2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

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Ranking
STATS	No. 7
FCS Coaches	No. 7

2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 North Dakota State +^	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 6 South Dakota State +^	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 2 Youngstown State ^	6	–	2	12	–	4
Illinois State ^	4	–	4	6	–	6
Northern Iowa	4	–	4	5	–	6
Western Illinois	3	–	5	6	–	5
South Dakota	3	–	5	4	–	7
Indiana State	2	–	6	4	–	7
Missouri State	2	–	6	4	–	7
Southern Illinois	2	–	6	4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represents South Dakota State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 20th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and play their home games at their new stadium Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. They are the 2016 Co-Champions of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and winners of the leagues automatic bid to the FCS playoffs.

Schedule

September 37:00 PMat No. 13 (FBS) TCU*No. 8

FSNL 41–59 43,450 September 106:00 PMDrake*No. 9

ESPN3W 56–28 15,171 (R) September 176:00 PMCal Poly*No. 9

Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
Brookings, SD

ESPN3L 31–38 16,887 (R) October 16:00 PMNo. 8 Western IllinoisNo. 15

Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
Brookings, SD

ESPN3W 52–14 14,155 October 86:00 PMat Southern IllinoisNo. 12

ESPN3W 45–39 5,704 October 152:30 PMat No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 11

NBC ND
ESPN3W 19–17 18,828 October 222:00 PMNo. 13 Youngstown StateNo. 7

Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
Brookings, SD

Midco SNW 24–10 17,730 (R) October 292:00 PMat Illinois StateNo. 7

CSN CH
ESPN3L 21–38 7,595 November 52:00 PMMissouri StateNo. 13

Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
Brookings, SD

Midco SNW 49–24 10,826 November 122:00 PMSouth DakotaNo. 11

Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
Brookings, SD (South Dakota Showdown Series)

Midco SNW 28–21 15,345 November 194:00 PMat Northern IowaNo. 8

ESPN3W 45–24 10,511 December 32:00 PMNo. 9 Villanova*No. 7

Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

ESPN3W 10–7 December 9TBDat No. 4 North Dakota State*No. 8

Fargodome
Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)

TBD

Template:CFB Schedule End^[2] R indicates Record Attendance

Game summaries

@ TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Jackrabbits	3	21	14	3	41
#13 (FBS) Horned Frogs	7	17	21	14	59

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Drake

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	14	0	14	28
#9 Jackrabbits	21	7	7	21	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–8	1983	SDSU, 20–3

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	7	10	0	21	38
#9 Jackrabbits	7	3	7	14	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2014	SDSU, 44–18

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Leathernecks	14	0	0	0	14
#15 Jackrabbits	7	21	24	0	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–5	2015	WIU, 30–24 ^2OT

@ Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Jackrabbits	14	14	7	10	45
Salukis	7	11	14	7	39

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2013	SIU, 27–24

@ North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Jackrabbbits	0	3	7	9	19
#1 Bison	0	10	7	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–59–5	2015	NDSU, 28–7

Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Penguins	3	0	0	7	10
#7 Jackrabbits	14	3	7	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–6	2015	SDSU, 38–8

@ Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Jackrabbits	0	14	7	0	21
Redbirds	14	14	0	10	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2015	SDSU, 25–20

Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	14	3	0	7	24
#13 Jackrabbits	14	7	21	7	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2015	SDSU, 39–0

South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	0	7	7	7	21
#11 Jackrabbits	7	0	14	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–52–7	2015	SDSU, 30–23

@ Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Jackrabbbits	14	7	7	17	45
Panthers	14	3	7	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–29–2	2015	UNI, 10–7

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Wildcats	0	7	0	0	7
#7 Jackrabbits	7	0	0	3	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Quarterfinals–North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Jackrabbits	0	0	0	0	0
#4 Bison	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–59–5	10/15/2016	SDSU, 19–17

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	8	9	9	15	15	12	11	7	7	13	11	8	7
Coaches	14	12	10	18	16	15	14	11	10	15	12	10	7
FCS Playoffs	Not released									—	—	10	Not released

References

^ "Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Project Details". March 5, 2016.
^ "Schedule". South Dakota State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

[1] "Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Project Details". March 5, 2016.

[2] "Schedule". South Dakota State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

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