American college football season
The 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.
On December 16, head coach Mike Sanford resigned to join the staff at WKU where his son, Mike Sanford Jr. , had recently been named the head coach. Sanford leaves Indiana State with a four year record of 18–30.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 3:00 pm Butler *ESPN3 W 41–25 5,625
September 10 12:00 pm at Minnesota * ESPNews L 28–58 41,026
September 17 7:00 pm at Southeast Missouri State * OVCDN W 27–24 7,637
September 24 3:00 pm No. 9 Illinois State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 34–31 6,561
October 1 3:00 pm Missouri State No. 24 Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 24–45 6,871
October 8 4:00 pm at No. 13 Western Illinois ESPN3 L 35–36 5,487
October 15 3:00 pm South Dakota Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 30–33 3,297
October 22 3:00 pm at Southern Illinois ESPN3 W 22–14 9,603
October 29 2:00 pm at Youngstown State ESPN3 L 10–13 15,082
November 5 1:00 pm Northern Iowa Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 6–39 3,409
November 12 3:30 pm at No. 4 North Dakota State ESPN3 L 17–41 18,276
Game summaries
Butler
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
6
6
13
25
Sycamores
14
3
21
3
41
See also: 2016 Butler Bulldogs football team
At Minnesota
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
0
14
7
28
Golden Gophers
14
24
10
10
58
See also: 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
At Southeast Missouri State
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
3
3
14
27
Redhawks
7
3
7
7
24
See also: 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team
Illinois State
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Redbirds
0
7
7
17
31
Sycamores
7
10
7
10
34
See also: 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team
Missouri State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
10
14
7
14
45
#24 Sycamores
14
10
0
0
24
See also: 2016 Missouri State Bears football team
At Western Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
7
21
0
35
#13 Leathernecks
0
20
7
9
36
See also: 2016 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team
South Dakota
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Coyotes
17
0
10
0 3 3
33
Sycamores
10
0
7
10 3 0
30
See also: 2016 South Dakota Coyotes football team
At Southern Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
7
6
6
22
Salukis
7
0
0
7
14
See also: 2016 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
At Youngstown State
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
10
0
0
0
10
Penguins
0
6
0
7
13
See also: 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team
Northern Iowa
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
13
14
6
6
39
Sycamores
0
3
3
0
6
See also: 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
At North Dakota State
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
0
7
0
10
17
#4 Bison
21
13
7
0
41
See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS RV RV — RV 24 RV RV — — — — — — — Coaches — RV — — RV — — — — — — — — —
References
"Mike Sanford resigns as Indiana State Head Football Coach" .
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