2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team


The 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Lehigh in the first round before losing in the second round to James Madison.

Schedule

at San Diego State

Holy Cross

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–62012W 38–17

at Dartmouth

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–17–22014W 52–19

at Rhode Island

Overall recordLast meetingResult
57–28–52015W 20–17

William &; Mary

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–152015L 18–34

at Elon

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02015W 37–20

James Madison

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–72013W 33–17

at Towson

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–32013L 28–44

Stony Brook

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–12015L 6–31

Albany

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–02015W 24–14

at Maine

Overall recordLast meetingResult
54–44–82015W 22–6

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Lehigh

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–32014W 45–27

Second Round–James Madison

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–810/15/16L 39–42

Ranking movements