2016 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

The 2016 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team represented Central Connecticut State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Pete Rossomando and played their home games at Arute Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished with a record of 2–9, 1–5 in NEC play, to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

2016 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football
Conference	Northeast Conference
2016 record	2–9 (1–5 NEC)
Head coach	Pete Rossomando (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan McCarthy
Defensive coordinator	Andrew Christ
Home stadium	Arute Field (Capacity: 5,500)

2016 Northeast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Duquesne +		5	–	1					8	–	3
Saint Francis (PA) +^		5	–	1					7	–	5
Wagner		4	–	2					6	–	5
Bryant		4	–	2					5	–	6
Sacred Heart		1	–	5					6	–	5
Central Connecticut		1	–	5					2	–	9
Robert Morris		1	–	5					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Lafayette*	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NECFR	L 10–24	4,117
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at No. 12 James Madison*	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	MadiZone	L 21–56	20,636
September 17	3:00 p.m.	Bowie State*	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NECFR	W 44–35	2,717
September 24	1:00 p.m.	at Bryant	Bulldog Stadium Smithfield, RI	ESPN3	L 25–45	4,514
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ILDN	L 16–28	3,115
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Wagner	Arute Field New Britain, CT	ESPN3	L 21–25	3,826
October 22	2:00 p.m.	at No. 17–T Coastal Carolina*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	CSN	L 25–33	9,217
October 29	Noon	at Robert Morris	Joe Walton Stadium Moon Township, PA	NECFR	L 6–19	1,918
November 5	Noon	Sacred Heart	Arute Field New Britain, CT (Constitution State Rivalry)	NECFR	W 37–35	2,217
November 12	Noon	at Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	ESPN3	L 21–31	1,621
November 19	Noon	Duquesne	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NECFR	L 19–52	1,849
*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

Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	10	0	0	14	24
Blue Devils	0	3	7	0	10

See also: 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–9	1981	L 0–51

at James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	14	0	21
#12 Dukes	21	14	7	14	56

See also: 2016 James Madison Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2013	L 14–38

Bowie State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	7	14	35
Blue Devils	7	10	13	14	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2015	W 21–14

at Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	3	0	8	14	25
Bulldogs	7	21	10	7	45

See also: 2016 Bryant Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2015	W 35–33

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	10	3	3	16
Quakers	14	7	7	0	28

See also: 2016 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Wagner

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	3	0	15	25
Blue Devils	0	21	0	0	21

See also: 2016 Wagner Seahawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–15	2015	L 7–28

at Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	3	7	15	25
#17–T Chanticleers	7	16	3	7	33

See also: 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	0	0	6	6
Colonials	2	7	3	7	19

See also: 2016 Robert Morris Colonials football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–16	2015	W 34–0

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	7	0	14	14	35
Blue Devils	7	10	14	6	37

See also: 2016 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team and Constitution State Rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–8	2015	W 26–10

at Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	7	21
Red Flash	17	7	7	0	31

See also: 2016 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–4	2015	L 13–22

Duquesne

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dukes	21	10	7	14	52
Blue Devils	3	16	0	0	19

See also: 2016 Duquesne Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–4	2015	L 10–27

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