2016 Idaho State Bengals football team

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2016 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 12 North Dakota +^		8	–	0					9	–	3
No. 25 Weber State ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 24 Cal Poly ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Southern Utah		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5					6	–	5
Montana State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	8
UC Davis		2	–	6					3	–	8
Sacramento State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by sixth year head coach Mike Kramer and played their home games at Holt Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in last place.

Schedule

September 32:35 PMSimon Fraser*

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Eversport.tvW 47–3 5,539 September 103:30 PMat Colorado*

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

P12NL 7–56 39,505 September 173:00 PMat Oregon State*

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

P12NL 7–37 38,052 September 242:35 PMSacramento State

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Eversport.tvW 42–34 7,303 October 13:30 PMat Portland State

• Providence Park
• Portland, OR

Eversport.tvL 20–45 4,916 October 155:00 PMat Northern Arizona

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

NAU-TV
FSAZL 7–52 7,836 October 222:35 PMNo. 19 North Dakota

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Eversport.tvL 21–28 6,328 October 292:35 PMSouthern Utah

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Eversport.tvL 27–52 4,667 November 55:00 PMat No. 19 Montana

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

RTNWL 44–62 24,027 November 124:35 PMat No. 3 Eastern Washington

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

Eversport.tv
SWXL 17–48 9,302 November 192:35 PMWeber State

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Eversport.tvL 28–34 5,464

• Source: Official Schedule

Game notes

Simon Fraser

	1	2	3	4	Total
Clan	0	0	3	0	3
Bengals	7	19	7	14	47

See also: Simon Fraser Clan

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	ISU, 66–14

at Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	7	0	7
Buffaloes	14	35	7	0	56

See also: 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	7	0	7
Beavers	13	10	14	0	37

See also: 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2007	ORST, 61–10

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	14	3	17	34
Bengals	7	14	14	7	42

See also: 2016 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–12	2015	SAC, 38–13

at Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	6	0	0	14	20
Vikings	14	17	7	7	45

See also: 2016 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–16–1	2015	PSU, 34–14

at Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	0	7	7
Lumberjacks	14	14	7	17	52

See also: 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–33–1	2013	NAU, 39–30

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Fighting Hawks	0	14	7	7	28
Bengals	7	7	0	7	21

See also: 2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2015	ISU, 37–31

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	10	21	14	52
Bengals	7	6	7	7	27

See also: 2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–5–1	2014	ISU, 56–28

at Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	14	17	0	13	44
#19 Grizzlies	20	21	0	21	62

See also: 2016 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–43	2015	MONT, 33–27 OT

at Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	3	7	7	0	17
#3 Eagles	7	13	14	14	48

See also: 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–27	2015	EWU, 45–28

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	14	3	7	10	34
Bengals	7	14	0	7	28

See also: 2016 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–40	2015	WEB, 35–14