# 2016 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

The 2016 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University—now known as Houston Christian University—as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Vic Shealy the Huskies compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 4–5 in conference play, placing seventh in the Southland. Houston Baptist played home games at Husky Stadium in Houston.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Central Arkansas | Estes StadiumConway, AR | ASN | L 13–56 | 9,757 |
| September 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Texas Southern* | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | RSSW | W 24–20 | 4,125 |
| September 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | FCSC | W 27–24 $^{OT}$ | 2,877 |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 2 Sam Houston State | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | FCSC | L 16–52 | 3,134 |
| October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Western Kentucky* | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY | CUSA.tv | L 3–50 | 17,331 |
| October 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Nicholls | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | FSGO | L 30–33 $^{2OT}$ | 3,217 |
| October 22 | 4:00 p.m. | at Southeastern Louisiana | Strawberry StadiumHammond, LA | TSC | L 3–37 | 6,603 |
| October 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at Lamar | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | ESPN3 | W 24–17 | 7,777 |
| November 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at UTEP* | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | CUSA.tv | L 10–42 | 15,977 |
| November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | W 31–24 | 3,026 |
| November 19 | 7:00 p.m. | at Incarnate Word | Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio, TX | FCSC | L 26–28 | 6,498 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
* Games were televised on tape delay.

## Game summaries
### @ Central Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| • Bears | 21 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 56 |

### Texas Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| • Huskies | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |

### Abilene Christian

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

### Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #2 Bearkats | 21 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 52 |
| Huskies | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |

### @ Western Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • Hilltoppers | 14 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 50 |

### Nicholls

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Colonels | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 33 |
| Huskies | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 |

### @ Southeastern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • Lions | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 37 |

### @ Lamar

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Huskies | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### @ UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| • Miners | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### Stephen F. Austin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| • Huskies | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |

### @ Incarnate Word

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 26 |
| • Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |