2016 Furman Paladins football team

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2016 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Furman Paladins football team represents Furman University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by sixth year head coach Bruce Fowler and play their home games at Paladin Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in sixth place.

Schedule

September 27:00 PMat No. 12 (FBS) Michigan State*

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

BTNL 13–28 74,516 September 106:00 PMat No. 15 The Citadel

• Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Charleston, SC (Rivalry)

ESPN3L 14–19 12,009 September 177:00 PMNo. 6 Chattanooga

• Paladin Stadium
• Greenville, SC

ESPN3L 14–21 5,347 September 246:00 PMat No. 17 Coastal Carolina*

• Brooks Stadium
• Conway, SC

CSNL 21–41 10,311 October 13:00 PMKennesaw State*

• Paladin Stadium
• Greenville, SC

ESPN3L 42–52 6,970 October 812:00 PMSamford

• Paladin Stadium
• Greenville, SC

ESPN3L 21–38 4,587 October 1512:00 PMat East Tennessee State

• Kermit Tipton Stadium
• Johnson City, TN

SDNW 52–7 6,052 October 291:30 PMat VMI

• Alumni Memorial Field
• Lexington, VA

ESPN3W 24–10 5,610 November 51:30 PMWofford

• Paladin Stadium
• Greenville, SC

ESPN3L 27–34 7,834 November 124:00 PMWestern Carolina

• Paladin Stadium
• Greenville, SC

ESPN3W 49–21 4,117 November 193:00 PMat Mercer

• Moye Complex
• Macon, GA

FSNL 24–27 10,712

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	0	3	3	7	13
#12 (FBS) Spartans	7	7	7	7	28

See also: 2016 Michigan State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	7	0	7	0	14
#15 Bulldogs	7	6	0	6	19

See also: 2016 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
58–34–3	2015	L 17–38

Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Mocs	0	7	14	0	21
Paladins	0	0	0	14	14

See also: 2016 Chattanooga Mocs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–18	2015	L 3–31

at Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	0	7	7	7	21
#17 Chanticleers	7	20	7	7	41

See also: 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–6	2015	L 35–38

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	21	28	0	3	52
Paladins	0	14	21	7	42

See also: 2016 Kennesaw State Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	14	10	7	7	38
Paladins	0	14	0	7	21

See also: 2016 Samford Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–8	2015	W 20–17

at East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	21	14	14	3	52
Buccaneers	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–7	2003	W 30–10

at VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	7	10	7	0	24
Keydets	3	0	0	7	10

See also: 2016 VMI Keydets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–9	2015	W 24–21

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	7	13	0	14	34
Paladins	6	7	14	0	27

See also: 2016 Wofford Terriers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–29–7	2015	L 28–38

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	14	0	7	0	21
Paladins	7	6	22	14	49

See also: 2016 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–12–2	2015	L 10–48

at Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	0	9	8	7	24
Bears	7	3	7	10	27

See also: 2016 Mercer Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5–2	2015	L 20–27