# 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

The 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Seawolves competed as fourth year members of the Colonial Athletic Association with Chuck Priore as the head coach for his eleventh season. They played their home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 19 North Dakota* | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 13–9 | 6,153 |
| September 10 | 1:00 pm | at Temple* | | Lincoln Financial FieldPhiladelphia, PA | ESPN3 | L 0–38 | 22,296 |
| September 17 | 12:00 pm | No. 2 Richmond | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | ASN | W 42–14 | 4,450 |
| September 24 | 6:00 pm | Sacred Heart* | No. 20 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | SHU Live | L 10–38 | 7,833 |
| October 8 | 7:00 pm | at Towson | | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | CSN | W 27–20 | 7,059 |
| October 15 | 4:00 pm | Rhode Island | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | CSL | W 14–3 | 12,221 |
| October 22 | 3:30 pm | at Delaware | No. 24 | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | BHAA | W 28–3 | 12,972 |
| October 29 | 12:00 pm | at New Hampshire | No. 22 | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH | UNHAthletics | L 14–43 | 5,029 |
| November 5 | 2:00 pm | William & Mary | No. 25 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | CSL | L 9–14 | 5,732 |
| November 12 | 2:00 pm | Maine | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | CSL | L 21–27 | 5,330 |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | at Albany | | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY (Rivalry) | DZ | L 6–13 | 3,836 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||
*Source: Schedule

## Game summaries
### North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #19 Fighting Hawks | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Seawolves | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |

### At Temple

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seawolves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owls | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 38 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #2 Spiders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Seawolves | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |

### Sacred Heart

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pioneers | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| #20 Seawolves | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seawolves | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| Tigers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |

### Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Seawolves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### At Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #24 Seawolves | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### At New Hampshire

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #22 Seawolves | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Wildcats | 15 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 43 |

### William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| #25 Seawolves | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Seawolves | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |

### At Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seawolves | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Great Danes | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | 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 | RV | RV | RV | 20 | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | |
| Coaches | — | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 20 | 25 | — | — | — | |