2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jamey Chadwell and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 4–1 in Big South play to share the conference championship with Liberty. They received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Wofford in the first round.

2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Big South co-champion
FCS Playoffs, L 14–15 vs. Wofford
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 15
FCS Coaches	No. 14
2016 record	7–4 (4–1 Big South)
Head coach	Jamey Chadwell (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gabe Giardina
Defensive coordinator	Chad Staggs
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field (Capacity: 4,000)

2016 Big South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Charleston Southern +^		4	–	1					7	–	4
Liberty +		4	–	1					6	–	5
Kennesaw State		3	–	2					8	–	3
Gardner–Webb		3	–	2					5	–	6
Presbyterian		1	–	4					2	–	9
Monmouth		0	–	5					4	–	7
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	7:30 PM	at No. 1 North Dakota State*	No. 7	Fargodome Fargo, ND (FCS Kickoff)	ESPN	L 17–24 ^OT	18,881
September 3	11:45 AM	Kentucky State*	No. 7	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 57–7	1,780
September 10	12:30 PM	at No. 3 (FBS) Florida State*	No. 7	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ACCRSN	L 8–52	75,831
September 24	1:00 PM	at Monmouth	No. 12	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 35–7	2,801
October 1	6:00 PM	at No. 14 Coastal Carolina*	No. 10	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	W 59–58 ^2OT	10,213
October 8	11:45 AM	Albany State	No. 8	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	canceled^[a]
October 22	3:00 PM	Presbyterian	No. 9	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 38–3	5,375
October 29	11:45 AM	Bucknell*	No. 9	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 49–28	2,356
November 5	11:45 AM	Gardner–Webb	No. 8	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ASN	L 10–17	1,603
November 12	3:30 PM	at No. 25 Liberty	No. 14	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 48–26	21,712
November 19	11:45 AM	Kennesaw State	No. 14	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 28–7	2,446
November 26	1:00 PM	at No. 19 Wofford*	No. 10	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 14–15	2,605
*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

^{^[a]} The game between Charleston Southern and Albany State was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.[1] A future date for the game has not yet been announced.

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#7 Buccaneers	0	3	7	7	0	17
#1 Bison	0	3	7	7	7	24

See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Kentucky State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thorobreds	0	7	0	0	7
#7 Buccaneers	22	21	7	7	57

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Buccaneers	0	6	0	2	8
#3 (FBS) Seminoles	28	7	14	3	52

See also: 2016 Florida State Seminoles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2012	L 10–62

at Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Buccaneers	0	7	14	14	35
Hawks	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2016 Monmouth Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	W 37–7

at Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
#10 Buccaneers	7	16	7	15	7	7	59
#14 Chanticleers	21	0	10	14	7	6	58

See also: 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–8	2015	W 33–25

Albany State

• The game between Charleston Southern and Albany State was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.

Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	0	3	0	0	3
#9 Buccaneers	0	21	14	3	38

See also: 2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–14	2015	W 10–7

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	7	7	7	28
#9 Buccaneers	7	14	21	7	49

See also: 2016 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	7	10	17
#8 Buccaneers	7	0	0	3	10

See also: 2016 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–10	2015	W 34–0

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Flames	6	0	6	14	26
#14 Buccaneers	7	24	7	10	48

See also: 2016 Liberty Flames football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–19	2015	W 31–24

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	7	0	0	7
#14 Buccaneers	14	7	0	7	28

See also: 2016 Kennesaw State Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	W 28–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Buccaneers	7	0	7	0	14
#19 Terriers	0	8	7	0	15

See also: 2016 Wofford Terriers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–13	2010	L 23–34

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	7	7	12	12	10	8	9	9	9	8	14	14	10	15
Coaches	6	7	12	11	8	8	8	9	9	9	14	13	10	14
FCS Playoffs	Not released									9	NR	NR	Not released

References

1. "Charleston Southern postpones football game, other events" (Press release). The Post and Carrier. October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.