2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
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 Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
P12N |
L 13–44 |
45,300 |
September 10 |
1:00 PM |
at No. 18 Western Illinois* |
No. 19 |
Hanson Field • Macomb, IL |
ESPN3 |
L 20–34 |
6,732 |
September 17 |
4:00 PM |
New Mexico Highlands* |
No. 24 |
Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ |
NAU-TV FSAZ |
W 73–3 |
8,711 |
September 24 |
4:00 PM |
No. 4 Eastern Washington |
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Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ |
NAU-TV FSAZ |
L 35–50 |
10,179 |
October 1 |
12:00 PM |
at Northern Colorado |
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Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO |
CET |
L 18–21 |
5,478 |
October 8 |
4:00 PM |
at Montana State |
|
Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT |
RTNW |
W 20–14 |
17,637 |
October 15 |
4:00 PM |
Idaho State |
|
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 Stadium • Ogden, UT |
KJZZ |
W 33–20 |
8,740 |
November 12 |
12:00 PM |
at No. 12 North Dakota |
|
Alerus Center • Grand 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. Homecoming. #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 |
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Coaches |
18 |
17 |
24 |
25–T |
RV |
NR |
NR |
NR |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
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