# 2016 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2016 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Greg Gattuso, the Great Danes compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the CAA. The team played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:00 pm | at Buffalo* | | University at Buffalo StadiumAmherst, NY | ESPN3 | W 22–16 | 18,657 |
| September 10 | 1:00 pm | at Rhode Island | | Meade StadiumKingston, RI | A10 Network | W 35–7 | 4,511 |
| September 17 | 7:00 pm | Holy Cross* | No. 25 | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | DZ | W 45–28 | 8,040 |
| September 24 | 7:00 pm | Saint Francis (PA)* | No. 22 | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | DZ | W 20–9 | 6,309 |
| October 8 | 3:30 pm | No. 6 Richmond | No. 16 | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | DZ | L 30–36 $^{3OT}$ | 9,052 |
| October 15 | 12:00 pm | at Maine | No. 17 | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FCS | L 16–20 | 10,443 |
| October 22 | 3:30 pm | at No. 16 Villanova | No. 23 | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA | NNAA | L 13–24 | 5,109 |
| October 29 | 12:00 pm | Elon | | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | ASN | W 27–3 | 3,916 |
| November 5 | 1:00 pm | Delaware | | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | DZ | L 17–33 | 4,412 |
| November 12 | 12:00 pm | at No. 21 New Hampshire | | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH | UNHAthletics | W 36–25 | 7,012 |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | Stony Brook | | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY (rivalry) | DZ | W 13–6 | 3,836 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Bulls | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 |

### At Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Crusaders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| #25 Great Danes | 0 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 45 |

### Saint Francis (PA)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Flash | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| #22 Great Danes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 20 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| #6 Spiders | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 36 |
| #16 Great Danes | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30 |

### At Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #17 Great Danes | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| Black Bears | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |

### At Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #23 Great Danes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| #17 Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |

### Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Phoenix | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Great Danes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |

### Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
| Great Danes | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |

### At New Hampshire

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 0 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 36 |
| #21 Wildcats | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 25 |

### Stony Brook

| | 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 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
| Coaches | — | RV | 25 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 24 | RV | RV | — | — | RV | |