2016 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

2016 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
Record	1–10 (1–8 SWAC)
Head coach	Rick Comegy (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ray Caldwell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Vincent Dancy (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rice–Totten Stadium

2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Alcorn State xy		5	–	4					5	–	6
Alabama A&M		4	–	5					4	–	7
Alabama State		3	–	6					4	–	7
Jackson State		3	–	6					3	–	8
Mississippi Valley State		1	–	8					1	–	10
West Division
No. 16 Grambling State xy$		9	–	0					12	–	1
Southern *		8	–	1					8	–	3
Prairie View A&M		7	–	2					7	–	4
Texas Southern		4	–	5					4	–	7
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		1	–	8					1	–	10
Championship: Grambling State 27, Alcorn State 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * – ineligible for postseason due to APR violations Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University as a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Rick Comegy, the Delta Devils compiled an overall record of 1–10 and a mark of 1–8 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the SWAC's East Division. Mississippi Valley State played home games at Rice–Totten Stadium in Itta Bena, Mississippi.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	L 14–61	14,221
September 10	4:00 pm	Alabama A&M	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 16–35	2,036
September 17	7:00 pm	at Texas Southern	BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, TX		L 0–31	1,524
September 24	4:00 pm	Prairie View A&M	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 21–56	3,679
October 1	6:00 pm	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		L 14–16	18,023
October 8	3:30 pm	at No. 10 Montana*	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		L 7–67	24,607
October 15	2:00 pm	at Alabama State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL		L 24–56	1,526
October 22	2:00 pm	No. 22 Grambling State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 10–59	3,879
November 5	2:30 pm	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		W 41–7	1,347
November 12	1:00 pm	Alcorn State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 7–61	2,087
November 19	4:00 pm	at Southern	A. W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 0–55	10,097
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time