2016 Ohio Bobcats football team

The 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Frank Solich and played their home games at Peden Stadium. They were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–6, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a two-way tie for the East Division title. They represented the East Division in the MAC Championship Game where they lost to Western Michigan. They were invited to the Dollar General Bowl where they lost to Troy.

2016 Ohio Bobcats football
MAC East Division co-champion
MAC Championship, L 23–29 vs. Western Michigan
Dollar General Bowl, L 23-28 vs. Troy
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2016 record	8–6 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach	Frank Solich (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Albin (12th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Burrow (12th season)
Home stadium	Peden Stadium (Capacity: 24,000)

2016 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Ohio xy		6	–	2					8	–	6
Miami x		6	–	2					6	–	7
Akron		3	–	5					5	–	7
Bowling Green		3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Buffalo		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
No. 15 Western Michigan xy$		8	–	0					13	–	1
Toledo		6	–	2					9	–	4
Northern Illinois		5	–	3					5	–	7
Eastern Michigan		4	–	4					7	–	6
Central Michigan		3	–	5					6	–	7
Ball State		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Western Michigan 29, Ohio 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 p.m.	Texas State*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	CBSSN	L 54–56 ^3OT	23,093
September 10	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 37–21	28,467
September 17	12:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	SECN	L 19–28	101,362
September 24	2:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	W 37–21	22,265
October 1	2:30 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH (Battle of the Bricks)	BCSN2	W 17–7	22,212
October 8	2:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	W 30–24	23,077
October 15	2:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	L 20–27	23,566
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	W 14–10	8,429
October 27	7:30 p.m.	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	CBSSN	W 31–26	16,154
November 3	6:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	CBSSN	W 34–10	17,113
November 15	6:00 p.m.	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN2	L 20–27	8,619
November 22	7:00 p.m.	Akron	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPNU	W 9–3	18,025
December 2	7:00 PM	vs. No. 13 Western Michigan	Ford Field Detroit, MI (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	L 23–29	45,615
December 23	8:00 PM	vs. Troy*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL (Dollar General Bowl)	ESPN	L 23–28	32,377
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:[1][2]

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Game summaries

Texas State

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
TSU Bobcats	0	14	7	17	3	7	8	56
OU Bobcats	6	0	10	22	3	7	6	54

See also: 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	15	13	6	3	37
Jayhawks	0	7	14	0	21

See also: 2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1967	OHIO, 30–15

at Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	6	6	7	0	19
#15 Volunteers	7	7	7	7	28

See also: 2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2009	TENN, 34–23

Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	7	0	7	7	21
Bobcats	14	16	7	0	37

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2011	OHIO, 30–3

at Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	3	7	0	7	17
RedHawks	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2016 Miami RedHawks football team and Battle of the Bricks

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–52–2	2015	OHIO, 34–3

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	10	7	24
Bobcats	3	20	7	0	30

See also: 2016 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–40–2	2015	BGSU, 62–24

Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	0	10	14	27
Bobcats	0	3	7	10	20

See also: 2016 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–11–1	2013	OHIO, 56–28

at Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	0	0	14
Golden Flashes	0	3	7	0	10

See also: 2016 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–25–2	2015	OHIO, 27–0

at Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	14	10	7	31
Rockets	0	6	14	6	26

See also: 2016 Toledo Rockets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–31–1	2010	TOL, 20–13

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	10	0	0	10
Bobcats	10	17	0	7	34

See also: 2016 Buffalo Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–9	2015	UB, 41–17

at Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	3	10	7	20
Chippewas	3	14	3	7	27

See also: 2016 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–23–2	2014	CMU, 28–10

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	0	3	0	3
Bobcats	0	6	0	3	9

See also: 2016 Akron Zips football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–12–1	2015	OHIO, 14–12

vs. Western Michigan–MAC Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	7	13	3	23
#13 Broncos	6	17	3	3	29

See also: 2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team and 2016 MAC Championship Game

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–32–1	2015	WMU, 49–14

vs. Troy–Dollar General Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	10	3	3	23
Trojans	14	7	7	0	28

See also: 2016 Troy Trojans football team and 2016 Dollar General Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2010	TROY, 48–21

References

1. "2016 Ohio Bobcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
2. "Football Schedule". Ohio University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved April 8, 2016.