2016 Utah State Aggies football team

American college football season

2016 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
Wyoming xy	6	–	2	8	–	6
Boise State x	6	–	2	10	–	3
New Mexico x	6	–	2	9	–	4
Air Force	5	–	3	10	–	3
Colorado State	5	–	3	7	–	6
Utah State	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
No. 25 San Diego State xy$	6	–	2	11	–	3
Hawaii	4	–	4	7	–	7
Nevada	3	–	5	5	–	7
San Jose State	3	–	5	4	–	8
UNLV	3	–	5	4	–	8
Fresno State	0	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: San Diego State 27, Wyoming 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fourth-year head coach Matt Wells and played their home games at Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium. This was Utah State's fourth season as members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	Weber State*	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	MW Net/Twitter	W 45–6	23,008
September 10	12:00 pm	at USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 7–45	62,487
September 16	7:00 pm	Arkansas State*	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	CBSSN	W 34–20	21,091
September 24	8:15 pm	Air Force	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	ESPNU	L 20–27	23,104
October 1	8:15 pm	at No. 24 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	ESPN2	L 10–21	36,602
October 8	8:00 pm	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	L 24–31	32,387
October 22	8:30 pm	Fresno State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	CBSSN	W 38–20	15,067
October 28	6:00 pm	San Diego State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	CBSSN	L 13–40	17,332
November 5	8:15 pm	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (Bridger's Battle)	ESPN2	L 28–52	17,837
November 12	8:15 pm	New Mexico	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	ESPN2	L 21–24	15,212
November 19	2:00 pm	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	L 37–38	13,390
November 26	8:15 pm	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (The Old Wagon Wheel/Beehive Boot)	ESPNU	L 10–28	53,603
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Schedule Source:

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	6	0	0	6
Aggies	14	7	10	14	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	7	0	7
Trojans	7	14	10	14	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	0	0	14	6	20
Aggies	17	7	3	7	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	14	0	10	27
Aggies	7	3	0	10	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	3	0	7	10
#24 Broncos	7	0	7	7	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	14	10	0	0	24
Rams	10	0	14	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	3	3	20
Aggies	7	10	7	14	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	10	10	3	17	40
Aggies	7	0	0	6	13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	21	0	28
Cowboys	14	21	7	10	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	6	15	3	24
Aggies	14	0	7	0	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	10	10	10	37
Wolf Pack	3	7	7	21	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	3	7	0	0	10
Cougars	0	14	7	7	28

v t e Utah State Aggies football
Venues	Romney Stadium (I) (1927–1967) Maverik Stadium (1968–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU Utah: Battle of the Brothers Wyoming Beehive Boot (BYU, Utah)
Culture & lore	Big Blue "Hail the Utah Aggies" The Scotsman The Hurd Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893–1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024