2016 West Georgia Wolves football team
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2016 record | 7-4 (4-4 GSC) |
| Head coach | Will Hall (3rd year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Sam Gregg (3rd year) |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott Symons (3rd year) |
| Home stadium |
University Stadium (Capacity: 9,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 North Alabama $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #19 Valdosta State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Alabama | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #23 Florida Tech ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Florida | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shorter | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 | University Stadium • Carrollton, GA | W 23–3 | 7,617 | |||
| September 10 | 5:00 p.m. | at Miles* | No. 2 | Alumni Stadium • Fairfield, AL | W 29–0 | 2,437 | |||
| September 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Delta State | No. 3 | University Stadium • Carrollton, GA | W 34–24 | 6,837 | |||
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany State* | No. 3 | Albany State University Coliseum • Albany, GA | W 27–23 | 6,474 | |||
| October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 18 North Alabama | No. 3 | Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL | ESPN3 | L 23–24 | 7,726 | ||
| October 8 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Valdosta State | No. 12 | Bazemore–Hyder Stadium • Valdosta, GA (Rivalry) | L 27–38 | 4,105 | |||
| October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | West Alabama | No. 24 | University Stadium • Carrollton, GA | ESPN3 | L 7–31 | 5,633 | ||
| October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | Mississippi College |
University Stadium • Carrollton, GA | W 31–23 | 6,326 | ||||
| October 29 | 1:30 p.m. | at Shorter | Barron Stadium • Rome, GA | W 44–0 | 1,000 | ||||
| November 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Florida Tech | University Stadium • Carrollton, GA | L 21–45 | 5,132 | ||||
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at West Florida | Blue Wahoos Stadium • Pensacola, FL | W 69–0 | 6,088 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "UWG Sets 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Georgia Department of Athletics. January 6, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.