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American college football season
The 2016 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bulldogs played their home games at the Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana , and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Skip Holtz . They finished the season 9–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the Conference USA Championship Game where they lost to WKU . They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they defeated Navy .
The Louisiana Tech offense became the first team in NCAA Division 1 history to have a QB pass for 4,500+ yards, a RB rush for 1,000+ yards and two WRs with 1,500+ receiving yards all in a single season.
Louisiana Tech announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host C–USA foes Rice , UTEP , UTSA , and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Florida International (FIU), Middle Tennessee , North Texas , and Southern Miss .[ 1]
The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against South Carolina State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference , and three road games against Massachusetts , Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and Texas Tech from the Big 12 Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 3:00 pm at Arkansas * SECN L 20–2169,132 September 10 6:00 pm South Carolina State * W 53–2416,910 September 17 6:00 pm at Texas Tech * FSN L 45–5959,515 September 24 6:00 pm at Middle Tennessee ASN L 34–3820,105 October 1 6:00 pm UTEP Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA ASN W 28–722,101 October 6 7:00 pm WKU Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA CBSSN W 55–5217,978 October 15 2:30 pm at Massachusetts * ASN W 56–2813,311 October 22 6:00 pm at FIU ESPN3 W 44–2417,061 October 29 6:00 pm Rice Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA CI W 61–1622,058 November 5 4:30 pm at North Texas ESPN3 W 45–2421,643 November 12 2:30 pm UTSA Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA ESPN3 W 63–3523,012 November 25 3:00 pm at Southern Miss ESPNews L 24–3926,164 December 3 11:00 am at WKU ESPN L 44–5813,213 December 23 3:30 pm vs. No. 25 Navy * ESPN W 48–4540,542 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [ 2]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
7
6
0
20
Razorbacks
7
7
0
7
21
South Carolina State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
SCSU Bulldogs
0
10
0
14
24
LT Bulldogs
12
7
20
14
53
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
14
14
14
45
Red Raiders
21
14
7
17
59
At Middle Tennessee [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
13
7
7
34
Blue Raiders
7
0
10
21
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
0
0
7
7
Bulldogs
14
0
0
14
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
14
10
7
21
52
Bulldogs
21
14
17
3
55
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
21
14
14
56
Minutemen
7
7
7
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
10
17
7
10
44
Panthers
14
10
0
0
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
0
9
7
16
Bulldogs
28
13
13
7
61
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
17
7
7
45
Mean Green
7
14
3
0
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
7
7
0
21
35
Bulldogs
14
21
7
21
63
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
10
0
7
24
Golden Eagles
10
13
6
10
39
[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
17
10
14
3
44
Hilltoppers
24
14
10
10
58
[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
17
14
0
17
48
Midshipmen
7
17
7
14
45
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