2016 West Georgia Wolves football team
The 2016 West Georgia Wolves football team represented the University of West Georgia in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Will Hall, who was in his third season at West Georgia. The Wolves played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses (7–4 overall, 4–4 in the GSC), defeating one top 25 ranked team, ranked as high as #2 in the nation before falling in the middle of the season. West Georgia were not invited in the 2016 playoffs.
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2016 record | 7–4 (4–4 GSC) |
| Head coach | Will Hall (3rd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Sam Gregg (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott Symons (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | University Stadium (Capacity: 9,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 North Alabama $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Valdosta State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Alabama | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tech ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Florida | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delta State † | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shorter | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
West Georgia announced its 2016 football schedule on January 6, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Wolves will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, Mississippi College, and West Alabama, and will travel to North Alabama, Shorter, Valdosta Stte, and West Florida.[1]
The Wolves will host only one non-conference game against Catawba of the South Atlantic Conference and travel to two away games against Albany State and Miles both from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 2:00 p.m | No. 22 Catawba* | No. 2 | W 23–3 | 7,617 | ||
| September 10 | 5:00 p.m. | at Miles* | No. 2 | W 29–0 | 2,437 | ||
| September 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Delta State | No. 3 |
| W 34–24 | 6,837 | |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany State* | No. 3 | W 27–23 | 6,474 | ||
| October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 18 North Alabama | No. 3 | ESPN3 | L 23–24 | 7,726 | |
| October 8 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Valdosta State | No. 12 | L 27–38 | 4,105 | ||
| October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | West Alabama | No. 24 |
| ESPN3 | L 7–31 | 5,633 |
| October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | Mississippi College |
| W 31–23 | 6,326 | ||
| October 29 | 1:30 p.m. | at Shorter | W 44–0 | 1,000 | |||
| November 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Florida Tech |
| L 21–45 | 5,132 | ||
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at West Florida |
| W 69–0 | 6,088 | ||
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References
- "UWG Sets 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Georgia Department of Athletics. January 6, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.