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American college football season
The 2016 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by third year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Chattanooga in the first round.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 6:00 pm | at Utah State* | | | CI/Twitter | L 6–45 | 23,008 |
| September 10 | 1:00 pm | at South Dakota* | | | ESPN3 | L 49–52 2OT | 8,114 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | Sacramento State* | | | KJZZ | W 14–7 | 9,746 |
| September 24 | 7:00 pm | at UC Davis | | | WBS | W 38–35 | 8,426 |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | Portland State | | | KJZZ | W 14–10 | 10,217 |
| October 15 | 1:30 pm | Montana State | | | RTRM | W 45–27 | 7,148 |
| October 22 | 6:00 pm | at Southern Utah | | | WBS | W 37–36 | 8,511 |
| October 29 | 12:00 pm | at No. 17 North Dakota | | | Midco SN2 | L 19–27 | 8,699 |
| November 5 | 12:00 pm | Northern Arizona | | | KJZZ | L 20–33 | 8,740 |
| November 12 | 12:00 pm | No. 16 Cal Poly | | | KJZZ | W 22–15 | 7,821 |
| November 19 | 2:30 pm | at Idaho State | | | Eversport.tv | W 34–28 | 5,464 |
| November 26 | 12:00 pm | at No. 11 Chattanooga* | No. 25 | | ESPN3 | L 14–45 | 5,238 |
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Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Sacramento State on September 17 is considered a non-conference game.
Game summaries[edit]
At Utah State[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Wildcats
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
| Aggies
|
14
|
7
|
10
|
14 |
45 |
At South Dakota[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
| Wildcats
|
28
|
0
|
14
|
0 | 7 | 0 |
49 |
| Coyotes
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
21 | 7 | 3 |
52 |
Sacramento State[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Hornets
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
| Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
At UC Davis[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Wildcats
|
8
|
17
|
7
|
6 |
38 |
| Aggies
|
10
|
0
|
3
|
22 |
35 |
Portland State[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Vikings
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
| Wildcats
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
Montana State[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Bobcats
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
6 |
27 |
| Wildcats
|
21
|
21
|
0
|
3 |
45 |
At Southern Utah[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Wildcats
|
0
|
6
|
8
|
23 |
37 |
| Thunderbirds
|
14
|
9
|
13
|
0 |
36 |
At North Dakota[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Wildcats
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
6 |
19 |
| #17 Fighting Hawks
|
7
|
0
|
14
|
6 |
27 |
Northern Arizona[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Lumberjacks
|
10
|
10
|
3
|
10 |
33 |
| Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
6 |
20 |
Cal Poly[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #16 Mustangs
|
0
|
7
|
8
|
0 |
15 |
| Wildcats
|
12
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
22 |
At Idaho State[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Wildcats
|
14
|
3
|
7
|
10 |
34 |
| Bengals
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
FCS Playoffs[edit]
First Round–Chattanooga[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #25 Wildcats
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
| #11 Mocs
|
14
|
10
|
7
|
14 |
45 |
Ranking movements[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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| STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 |
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| Coaches | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 24 |
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