2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team


The 2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at their new stadium Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for the MVFC title. Due to their head-to-head victory over North Dakota State, they received the MVFC's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Villanova in the second round, before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.

Schedule

@ TCU

Drake

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–81983SDSU, 20–3

Cal Poly

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–52014SDSU, 44–18

Western Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–52015WIU, 30–24 2OT

@ Southern Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–32013SIU, 27–24

@ North Dakota State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
40–59–52015NDSU, 28–7

Youngstown State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–62015SDSU, 38–8

@ Illinois State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–32015SDSU, 25–20

Missouri State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–12015SDSU, 39–0

South Dakota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
52–52–72015SDSU, 30–23

@ Northern Iowa

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–29–22015UNI, 10–7

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Villanova

Quarterfinals–North Dakota State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
41–59–510/15/16SDSU, 19–17

Ranking movements