2016 Weber State Wildcats football team

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Ranking
STATS	No. 25
FCS Coaches	No. 24

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 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by third year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Chattanooga in the first round.

Schedule

September 16:00 PMat Utah State*

• Maverik Stadium
• Logan, UT

CI/TwitterL 6–45 23,008 September 101:00 PMat South Dakota*

• DakotaDome
• Vermillion, SD

ESPN3L 49–52 ^2OT8,114 September 176:00 PMSacramento State*

• Stewart Stadium
• Ogden, UT

KJZZW 14–7 9,746 September 247:00 PMat UC Davis

• Aggie Stadium
• Davis, CA

WBSW 38–35 8,426 October 86:00 PMPortland State

• Stewart Stadium
• Ogden, UT

KJZZW 14–10 10,217 October 151:30 PMMontana State

• Stewart Stadium
• Ogden, UT

RTRMW 45–27 7,148 October 226:00 PMat Southern Utah

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT (Beehive Bowl)

WBSW 37–36 8,511 October 2912:00 PMat No. 17 North Dakota

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

Midco SN2L 19–27 8,699 November 512:00 PMNorthern Arizona

• Stewart Stadium
• Ogden, UT

KJZZL 20–33 8,740 November 1212:00 PMNo. 16 Cal Poly

• Stewart Stadium
• Ogden, UT

KJZZW 22–15 7,821 November 192:30 PMat Idaho State

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Eversport.tvW 34–28 5,464 November 2612:00 PMat No. 11 Chattanooga*No. 25

• Finley Stadium
• Chattanooga, TN (First Round)

ESPN3L 14–45 5,238

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Sacramento State on September 17 is considered a non-conference game.

Game summaries

at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	6	0	0	6
Aggies	14	7	10	14	45

See also: 2016 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–13	2013	USU, 70–6

at South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Wildcats	28	0	14	0	7	0	49
Coyotes	14	7	0	21	7	3	52

See also: 2016 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–0–1	1970	TIE, 21–21

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	7	0	0	7
Wildcats	0	7	0	7	14

See also: 2016 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8	2015	WEB, 32–14

at UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	8	17	7	6	38
Aggies	10	0	3	22	35

See also: 2016 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	WEB, 23–3

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	0	3	10
Wildcats	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2016 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–14	2014	PSU, 30–17

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	7	6	27
Wildcats	21	21	0	3	45

See also: 2016 Montana State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–30–1	2014	MSU, 23–13

at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	6	8	23	37
Thunderbirds	14	9	13	0	36

See also: 2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team and Beehive Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–7	2015	SUU, 44–0

at North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	13	0	6	19
#17 Fighting Hawks	7	0	14	6	27

See also: 2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	WEB, 25–24

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	10	10	3	10	33
Wildcats	0	7	7	6	20

See also: 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–24	2015	NAU, 52–36

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Mustangs	0	7	8	0	15
Wildcats	12	3	0	7	22

See also: 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–6	2014	POLY, 30–24

at Idaho State

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

See also: 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team

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

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Wildcats	0	0	7	7	14
#11 Mocs	14	10	7	14	45

See also: 2016 Chattanooga Mocs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	25
Coaches	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	24