2016 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2016 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his third season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes were in fourth season as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

2016 Albany Great Danes football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2016 record	7–4 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach	Greg Gattuso (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Bernard (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bernard Clark (3rd season)
Home stadium	Bob Ford Field (Capacity: 8,500)

2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 11 Villanova ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 17 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 8 Richmond ^		5	–	3					10	–	4
Maine		5	–	3					6	–	5
Albany		4	–	4					7	–	4
Stony Brook		4	–	4					5	–	6
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	6
Towson		3	–	5					4	–	7
Delaware		2	–	6					4	–	7
Elon		1	–	7					2	–	9
Rhode Island		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 PM	at Buffalo*		UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN3	W 22–16	18,657
September 10	1:00 PM	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	A10 Network	W 35–7	4,511
September 17	7:00 PM	Holy Cross*	No. 25	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	W 45–28	8,040
September 24	7:00 PM	Saint Francis (PA)*	No. 22	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	W 20–9	6,309
October 8	3:30 PM	No. 6 Richmond	No. 16	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	L 30–36 ^3OT	9,052
October 15	12:00 PM	at Maine	No. 17	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS	L 16–20	10,443
October 22	3:30 PM	at No. 16 Villanova	No. 23	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	NNAA	L 13–24	5,109
October 29	12:00 PM	Elon		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	ASN	W 27–3	3,916
November 5	1:00 PM	Delaware		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	L 17–33	4,412
November 12	12:00 PM	at No. 21 New Hampshire		Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	UNHAthletics	W 36–25	7,012
November 19	1:00 PM	Stony Brook		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY (Empire Clash)	DZ	W 13–6	3,836
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Buffalo

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

See also: 2016 Buffalo Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2015	L 14–51

at Rhode Island

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

See also: 2016 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2015	W 35–7

Holy Cross

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

See also: 2016 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	L 0–37

Saint Francis (PA)

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

See also: 2016 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–0	2012	W 36–13

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

See also: 2016 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2015	L 31–38

at Maine

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

See also: 2016 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–4	2015	L 7–39

at Villanova

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

See also: 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2015	L 0–37

Elon

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

See also: 2016 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Delaware

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

See also: 2016 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2015	W 17–6

at New Hampshire

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

See also: 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2015	L 14–24

Stony Brook

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

See also: 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team and Albany–Stony Brook football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–7	2015	L 2–20

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	NR	RV	25	22	21	16	17	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	NR	RV	25	23	21	17	19	24	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV

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