2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team

2016 Indiana State Sycamores football

Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2016 record	4–7 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach	Mike Sanford (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Sheppard (4th year)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Cabral (4th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 12,764)

2016 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1		11	–	1
#7 South Dakota State +^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#13 Youngstown State ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
Illinois State ^		4	–	4		6	–	6
Northern Iowa		4	–	4		5	–	6
Western Illinois		3	–	5		6	–	5
South Dakota		3	–	5		4	–	7
Missouri State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Indiana State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Southern Illinois		2	–	6		4	–	7

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

The 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team represents Indiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Mike Sanford and play their home games at Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:00 PM	Butler*		Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 41–25	5,625
September 10	12:00 PM	at Minnesota*		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	ESPNews	L 28–58	41,026
September 17	7:00 PM	at Southeast Missouri State*		Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO	OVCDN	W 27–24	7,637
September 24	3:00 PM	No. 9 Illinois State		Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 34–31	6,561
October 1	3:00 PM	Missouri State	No. 24	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 24–45	6,871
October 8	4:00 PM	at No. 13 Western Illinois		Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 35–36	5,487
October 15	3:00 PM	South Dakota		Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 30–33 ^2OT	3,297
October 22	3:00 PM	at Southern Illinois		Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 22–14	9,603
October 29	2:00 PM	at Youngstown State		Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	L 10–13	15,082
November 5	1:00 PM	Northern Iowa		Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 6–39	3,409
November 12	3:30 PM	at No. 4 North Dakota State		Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN3	L 17–41	18,276
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	6	6	13	25
Sycamores	14	3	21	3	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–25–2	2015	ISU, 52–17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	7	0	14	7	28
Golden Gophers	14	24	10	10	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1993	MINN, 27–10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	7	3	3	14	27
Redhawks	7	3	7	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2015	ISU, 29–28

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Redbirds	0	7	7	17	31
Sycamores	7	10	7	10	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–36–2	2015	ILST, 27–24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	10	14	7	14	45
#24 Sycamores	14	10	0	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–17	2015	ISU, 56–28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	7	7	21	0	35
#13 Leathernecks	0	20	7	9	36

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–24	2015	WIU, 37–30 ^OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Coyotes	17	0	10	0	3	3	33
Sycamores	10	0	7	10	3	0	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2013	USD, 17–14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	3	7	6	6	22
Salukis	7	0	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–27	2015	ISU, 39–36

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	10	0	0	0	10
Penguins	0	6	0	7	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–20	2015	ISU, 27–24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	13	14	6	6	39
Sycamores	0	3	3	0	6

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–25	2015	UNI, 59–13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	0	7	0	10	17
#4 Bison	21	13	7	0	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2015	NDSU, 28–14

Indiana State Sycamores football

Venues	Memorial Stadium (1949–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Ball State (Blue Key Victory Bell)

Culture & lore	Sycamore Sam "March On! (You Fighting Sycamores)" Pride of Indiana

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 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

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