2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team

The 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by head coach Joey Jones, who was in his eighth year with the team. They finished the season 6–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to Air Force.

2016 South Alabama Jaguars football
Arizona Bowl, L 21–45 vs. Air Force
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2016 record	6–7 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Joey Jones (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bryant Vincent (2nd as OC, 5th overall season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Kane Wommack (1st season)
Home stadium	Ladd–Peebles Stadium (Capacity: 33,471)

2016 Sun Belt Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Appalachian State +		7	–	1					10	–	3
Arkansas State +		7	–	1					8	–	5
Troy		6	–	2					10	–	3
Idaho		6	–	2					9	–	4
Louisiana–Lafayette		5	–	3					6	–	7
Georgia Southern		4	–	4					5	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	5					4	–	8
South Alabama		2	–	6					6	–	7
Georgia State		2	–	6					3	–	9
New Mexico State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Texas State		0	–	8					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

South Alabama announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars will host Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and Troy, and will travel to Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Louisiana–Monroe. South Alabama will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Appalachian State and Texas State.[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Nicholls State from the Southland Conference and San Diego State from the Mountain West Conference, and two road games against Louisiana State (LSU) and Mississippi State both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). On October 13, 2016, LSU canceled its game against the Jaguars on November 19 due to scheduling issues after Hurricane Matthew.[2][3] On October 15, 2016, the Jaguars announced they will host the Presbyterian Blue Hose on November 19; the Blue Hose's game with Florida on that day was also canceled under the same circumstances.[4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 a.m.	at Mississippi State*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	SECN	W 21–20	57,075
September 10	6:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ASN	L 9–24	17,691
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	L 23–28	19,208
September 24	6:00 p.m.	Nicholls State*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 41–40 ^OT	13,086
October 1	7:00 p.m.	No. 19 San Diego State*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPNews	W 42–24	14,741
October 15	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	L 7–17	22,277
October 20	6:30 p.m.	Troy	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL (Battle for the Belt)	ESPNU	L 21–28	30,837
October 29	4:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 13–10	11,565
November 5	4:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	ESPN3	L 35–42 ^OT	16,073
November 19	6:00 p.m.	Presbyterian*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 31–7	11,017
November 26	2:30 p.m.	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ASN	L 31–38	9,049
December 3	12:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 35–28	14,812
December 30	3:30 PM	vs. Air Force*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Arizona Bowl)	ASN	L 21–45	33,868
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[5]

Game summaries

at Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	0	7	14	21
Bulldogs	7	10	3	0	20

See also: 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2014	MSU, 35–3

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	0	7	7	24
Jaguars	3	3	0	3	9

See also: 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2015	GSU, 55–17

at Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	7	7	9	23
Ragin' Cajuns	6	3	13	6	28

See also: 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	ULL, 32–25

Nicholls State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Colonels	0	23	3	8	6	40
Jaguars	7	17	3	7	7	41

See also: 2016 Nicholls State Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2012	USA, 9–3

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Aztecs	6	10	8	0	24
Jaguars	14	0	7	21	42

See also: 2016 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	USA, 34–27 ^OT

at Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	0	0	7	7
Red Wolves	0	14	3	0	17

See also: 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2015	ASU, 49–31

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	7	6	0	15	28
Jaguars	14	7	0	0	21

See also: 2016 Troy Trojans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	USA, 24–18

Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	3	0	7	0	10
Jaguars	0	3	0	10	13

See also: 2016 Georgia State Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2015	GSU, 24–10

at Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Jaguars	7	7	14	7	0	35
Warhawks	7	7	7	14	7	42

See also: 2016 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2013	USA, 36–14

Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	0	0	7	0	7
Jaguars	7	14	0	20	41

See also: 2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	7	14	7	3	31
Vandals	14	10	7	7	38

See also: 2016 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	USA, 52–45

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	7	14	28
Jaguars	7	0	7	21	35

See also: 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

vs. Air Force–Arizona Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	14	7	0	0	21
Falcons	3	18	17	7	45

See also: 2016 Air Force Falcons football team and 2016 Arizona Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

References

1. "JAGUAR FOOTBALL COMPLETED 2016 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED" (Press release). University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
2. "LSU vs Florida Rescheduled After Hurricane Matthew". Bleacher Report. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
3. "SOUTH ALABAMA FOOTBALL GAME AT LSU CANCELLED" (Press release). University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
4. "JAG FOOTBALL TO HOST PRESBYTERIAN ON NOV. 19". University of South Alabama Department of Athletics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
5. "2016 South Alabama Jaguars Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 11, 2016.