2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team

2016 South Alabama Jaguars football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2016 record	6–6 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Joey Jones (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Bryant Vincent (2nd as OC, 5th overall year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Kane Wommack (1st year)
Home stadium	Ladd–Peebles Stadium (Capacity: 33,471)

2016 Sun Belt football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Appalachian State +		7	–	1					9	–	3
Arkansas State +		7	–	1					7	–	5
Troy		6	–	2					9	–	3
Idaho		6	–	2					8	–	4
Louisiana–Lafayette		5	–	3					6	–	6
Georgia Southern		4	–	4					5	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	5					4	–	8
South Alabama		2	–	6					6	–	6
Georgia State		2	–	6					3	–	9
New Mexico State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Texas State		0	–	8					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team represents the University of South Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars play their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and compete in the Sun Belt Conference. They are led by head coach Joey Jones, who is in his 8th year with the team.

Schedule

South Alabama announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars will host Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and Troy, and will travel to Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Louisiana–Monroe. South Alabama will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Appalachian State and Texas State.^[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Nicholls State from the Southland Conference and San Diego State from the Mountain West Conference, and two road games against Louisiana State (LSU) and Mississippi State both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). On October 13, 2016, LSU canceled its game against the Jaguars on November 19 due to scheduling issues after Hurricane Matthew.^[2][3] On October 15, 2016, the Jaguars announced they will host the Presbyterian Blue Hose on November 19; the Blue Hose's game with Florida on that day was also canceled under the same circumstances.^[4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 a.m.	at Mississippi State*	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	SECN	W 21–20	57,075
September 10	6:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ASN	L 9–24	17,691
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	L 23–28	19,208
September 24	6:00 p.m.	Nicholls State*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 41–40 ^OT	13,086
October 1	7:00 p.m.	No. 19 San Diego State*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPNews	W 42–24	14,741
October 15	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	L 7–17	22,277
October 20	6:30 p.m.	Troy	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (Rivalry)	ESPNU	L 21–28	30,837
October 29	4:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (Rivalry)	ESPN3	W 13–10	11,565
November 5	4:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	ESPN3	L 35–42 ^OT	16,073
November 19	6:00 p.m.	Presbyterian*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 31–7	11,017
November 26	2:30 p.m.	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	ASN	L 31–38	9,049
December 3	12:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 35-28
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.

Schedule Source:^[5]

Game summaries

at Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	0	7	14	21
Bulldogs	7	10	3	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2014	MSU, 35–3

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	0	7	7	24
Jaguars	3	3	0	3	9

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2015	GSU, 55–17

at Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	7	7	9	23
Ragin' Cajuns	6	3	13	6	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	ULL, 32–25

Nicholls State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Colonels	0	23	3	8	6	40
Jaguars	7	17	3	7	7	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2012	USA, 9–3

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Aztecs	6	10	8	0	24
Jaguars	14	0	7	21	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	USA, 34–27 ^OT

at Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	0	0	7	7
Red Wolves	0	14	3	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2015	ASU, 49–31

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	7	6	0	15	28
Jaguars	14	7	0	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	USA, 24–18

Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	3	0	7	0	10
Jaguars	0	3	0	10	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2015	GSU, 24–10

at Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Jaguars	7	7	14	7	0	35
Warhawks	7	7	7	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2013	USA, 36–14

Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	0	0	7	0	7
Jaguars	7	14	0	20	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	7	14	7	3	31
Vandals	14	10	7	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	USA, 52–45

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies					0
Jaguars					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

References

1. "JAGUAR FOOTBALL COMPLETED 2016 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED" (Press release). University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
2. "LSU vs Florida Rescheduled After Hurricane Matthew". Bleacher Report. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
3. "SOUTH ALABAMA FOOTBALL GAME AT LSU CANCELLED" (Press release). University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
4. "JAG FOOTBALL TO HOST PRESBYTERIAN ON NOV. 19". University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
5. "2016 South Alabama Jaguars Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 11, 2016.