2016 Furman Paladins football team

2016 Furman Paladins football
Conference Southern Conference
2016 record 3–8 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach Bruce Fowler (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Tim Sorrells
Defensive coordinator Kyle Gillenwater
Home stadium Paladin Stadium
(Capacity: 16,000)
2016 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#10 The Citadel $^  8 –0     10 –2  
#13 Chattanooga ^  6 –2     9 –4  
#9 Wofford ^  6 –2     10 –4  
#23 Samford ^  5 –3     7 –5  
Mercer  4 –4     6 –5  
Furman  3 –5     3 –8  
East Tennessee State  2 –6     5 –6  
VMI  1 –7     3 –8  
Western Carolina  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Bruce Fowler and played their home games at Paladin Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in sixth place.

On December 2nd, head coach Bruce Fowler resigned.[1] He finished at Furman with a six year record of 27–43.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 7:00 PM at No. 12 (FBS) Michigan State* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI BTN L 13–28   74,516
September 10 6:00 PM at No. 15 The Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC (Rivalry) ESPN3 L 14–19   12,009
September 17 7:00 PM No. 6 Chattanooga Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 L 14–21   5,347
September 24 6:00 PM at No. 17 Coastal Carolina* Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC CSN L 21–41   10,311
October 1 3:00 PM Kennesaw State* Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 L 42–52   6,970
October 8 12:00 PM Samford Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 L 21–38   4,587
October 15 12:00 PM at East Tennessee State Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN SDN W 52–7   6,052
October 29 1:30 PM at VMI Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA ESPN3 W 24–10   5,610
November 5 1:30 PM Wofforddagger Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 L 27–34   7,834
November 12 4:00 PM Western Carolina Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 W 49–21   4,117
November 19 3:00 PM at Mercer Moye Complex • Macon, GA FSN L 24–27   10,712
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 0 3 3 7 13
#12 (FBS) Spartans 7 7 7 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 0 7 0 14
#15 Bulldogs 7 6 0 6 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
58–34–3 2015 L 17–38

Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Mocs 0 7 14 0 21
Paladins 0 0 0 14 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–18 2015 L 3–31

at Coastal Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 0 7 7 7 21
#17 Chanticleers 7 20 7 7 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–6 2015 L 35–38

Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 21 28 0 3 52
Paladins 0 14 21 7 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 14 10 7 7 38
Paladins 0 14 0 7 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–8 2015 W 20–17

at East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 14 14 3 52
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–7 2003 W 30–10

at VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 10 7 0 24
Keydets 3 0 0 7 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–9 2015 W 24–21

Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Terriers 7 13 0 14 34
Paladins 6 7 14 0 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
53–29–7 2015 L 28–38

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 14 0 7 0 21
Paladins 7 6 22 14 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–12–2 2015 L 10–48

at Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 0 9 8 7 24
Bears 7 3 7 10 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–5–2 2015 L 20–27

References

  1. ↑ http://www.furmanpaladins.com/sports/m-footbl/2016-17/releases/20161202f2ij1g
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