# 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:45 pm | at Arizona State* | No. 18 | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | P12N | L 13–44 | 45,300 |
| September 10 | 1:00 pm | at No. 18 Western Illinois* | No. 19 | Hanson FieldMacomb, IL | ESPN3 | L 20–34 | 6,732 |
| September 17 | 4:00 pm | New Mexico Highlands* | No. 24 | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | NAU-TV, FSAZ | W 73–3 | 8,711 |
| September 24 | 4:00 pm | No. 4 Eastern Washington | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | NAU-TV, FSAZ | L 35–50 | 10,179 |
| October 1 | 12:00 pm | at Northern Colorado | | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | CET | L 18–21 | 5,478 |
| October 8 | 4:00 pm | at Montana State | | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | RTNW | W 20–14 | 17,637 |
| October 15 | 4:00 pm | Idaho State | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | NAU-TV, FSAZ | W 52–7 | 7,836 |
| October 22 | 4:00 pm | No. 10 Montana | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | NAU-TV, FSAZ | W 45–34 | 7,197 |
| November 5 | 11:00 am | at Weber State | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | KJZZ | W 33–20 | 8,740 |
| November 12 | 12:00 pm | at No. 12 North Dakota | | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | Midco SN | L 31–38 | 9,049 |
| November 19 | 2:00 pm | Southern Utah | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ (Grand Canyon Rivalry) | NAU-TV, FSAZ | L 21–48 | 5,626 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #18 Lumberjacks | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Sun Devils | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 44 |

### At Western Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #19 Lumberjacks | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| #18 Leathernecks | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 34 |

### New Mexico Highlands

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| #24 Lumberjacks | 28 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 73 |

### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #4 Eagles | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 50 |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### At Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| Bears | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### At Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 52 |

### Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #10 Grizzlies | 3 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 45 |

### At Weber State

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

### At North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| #12 Fighting Hawks | 10 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 38 |

### Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 14 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 48 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | 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 | 18 | 19 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | | |
| Coaches | 18 | 17 | 24 | 25–T | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | | |