# 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Scott Satterfield. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to win a share of the Sun Belt championship with Arkansas State. They were invited to the Camellia Bowl where they defeated Toledo.

## Schedule

Appalachian State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Sun Belt foes Georgia State, Idaho, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State, and will travel to Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, New Mexico State, and Troy. Appalachian State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Arkansas State and South Alabama.
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Miami from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Old Dominion from Conference USA, and two road games against Akron from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Tennessee from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 9 Tennessee* | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (SEC Nation) | SECN | L 13–20 $^{OT}$ | 100,074 |
| September 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Old Dominion* | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | ASN | W 31–7 | 23,374 |
| September 17 | Noon | No. 25 Miami (FL)* | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | ESPN | L 10–45 | 34,658 |
| September 24 | 3:30 p.m. | at Akron* | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | ASN | W 45–38 | 15,381 |
| October 1 | Noon | Georgia State | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | ASN | W 17–3 | 24,782 |
| October 12 | 8:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Lafayette | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ESPN2 | W 24–0 | 16,960 |
| October 22 | 3:30 p.m. | Idaho | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | ESPN3 | W 37–19 | 26,931 |
| October 27 | 7:30 p.m. | at Georgia Southern | Paulson StadiumStatesboro, GA (rivalry) | ESPNU | W 34–10 | 23,474 |
| November 5 | 3:30 p.m. | Texas State | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | ESPN3 | W 35–10 | 28,472 |
| November 12 | 3:30 p.m. | at Troy | Veterans Memorial StadiumTroy, AL | ESPN3 | L 24–28 | 25,782 |
| November 19 | 2:30 p.m. | Louisiana–Monroe | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | ESPN3 | W 42–17 | 18,699 |
| November 26 | 4:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM | ESPN3 | W 37–7 | 5,366 |
| December 17 | 5:30 p.m. | vs. Toledo* | Cramton BowlMontgomery, AL (Camellia Bowl) | ESPN | W 31–28 | 20,257 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### At Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| #9 Volunteers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |

### Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mountaineers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |

### Miami (FL)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #25 Hurricanes | 21 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |

### At Akron

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 10 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Zips | 0 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 38 |

### Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |

### At Louisiana–Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| Mountaineers | 10 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 37 |

### At Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| Eagles | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Texas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |

### At Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Trojans | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### Louisiana–Monroe

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warhawks | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Mountaineers | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |

### At New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 17 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
| Aggies | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Toledo–Camellia Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| Rockets | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |