# 2016 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2016 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Frank Wilson. They finished the season 6–7, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl, the school's first ever bowl game, where they were defeated by New Mexico.

## Schedule

UTSA announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Roadrunners will host C–USA foes Charlotte, North Texas, Southern Miss, and UTEP, and will travel to Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, and Rice.
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Alabama State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and Arizona State from the Pac-12 Conference, and two road games which are against the Colorado State Rams from the Mountain West Conference and the Texas A&M Aggies from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Alabama State* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | KMYS | W 26–13 | 22,380 |
| September 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Colorado State* | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO | CI/Twitter | L 14–23 | 20,673 |
| September 16 | 8:30 p.m. | Arizona State* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN2 | L 28–32 | 29,035 |
| September 24 | 2:30 p.m. | at Old Dominion | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | KMYS | L 19–33 | 20,118 |
| October 8 | 11:00 a.m. | Southern Miss | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ASN | W 55–32 | 19,818 |
| October 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | beIN | W 14–13 | 20,134 |
| October 22 | 6:00 p.m. | UTEP | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | KMYS | L 49–52 $^{5OT}$ | 23,633 |
| October 29 | 6:00 p.m. | North Texas | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | KMYS | W 31–17 | 19,553 |
| November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | ESPN3 | W 45–25 | 13,505 |
| November 12 | 2:30 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | KMYS | L 35–63 | 23,012 |
| November 19 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 23 Texas A&M* | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | ESPNU | L 10–23 | 102,502 |
| November 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Charlotte | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | CI | W 33–14 | 23,807 |
| December 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at New Mexico* | University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl) | ESPN | L 20–23 | 29,688 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Alabama State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Roadrunners | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 |

### At Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Rams | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 23 |

### Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sun Devils | 3 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| Roadrunners | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |

### At Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Monarchs | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 33 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 7 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 32 |
| Roadrunners | 28 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 55 |

### At Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Owls | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |

### UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | Total |
| Miners | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 52 |
| Roadrunners | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 49 |

### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mean Green | 0 | 0 | 07 | 10 | 17 |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |

### At Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
| Blue Raiders | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 |

### At Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 35 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 63 |

### At Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| #23 Aggies | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 23 |

### Charlotte

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 49ers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Roadrunners | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 33 |

### At New Mexico–New Mexico Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Lobos | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 |

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Alma mater |
| Frank Wilson | Head Coach | Nicholls State |
| Jason Rollins | Associate head coach/linebackers coach | McNeese State |
| Ricky Brumfield | Special Teams coordinator/tight ends coach | Utah State |
| Pete Golding | Defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks coach | Delta State |
| Eric Henderson | Defensive Line Coach | Georgia Tech |
| Jeff Kastl | Receivers coach | Michigan |
| Ryan Pugh | Offensive Line Coach | Auburn |
| Everette Sands | Running Backs coach | The Citadel |
| Frank Scelfo | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach | Louisiana-Monroe |
| Patrick Toney | Safeties coach | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Giovanni Vizza | Graduate Assistant Coach (Offense) | Texas A&M |
| Ryan Filo | Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach | Wisconsin-La Cross |
| Spencer Ross | Assistant Football Strength & Conditioning Coach | Southern |
| Tony Jeffery | Assistant Athletics Director/Football | Texas |
| Jacob LaFrance | Director of player personnel | Louisiana State |
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