# 2016 Weber State Wildcats football team

The 2016 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by third year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in third place.
The Wildcats received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Chattanooga in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 pm | at Utah State* | | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | CI/Twitter | L 6–45 | 23,008 |
| September 10 | 1:00 pm | at South Dakota* | | DakotaDomeVermillion, SD | ESPN3 | L 49–52 $^{2OT}$ | 8,114 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | Sacramento State* | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | KJZZ | W 14–7 | 9,746 |
| September 24 | 7:00 pm | at UC Davis | | Aggie StadiumDavis, CA | WBS | W 38–35 | 8,426 |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | Portland State | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | KJZZ | W 14–10 | 10,217 |
| October 15 | 1:30 pm | Montana State | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | RTRM | W 45–27 | 7,148 |
| October 22 | 6:00 pm | at Southern Utah | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT (Beehive Bowl) | WBS | W 37–36 | 8,511 |
| October 29 | 12:00 pm | at No. 17 North Dakota | | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | Midco SN2 | L 19–27 | 8,699 |
| November 5 | 12:00 pm | Northern Arizona | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | KJZZ | L 20–33 | 8,740 |
| November 12 | 12:00 pm | No. 16 Cal Poly | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | KJZZ | W 22–15 | 7,821 |
| November 19 | 2:30 pm | at Idaho State | | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | Eversport.tv | W 34–28 | 5,464 |
| November 26 | 12:00 pm | at No. 11 Chattanooga* | No. 25 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN (First Round) | ESPN3 | L 14–45 | 5,238 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Sacramento State on September 17 is considered a non-conference game.

## Game summaries
### At Utah State

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

### At South Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Wildcats | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
| Coyotes | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 52 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### At UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 8 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 38 |
| Aggies | 10 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 35 |

### Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |

### Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Wildcats | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 45 |

### At Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 37 |
| Thunderbirds | 14 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 36 |

### At North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| #17 Fighting Hawks | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 33 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |

### Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #16 Mustangs | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| Wildcats | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 22 |

### At Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| Bengals | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

## FCS Playoffs
### First Round–Chattanooga

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #25 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| #11 Mocs | 14 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 45 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | 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 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 |
| Coaches | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 24 |