2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team

2016 Northern Colorado Bears football
2016 Northern Colorado Bears football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Earnest Collins Jr. (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	James Jones (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Nottingham Field; (Capacity: 8,533)
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
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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 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:00 PM	Rocky Mountain (MT)*	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	WBS	W 56–27	4,319
September 10	5:00 PM	at Abilene Christian*	Shotwell Stadium Abilene, TX	ACUSports	W 55–52	8,348
September 17	2:05 PM	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	RTRM	L 21–47	26,718
October 1	1:05 PM	Northern Arizona	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	CET	W 21–18	5,478
October 8	2:05 PM	at No. 4 Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA	WBS	L 31–49	10,924
October 15	3:00 PM	at UC Davis	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA	WBS	L 21–34	6,251
October 22	1:05 PM	Sacramento State	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	CET	W 27–19	5,232
October 29	3:30 PM	at Portland State	Providence Park Portland, OR	WBS	W 56–49 ^OT	3,446
November 5	12:05 PM	No. 16 North Dakota	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	CET	L 13–23	4,322
November 12	12:05 PM	No. 18 Montana	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	CET	W 28–25	5,128
November 19	7:05 PM	at No. 21 Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	WBS	L 48–55	6,863
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Battlin' Bears	0	0	10	17	27
Bears	28	14	0	14	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	21	14	13	7	55
Wildcats	7	21	21	3	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–10	2015	UNC, 40–36

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	14	7	21
Rams	21	17	3	6	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–20	2011	CSU, 33–14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	3	0	8	18
Bears	14	7	0	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–13	2015	NAU, 63–21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	10	7	7	31
#4 Eagles	3	11	21	14	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–10	2015	EWU, 43–41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	7	7	0	21
Aggies	10	7	7	10	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2015	UNC, 56–27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	3	7	3	6	19
Bears	7	0	10	10	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–9	2015	UNC, 27–20

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bears	3	10	29	7	7	56
Vikings	7	14	14	14	0	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–7	2015	UNC, 35–32

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Fighting Hawks	7	6	10	0	23
Bears	7	0	0	6	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–16	2015	UND, 45–14

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Grizzlies	3	9	0	13	25
Bears	14	0	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–13	2014	MONT, 38–13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	17	7	17	48
#21 Mustangs	21	13	7	14	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–9	2013	POLY, 42–13

^ "Gameday at Northern Colorado". University of Northern Colorado. Retrieved April 4, 2015. Stadium Capacity: 8,533

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Venues	Nottingham Field (1995–present)
Culture & lore	Klawz "UNC Fight Song"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897–1898 1899 1900 1901–1904 1905 1906–1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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