# 2016 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

The 2016 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were in their final transition season at the FCS level. They were led by fifth-year head coach Ken Collums. They played their home games at Shotwell Stadium. The 2016 season was to be the final season for the Wildcats at Shotwell Stadium. Beginning with the 2017 season, the Wildcats' home will be the on-campus Wildcat Stadium which is currently under construction. They finished the season 2–9, 2–7 in Southland play to finish in tenth place.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 1:00 pm | at Air Force* | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | MW Net/Twitter | L 21–37 | 34,128 |
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | Northern Colorado* | Shotwell StadiumAbilene, TX | ACUSports | L 52–55 | 8,348 |
| September 17 | 7:00 pm | at Houston Baptist | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | FCS | L 24–27 $^{OT}$ | 2,877 |
| September 24 | 6:00 pm | at Stephen F. Austin | Homer Bryce StadiumNacogdoches, TX | ESPN3 | L 30–41 | 8,516 |
| October 1 | 2:30 pm | Central Arkansas | Shotwell StadiumAbilene, TX | ASN | L 27–58 | 4,215 |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | Lamar | Shotwell StadiumAbilene, TX | ACUSports | L 10–38 | 6,232 |
| October 15 | 3:00 pm | at No. 2 Sam Houston State | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX | ESPN3 | L 21–48 | 8,319 |
| October 22 | 2:30 pm | Incarnate Word | Shotwell StadiumAbilene, TX | ACUSports | W 52–27 | 8,957 |
| October 29 | 6:00 pm | at McNeese State | Cowboy StadiumLake Charles, LA | ASN | L 14–33 | 11,228 |
| November 5 | 6:00 pm | Northwestern State | Shotwell StadiumAbilene, TX | ACUSports | W 25–22 | 3,957 |
| November 12 | 7:00 pm | at Southeastern Louisiana | Strawberry StadiumHammond, LA | Southeastern Channel | L 19–31 | 4,331 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### @ Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| • Falcons | 7 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 37 |

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Bears | 21 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 52 |

### @ Houston Baptist

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Wildcats | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| • Huskies | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |

### @ Stephen F. Austin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 30 |
| • Lumberjacks | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 41 |

### Central Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Bears | 9 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 58 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |

### Lamar

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cardinals | 0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Wildcats | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |

### @ Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| • #2 Bearkats | 7 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 48 |

### Incarnate Word

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
| • Wildcats | 14 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 52 |

### @ McNeese State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| • Cowboys | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 |

### Northwestern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Demons | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| • Wildcats | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 |
* This will be Abilene Christian's final game at Shotwell Stadium.

### @ Southeastern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| • Lions | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 31 |