2016 Villanova Wildcats football team

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Ranking
STATS	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 13

2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 James Madison $^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 11 Villanova ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 17 New Hampshire ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 8 Richmond ^	5	–	3	10	–	4
Maine	5	–	3	6	–	5
Albany	4	–	4	7	–	4
Stony Brook	4	–	4	5	–	6
William & Mary	3	–	5	5	–	6
Towson	3	–	5	4	–	7
Delaware	2	–	6	4	–	7
Elon	1	–	7	2	–	9
Rhode Island	1	–	7	2	–	9

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

The 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 32nd-year head coach Andy Talley and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated St. Francis (PA) in the first round before losing in the second round to South Dakota State.^[1] The 2016 season is Talley's final season as the Wildcats' head coach.

Schedule

September 31:30 PMat Pittsburgh*No. 23

ESPN3L 7–28 50,149 September 106:00 PMLehigh*No. 22

NNAAW 26–21 6,419 September 173:30 PMTowsonNo. 21

Villanova Stadium
Villanova, PA

CSNW 40–21 9,025 September 246:00 PMat Lafayette*No. 19

WBPH-TVW 31–14 7,441 October 13:30 PMat ElonNo. 17

NNAAW 42–7 10,424 October 812:00 PMRhode IslandNo. 14

Villanova Stadium
Villanova, PA

ASNW 35–0 4,105 October 153:30 PMat No. 6 RichmondNo. 13

CSNL 0–23 8,700 October 223:30 PMNo. 23 AlbanyNo. 16

Villanova Stadium
Villanova, PA

NNAAW 24–13 5,109 November 512:00 PMat MaineNo. 10

FCSW 26–7 6,790 November 121:00 PMNo. 6 James MadisonNo. 9

Villanova Stadium
Villanova, PA

NNAAL 7–20 6,109 November 193:30 PMat DelawareNo. 13

CSNW 41–10 15,987 November 262:00 PMSt. Francis (PA)*No. 9

Villanova Stadium
Villanova, PA (FCS Playoffs First Round)

ESPN3W 31–21 2,059 December 33:00 PMat No. 7 South Dakota State*No. 9

ESPN3L 7–10 6,154

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Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Wildcats	0	0	7	0	7
Panthers	0	14	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1998	L 41–48

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	14	0	7	21
#22 Wildcats	6	0	14	6	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2010	W 35–0

Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	7	0	7	21
#21 Wildcats	7	19	0	14	40

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2015	L 21–28

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Wildcats	7	10	14	0	31
Leopards	0	7	7	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	1920	L 0–34

at Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Wildcats	14	21	7	0	42
Phoenix	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	0	0
#14 Wildcats	21	7	7	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–3	2015	W 24–3

at Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
#6 Spiders	7	3	3	10	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–11	2015	W 21–20

Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Great Danes	0	0	0	13	13
#16 Wildcats	7	7	10	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	W 37–0

at Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Wildcats	0	10	9	7	26
Black Bears	0	0	7	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–9	2015	W 13–3

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Dukes	7	0	3	10	20
#9 Wildcats	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–13	2015	L 29–38

at Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	7	20	7	7	41
Fightin' Blue Hens	0	10	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–21–1	2015	W 28–21

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	7	0	0	14	21
#9 Wildcats	17	14	0	0	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Second Round–South Dakota State

	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

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	23	22	21	19	17	14	13	16	11	10	9	13	9	11
Coaches	22	19	18	15	14	12	11	17	13	12	11	15	11	13

References

^ "Wildcats Announces 2016 Football Schedule". Villanova.com Official Athletic Site. February 23, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.

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[1] "Wildcats Announces 2016 Football Schedule". Villanova.com Official Athletic Site. February 23, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.

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