2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2016 record 5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach Jerome Souers (19th year)
Offensive coordinator Tim Plough (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Andy Thompson (8th year)
Home stadium Walkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
2016 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 Eastern Washington +^   8 0         11 1  
#8 North Dakota +^   8 0         9 3  
#25 Weber State ^   6 2         7 5  
#21 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 co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by nineteenth year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 7:45 PM at Arizona State* No. 18 Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ P12N L 13–44   45,300
September 10 1:00 PM at No. 18 Western Illinois* No. 19 Hanson FieldMacomb, IL ESPN3 L 20–34   6,732
September 17 4:00 PM New Mexico Highlands* No. 24 Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ NAU-TV
FSAZ
W 73–3   8,711
September 24 4:00 PM No. 4 Eastern Washington Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ NAU-TV
FSAZ
L 35–50   10,179
October 1 12:00 PM at Northern Colorado Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO CET L 18–21   5,478
October 8 4:00 PM at Montana State Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT RTNW W 20–14   17,637
October 15 4:00 PM Idaho Statedagger Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ NAU-TV
FSAZ
W 52–7   7,836
October 22 4:00 PM No. 10 Montana Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ NAU-TV
FSAZ
W 45–34   7,197
November 5 11:00 AM at Weber State Stewart StadiumOgden, UT KJZZ W 33–20   8,740
November 12 12:00 PM at No. 12 North Dakota Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND Midco SN L 31–38   9,049
November 19 2:00 PM Southern Utah Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game) NAU-TV
FSAZ
L 21–48   5,626
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Arizona Time.

Game notes

at Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Lumberjacks 0 3 3 7 13
Sun Devils 7 3 10 24 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–21–6 2012 ASU, 63–6

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Lumberjacks 13 0 7 0 20
#18 Leathernecks 3 10 14 7 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1967 NAU, 34–0

New Mexico Highlands

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 3 0 0 3
#24 Lumberjacks 28 21 24 0 73
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–5–2 2015 NAU, 41–5

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Eagles 12 10 14 14 50
Lumberjacks 7 14 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–19 2015 NAU, 52–30

at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 3 0 8 18
Bears 14 7 0 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–3 2015 NAU, 63–21

at Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 10 10 0 20
Bobcats 0 0 7 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–23 2015 NAU, 49–41

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 0 7 7
Lumberjacks 14 14 7 17 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–17–1 2013 NAU, 39–30

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Grizzlies 3 17 0 14 34
Lumberjacks 14 14 17 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–35 2015 MONT, 23–14

at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 10 10 3 10 33
Wildcats 0 7 7 6 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–26 2015 NAU, 52–36

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 10 7 0 31
#12 Fighting Hawks 10 0 7 21 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2014 UND, 30–28

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 14 14 20 0 48
Lumberjacks 14 7 0 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–7 2015 SUU, 49–41

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 18 19 24 RV RV RV RV NR RV RV RV RV  
Coaches 18 17 24 25–T RV NR NR NR RV RV RV RV

References

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