2016 Shorter Hawks football team

The 2016 Shorter Hawks football team represented the Shorter University in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Aaron Kelton, who was in his first season at Shorter. The Hawks played their home games at Barron Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 0 wins and 11 losses (0–11 overall, 0–8 in the GSC).

2016 Shorter Hawks football
Conference	Gulf South Conference
2016 record	0–11 (0–8 GSC)
Head coach	Aaron Kelton (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	KiJuan Ware (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Williams Jones (1st season)
Home stadium	Barron Stadium (Capacity: 6,500)

2016 Gulf South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant † – Delta State's record is officially listed as 2–8 (1–7) due to the use of ineligible players in two wins, but the opponents are not credited with wins. Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule

Shorter announced its 2016 football schedule on March 9, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Hawks will host GSC foes Florida Tech, Mississippi College, West Alabama, and West Georgia, and will travel to Delta State, North Alabama, Valdosta Stte, and West Florida.[1]

The Hawks will host only one non-conference game against Clark Atlanta of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travel to two away games against Chattanooga from the Southern Conference and Mars Hill from the South Atlantic Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m	at No. 6 (FCS) Chattanooga*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	SDN	L 0–66	9,588
September 10	1:00 p.m.	at Mars Hill*	Meares Stadium Mars Hill, NC		L 21–28 ^OT	3,112
September 17	7:00 p.m.	No. 19 Florida Tech	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	ESPN3	L 0–40	1,150
September 24	7:00 p.m.	at Delta State	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS		L 7–47	7,151
September 29	7:00 p.m.	West Alabama	Barron Stadium Rome, GA		L 28–43	850
October 6	7:00 p.m.	Clark Atlanta*	Barron Stadium Rome, GA		L 23–27	1,050
October 15	7:00 p.m.	at No. 10 North Alabama	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL		L 0–45	9,958
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at West Florida	Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola , FL	ESPN3	L 0–36	6,588
October 29	1:30 p.m.	West Georgia	Barron Stadium Rome, GA		L 0–44	1,000
November 5	1:30 p.m.	Mississippi College	Barron Stadium Rome, GA		L 0–32	750
November 12	7:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Valdosta State	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA		L 0–44	3,654
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Hawks finalize 2016 football schedule" (Press release). Shorter University Department of Athletics. March 9, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.