# 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University as an independent the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Joe Moglia, the Chanticleers compiled compiled a record of 10–2. Coastal Carolina played home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.
The Chanticleers joined the Sun Belt Conference in July 2016, initially as a full but non-football member. The football program began transition to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), joining Sun Belt football in 2017 and gaining full FBS membership and bowl eligibility in 2018.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 8:00 pm | at Lamar | No. 16 | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | ESPN3 | W 38–14 | 8,697 |
| September 10 | 7:00 pm | Florida A&M | No. 17 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | W 49–10 | 10,037 |
| September 17 | 2:00 pm | at No. 4 Jacksonville State | No. 17 | Burgess–Snow Field at JSU StadiumJacksonville, AL | OVCDN | L 26–27 | 14,265 |
| September 24 | 6:00 pm | Furman | No. 17 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | CSN | W 41–21 | 10,311 |
| October 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 10 Charleston Southern | No. 14 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | L 58–59 $^{2OT}$ | 10,213 |
| October 15 | 1:30 pm | at Gardner–Webb | No. 16 | Ernest W. Spangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NC | BSN | W 17–7 | 6,850 |
| October 22 | 2:00 pm | Central Connecticut | No. T–17 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | CSN | W 33–25 | 9,217 |
| October 29 | 2:00 pm | at Presbyterian | No. 18 | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN3 | W 48–17 | 4,453 |
| November 5 | 2:00 pm | Monmouth | No. 18 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | W 38–17 | 7,123 |
| November 12 | 2:00 pm | Bryant | No. 15 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | CSN | W 31–21 | 6,528 |
| November 17 | 7:00 pm | Liberty | No. 16 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC (rivalry) | ESPNews | W 42–7 | 7,787 |
| November 26 | 2:00 pm | Hampton | No. 15 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | CSN | W 26–7 | 5,921 |
| HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17–T | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
| Coaches* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Due to their transition to FBS, Coastal Carolina was not eligible to be ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll.

## Game summaries
### At Lamar

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #16 Chanticleers | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 38 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Florida A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rattlers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| #17 Chanticleers | 22 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 49 |

### At Jacksonville State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #17 Chanticleers | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| #4 Gamecocks | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |

### Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Paladins | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| #17 Chanticleers | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 41 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| #10 Buccaneers | 7 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 59 |
| #14 Chanticleers | 21 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 58 |

### At Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #16 Chanticleers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Central Connecticut

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
| #17–T Chanticleers | 7 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 33 |

### At Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #18 Chanticleers | 23 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 48 |
| Blue Hose | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |

### Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| #18 Chanticleers | 3 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 38 |

### Bryant

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| #15 Chanticleers | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 |

### Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| #16 Chanticleers | 7 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| #15 Chanticleers | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 26 |