also: 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

At Louisiana–Lafayette
1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 7 7 9 23
Ragin' Cajuns 6 3 13 6 28
See also: 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

Nicholls State
1 2 3 4OT Total
Colonels 0 23 3 86 40
Jaguars 7 17 3 77 41
See also: 2016 Nicholls State Colonels football team

San Diego State
1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Aztecs 6 10 8 0 24
Jaguars 14 0 7 21 42
See also: 2016 San Diego State Aztecs football team

At Arkansas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 0 0 7 7
Red Wolves 0 14 3 0 17
See also: 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Troy
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 7 6 0 15 28
Jaguars 14 7 0 0 21
See also: 2016 Troy Trojans football team and Battle for the Belt

Georgia State
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 3 0 7 0 10
Jaguars 0 3 0 10 13
See also: 2016 Georgia State Panthers football team

At Louisiana–Monroe
1 2 3 4OT Total
Jaguars 7 7 14 70 35
Warhawks 7 7 7 147 42
See also: 2016 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Presbyterian
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 0 0 7 0 7
Jaguars 7 14 0 20 41
See also: 2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

At Idaho
1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 7 14 7 3 31
Vandals 14 10 7 7 38
See also: 2016 Idaho Vandals football team

New Mexico State
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 7 7 14 28
Jaguars 7 0 7 21 35
See also: 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team

Vs. Air Force–Arizona Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 14 7 0 0 21
Falcons 3 18 17 7 45
See also: 2016 Air Force Falcons football team and 2016 Arizona Bowl

References
  1. "JAGUAR FOOTBALL COMPLETED 2016 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED" (Press release). University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  2. "LSU vs Florida Rescheduled After Hurricane Matthew". Bleacher Report. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. "SOUTH ALABAMA FOOTBALL GAME AT LSU CANCELLED" (Press release). University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  4. "JAG FOOTBALL TO HOST PRESBYTERIAN ON NOV. 19". University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  5. "2016 South Alabama Jaguars Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 11, 2016.


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