# 2016 Lindenwood Lions football team

The 2016 Lindenwood Lions football team represented Lindenwood University in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. The Lions played their home games at Harlen C. Hunter Stadium in St. Charles, Missouri, as they have done since 1990. 2016 was the 27th season in school history. The Lions were led by thirteenth-year head coach, Patrick Ross. Lindenwood has been a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association since 2012.

## Preseason

The Lions entered the 2016 season after a 3–8 record in 2015 under Ross. On August 2, 2016 at the MIAA Football Media Day, the Lions were chosen to finish in 11th place in the Coaches Poll, and 9th in the Media Poll.

## Postseason

After another losing season and no success in the NCAA Division II since 2012, Ross was relieved of his duties on November 15, 2016. He was 93–57 at Lindenwood.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

Along with Ross, there were 8 assistants.
| Name | Position | Seasons at LWU | Alma Mater |
| Patrick Ross | Head Coach | 13 | Puget Sound (1996) |
| Deion Melvin | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line | 6 | Western Illinois (1994) |
| Marc Kolb | Passing Game Coor./Wide Receivers | 1 | Brown (1994) |
| Brice Carlson | Offensive Line | 1 | Guilford (2011) |
| Jamie Marshall | Defensive Line | 1 | Drake (1999) |
| Derek Stanley | Wide Receivers | 4 | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2007) |
| Wade Hampton | Special Teams | 1 | Lindenwood (2003) |
| Bryan Baldwin | Cornerbacks | 1 | Kansas State (2008) |
| Austin Bell | Running Backs | 1 | Ohio State (2015) |
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## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:00 pm | Central Oklahoma | Harlen C. Hunter StadiumSt. Charles, MO | W 49–26 | 3,132 |
| September 8 | 7:00 pm | at Northeastern State | Doc Wadley StadiumTahlequah, OK | L 31–35 | 2,104 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | at Washburn | Yager StadiumTopeka, KS | L 34–29 | 6,721 |
| September 24 | 6:00 pm | Pittsburg State | Harlen C. Hunter StadiumSt. Charles, MO | L 19–50 | 3,088 |
| October 1 | 2:00 pm | at Fort Hays State | Lewis Field StadiumHays, KS | L 6–37 | 4,266 |
| October 8 | 1:30 pm | Missouri Western | Harlen C. Hunter StadiumSt. Charles, MO | L 37–29 | 2,132 |
| October 15 | 2:00 pm | at Emporia State | Francis G. Welch StadiumEmporia, KS | L 28–35 | 6,014 |
| October 22 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Northwest Missouri State | Harlen C. Hunter StadiumSt. Charles, MO | L 12–47 | 3,527 |
| October 29 | 2:00 pm | at Nebraska–Kearney | Ron & Carol Cope StadiumKearney, NE | W 35–14 | 2,005 |
| November 5 | 1:30 pm | Missouri Southern | Harlen C. Hunter StadiumSt. Charles, MO | W 42–28 | 1,563 |
| November 12 | 1:30 pm | at No. 24 Central Missouri | Audrey J. Walton StadiumWarrensburg, MO | L 7–35 | 3,673 |
| HomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||
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### Game summaries
#### Central Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Central Oklahoma | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| • Lindenwood | 6 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 49 |

#### Northeastern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lindenwood | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| • Northeastern State | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

#### Washburn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lindenwood | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 29 |
| • Washburn | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 34 |

#### Pittsburg State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Pittsburg State | 13 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 50 |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 19 |

#### Fort Hays State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lindenwood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| • Fort Hays State | 21 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 37 |

#### Missouri Western

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Missouri Western | 7 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 37 |
| Lindenwood | 7 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 29 |

#### Emporia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| • #12 Emporia State | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 35 |

#### Northwest Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #1 Northwest Missouri State | 14 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 47 |
| Lindenwood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |

#### Nebraska–Kearney

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Lindenwood | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| Nebraska–Kearney | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

#### Missouri Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Missouri Southern | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| • Lindenwood | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 42 |

#### Central Missouri

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • #24 Central Missouri | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |