American college football season
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[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 7:45 pm | at Arizona State* | No. 18 | | P12N | L 13–44 | 45,300 |
September 10 | 1:00 pm | at No. 18 Western Illinois* | No. 19 | | ESPN3 | L 20–34 | 6,732 |
September 17 | 4:00 pm | New Mexico Highlands* | No. 24 | | NAU-TV, FSAZ | W 73–3 | 8,711 |
September 24 | 4:00 pm | No. 4 Eastern Washington | | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| NAU-TV, FSAZ | L 35–50 | 10,179 |
October 1 | 12:00 pm | at Northern Colorado | | | CET | L 18–21 | 5,478 |
October 8 | 4:00 pm | at Montana State | | | RTNW | W 20–14 | 17,637 |
October 15 | 4:00 pm | Idaho State | | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| NAU-TV, FSAZ | W 52–7 | 7,836 |
October 22 | 4:00 pm | No. 10 Montana | | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| NAU-TV, FSAZ | W 45–34 | 7,197 |
November 5 | 11:00 am | at Weber State | | | KJZZ | W 33–20 | 8,740 |
November 12 | 12:00 pm | at No. 12 North Dakota | | | Midco SN | L 31–38 | 9,049 |
November 19 | 2:00 pm | Southern Utah | | | NAU-TV, FSAZ | L 21–48 | 5,626 |
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Game summaries[edit]
At Arizona State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#18 Lumberjacks | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
Sun Devils | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 44 |
At Western Illinois[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#19 Lumberjacks | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
#18 Leathernecks | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
New Mexico Highlands[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Cowboys | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
#24 Lumberjacks | 28 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 73 |
Eastern Washington[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#4 Eagles | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 50 |
Lumberjacks | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
At Northern Colorado[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lumberjacks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
Bears | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
At Montana State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lumberjacks | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Idaho State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Lumberjacks | 14 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 52 |
Montana[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#10 Grizzlies | 3 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
Lumberjacks | 14 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 45 |
At Weber State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lumberjacks | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 33 |
Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
At North Dakota[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lumberjacks | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
#12 Fighting Hawks | 10 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
Southern Utah[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Thunderbirds | 14 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 48 |
Lumberjacks | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Ranking movements[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 18 | 19 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | | |
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Coaches | 18 | 17 | 24 | 25–T | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | | |
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