2016 Florida Tech Panthers football team
The 2016 Florida Tech Panthers football team represented the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) during the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Steve Englehart, who was in his fourth season at Florida Tech. The Panthers play their home games at Florida Tech Panther Stadium, approximately one mile from the Florida Tech campus and are members of the Gulf South Conference.
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Conference | Gulf South Conference |
2016 record | 8–3 (5–2 GSC) |
Head coach | Steve Englehart (4th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Jayson Martin (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Mark Smith (1st season) |
Home stadium | Florida Tech Panther Stadium (Capacity: 4,989) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 North Alabama $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Valdosta State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Alabama | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Tech ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Georgia | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Florida | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delta State † | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shorter | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Florida Tech announced its 2016 football schedule on February 17, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Delta State, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and Valdosta State, and will travel to Shorter, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia.[1]
The Panthers hosted only one non-conference game against Fort Valley State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travel to two against Newberry of the South Atlantic Conference and Presbyterian of the Big South Conference.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 p.m | at Newberry* | W 42–28 | 3,378 | |||
September 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Mississippi College | No. 22 | W 41–0 | 3,056 | ||
September 17 | 7:00 p.m. | at Shorter | No. 19 | ESPN3 | W 40–0 | 1,150 | |
September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at Presbyterian* | No. 19 | BSN | W 28–7 | 3,290 | |
October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at West Florida | No. 16 |
| ASN | L 39–42 | 6,588 |
October 8 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 North Alabama | No. 23 | Canceled[a] | |||
October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Fort Valley State | No. 20 | W 48-14 | 3,034 | ||
October 22 | 3:00 p.m. | West Alabama | No. 19 | L 35-45 | 3,034 | ||
October 29 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 Valdosta State | ESPN3 | W 38-20 | 3,247 | ||
November 5 | 2:00 p.m. | West Georgia | W 45-21 | 5,132 | |||
November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Delta State | ESPN3 | W 42-16 | 4,026 | ||
November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | North Greenville | No. 23 | L 13-27 | 1,480 | ||
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- ^[a] The game between Florida Tech and North Alabama was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.[2]
Game summaries
at Newberry
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 7 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 42 |
Wolves | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0-2 | September 5, 2015 | L 28-31 |
Mississippi College
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Choctaws | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panthers | 7 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 41 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2-0 | October 24, 2015 | W 31-14 |
at Shorter
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 10 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 40 |
Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3-0 | October 31, 2015 | W 28-24 |
at Presbyterian
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Blue Hose | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
at West Florida
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 7 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 39 |
Argonauts | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
Fort Valley State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Panthers | 13 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 48 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1-0 | October 17, 2015 | W 34-7 |
at West Alabama
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Tigers | 7 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 45 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2-1 | October 10, 2015 | W 24-13 |
Valdosta State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blazers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
Panthers | 10 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 38 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0-3 | November 14, 2015 | L 21-39 |
at West Georgia
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 45 |
Wolves | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1-2 | November 7, 2015 | W 28-26 |
Delta State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Statesmen | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
Panthers | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1-2 | October 3, 2015 | W 41-37 |
North Greenville
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Crusaders | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
Panthers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
Awards and milestones
Gulf South Conference honors
Ten players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches, including a program-record six First Team members.[3]
Gulf South Conference All-Conference First Team
Gulf South Conference All-Conference Second Team
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