2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

The 2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at their new stadium Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for the MVFC title. Due to their head-to-head victory over North Dakota State, they received the MVFC's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Villanova in the second round, before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.

2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
MVFC co-champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 6
FCS CoachesNo. 7
2016 record9–4 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coachJohn Stiegelmeier (20th season)
Offensive coordinatorEric Eidsness
Defensive coordinatorClint Brown
Home stadiumDana J. Dykhouse Stadium
(Capacity: 19,340)[1]
2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 North Dakota State +^  7 –1     12 –2  
No. 6 South Dakota State +^  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 2 Youngstown State ^  6 –2     12 –4  
Illinois State ^  4 –4     6 –6  
Northern Iowa  4 –4     5 –6  
Western Illinois  3 –5     6 –5  
South Dakota  3 –5     4 –7  
Indiana State  2 –6     4 –7  
Missouri State  2 –6     4 –7  
Southern Illinois  2 –6     4 –7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 PMat No. 13 (FBS) TCU*No. 8
FSNL 41–5943,450
September 106:00 PMDrake*No. 9
ESPN3W 56–2815,171 (R)
September 176:00 PMCal Poly*No. 9
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
ESPN3L 31–3816,887 (R)
October 16:00 PMNo. 8 Western IllinoisNo. 15
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
ESPN3W 52–1414,155
October 86:00 PMat Southern IllinoisNo. 12
ESPN3W 45–395,704
October 152:30 PMat No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 11
NBC ND
ESPN3		W 19–1718,828
October 222:00 PMNo. 13 Youngstown StateNo. 7
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco SNW 24–1017,730 (R)
October 292:00 PMat Illinois StateNo. 7
CSN CH
ESPN3		L 21–387,595
November 52:00 PMMissouri StateNo. 13
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco SNW 49–2410,826
November 122:00 PMSouth DakotaNo. 11
Midco SNW 28–2115,345
November 194:00 PMat Northern IowaNo. 8
ESPN3W 45–2410,511
December 32:00 PMNo. 9 Villanova*No. 7
ESPN3W 10–76,154
December 1011:00 AMat No. 4 North Dakota State*No. 7
ESPNL 10–36**18,285

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  • ** Most watched FCS Game of all time - 1.98m viewers on ESPN
  • R indicates Record Attendance

Game summaries

@ TCU
1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Jackrabbits 3 21 14 3 41
#13 (FBS) Horned Frogs 7 17 21 14 59
See also: 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Drake
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 14 0 14 28
#9 Jackrabbits 21 7 7 21 56
See also: 2016 Drake Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–8 1983 SDSU, 20–3

Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 7 10 0 21 38
#9 Jackrabbits 7 3 7 14 31
See also: 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–5 2014 SDSU, 44–18

Western Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Leathernecks 14 0 0 0 14
#15 Jackrabbits 7 21 24 0 52
See also: 2016 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–5 2015 WIU, 30–24 2OT

@ Southern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Jackrabbits 14 14 7 10 45
Salukis 7 11 14 7 39
See also: 2016 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3 2013 SIU, 27–24

@ North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Jackrabbbits 0 3 7 9 19
#1 Bison 0 10 7 0 17
See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team and Dakota Marker
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–59–5 2015 NDSU, 28–7

Youngstown State
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Penguins 3 0 0 7 10
#7 Jackrabbits 14 3 7 0 24
See also: 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–6 2015 SDSU, 38–8

@ Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Jackrabbits 0 14 7 0 21
Redbirds 14 14 0 10 38
See also: 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3 2015 SDSU, 25–20

Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 3 0 7 24
#13 Jackrabbits 14 7 21 7 49
See also: 2016 Missouri State Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–1 2015 SDSU, 39–0

South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0 7 7 7 21
#11 Jackrabbits 7 0 14 7 28
See also: 2016 South Dakota Coyotes football team and South Dakota–South Dakota State football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
52–52–7 2015 SDSU, 30–23

@ Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Jackrabbbits 14 7 7 17 45
Panthers 14 3 7 0 24
See also: 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–29–2 2015 UNI, 10–7

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Villanova
1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7
#7 Jackrabbits 7 0 0 3 10
See also: 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Quarterfinals–North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Jackrabbits 10 0 0 0 10
#4 Bison 7 7 8 14 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
41–59–5 10/15/16 SDSU, 19–17

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 8 9 9 15 15 12 11 7 7 13 11 8 7 6 
Coaches 14 12 10 18 16 15 14 11 10 15 12 10 7 7 
FCS Playoffs Not released NR NR 10 Not released

References
  1. "Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Gameday". September 7, 2016.
  2. "Schedule". South Dakota State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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