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The 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas and competed in the Sun Belt Conference . They were led by first-year head coach Everett Withers . The Bobcats were members of the Sun Belt Conference . They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.
Schedule
Texas State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of six home and away games in the regular season. The Bobcats will host Sun Belt foes Arkansas State , Idaho , Louisiana–Lafayette , and Troy , and will travel to Appalachian State , Georgia State , Louisiana–Monroe , and New Mexico State . Texas State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Georgia Southern and South Alabama .[ 1]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Houston from the American Athletic Conference (ACC) and Incarnate Word from the Southland Conference , and two road games against Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Ohio from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
September 32:30 PMat Ohio *
CBSSN W 56–54 3OT 23,093
September 176:30 PMat No. 24 Arkansas *
SECN L 3–4272,114
September 246:00 PMNo. 6 Houston *
ESPNU L 3–6433,133
October 16:00 PMIncarnate Word *
Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX KEYE W 48–1722,845
October 82:30 PMat Georgia State
ESPN3L 21–4113,179
October 156:00 PMat Louisiana–Monroe
ESPN3L 34–4012,735
October 226:00 PMLouisiana–Lafayette
Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX SPEC L 3–2718,278
November 52:30 PMat Appalachian State
ESPN3L 10–3528,472
November 123:00 PMIdaho
Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX SPECL 14–4715,314
November 193:30 PM[ a] New Mexico State
SPECL 10–506,280
November 263:00 PMTroy
Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX SPECL 7–408,010
December 36:30 PMArkansas State
Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN2 L 14–3611,137
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Schedule source: [ 3]
^ Delayed from original 3:00 PM start time due to crash of Texas State's team bus.[ 2]
Game summaries
at Ohio
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
TXST Bobcats
0
14
7
17 3 7 8
56
Ohio Bobcats
6
0
10
22 3 7 6
54
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Arkansas
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
0
0
3
0
3
#24 Razorbacks
14
21
7
0
42
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Houston
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Cougars
16
27
14
7
64
Bobcats
0
3
0
0
3
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–2
2015
HOU, 59–14
Incarnate Word
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinals
7
3
0
7
17
Bobcats
0
21
13
14
48
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Georgia State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
14
0
7
0
21
Panthers
0
24
17
0
41
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–1
2015
GAST, 41–19
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
14
0
7
13
34
Warhawks
10
23
7
0
40
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–8
2015
TXST, 16–3
1
2
3
4
Total
Ragin' Cajuns
3
10
7
7
27
Bobcats
3
0
0
0
3
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–3
2015
ULL, 49–27
at Appalachian State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
3
0
7
0
10
Mountaineers
7
21
7
0
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
2004
APP, 41–34
Idaho
1
2
3
4
Total
Vandals
14
17
9
7
47
Bobcats
14
0
0
0
14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–4
2015
IDA, 38–31
at New Mexico State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
0
0
3
7
10
Aggies
28
10
3
9
50
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–1
2015
NMSU, 31–21
Troy
1
2
3
4
Total
Trojans
14
16
7
3
40
Bobcats
0
0
7
0
7
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–5
2013
TROY, 42–28
Arkansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Wolves
6
7
3
20
36
Bobcats
0
7
7
0
14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–2
2015
ASU, 55–17
Coaching staff
On January 6, 2016, Everett Withers accepted the position of head coach at Texas State University. On July 18, 2016, Withers completed his staff for the 2016 season.[ 4] [ 5]
References
Venues
Evans Field (a.k.a. Normal Field) (1915–1931)
Evans Field (a.k.a. Kyle Field) (1932–1980)
Bobcat Stadium (1981–present) Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
