2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

The 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Seawolves competed as fourth year members of the Colonial Athletic Association with Chuck Priore as the head coach for his eleventh season. They played their home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2016 record	5–6 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach	Chuck Priore (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Behrman (10th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lyle Hemphill (4th season)
Home stadium	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (Capacity: 8,136)

2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 11 Villanova ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 17 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 8 Richmond ^		5	–	3					10	–	4
Maine		5	–	3					6	–	5
Albany		4	–	4					7	–	4
Stony Brook		4	–	4					5	–	6
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	6
Towson		3	–	5					4	–	7
Delaware		2	–	6					4	–	7
Elon		1	–	7					2	–	9
Rhode Island		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	No. 19 North Dakota*		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY		W 13–9	6,153
September 10	1:00 PM	at Temple*		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	L 0–38	22,296
September 17	12:00 PM	No. 2 Richmond		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	ASN	W 42–14	4,450
September 24	6:00 PM	Sacred Heart*	No. 20	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	SHU Live	L 10–38	7,833
October 8	7:00 PM	at Towson		Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CSN	W 27–20	7,059
October 15	4:00 PM	Rhode Island		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	CSL	W 14–3	12,221
October 22	3:30 PM	at Delaware	No. 24	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	BHAA	W 28–3	12,972
October 29	12:00 PM	at New Hampshire	No. 22	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	UNHAthletics	L 14–43	5,029
November 5	2:00 PM	William & Mary	No. 25	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	CSL	L 9–14	5,732
November 12	2:00 PM	Maine		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	CSL	L 21–27	5,330
November 19	1:00 PM	at Albany		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY (Rivalry)	DZ	L 6–13	3,836
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

*Source: Schedule

Game summaries

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Fighting Hawks	0	7	2	0	9
Seawolves	0	7	0	6	13

See also: 2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2014	L 3–13

at Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	0	0	0	0	0
Owls	14	14	10	0	38

See also: 2016 Temple Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Spiders	7	7	0	0	14
Seawolves	14	7	14	7	42

See also: 2016 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2013	L 31–39

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	7	3	14	14	38
#20 Seawolves	7	3	0	0	10

See also: 2016 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–4	2006	W 38–21

at Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	7	0	7	13	27
Tigers	7	10	0	3	20

See also: 2016 Towson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2015	L 14–21

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	0	0	0	3
Seawolves	0	0	0	14	14

See also: 2016 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2015	W 19–7

at Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Seawolves	0	7	7	14	28
Fightin' Blue Hens	0	3	0	0	3

See also: 2016 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Seawolves	7	0	7	0	14
Wildcats	15	0	21	7	43

See also: 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2015	W 31–6

William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	0	14	0	0	14
#25 Seawolves	7	0	0	2	9

See also: 2016 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2015	L 0–21

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	7	13	7	0	27
Seawolves	0	0	14	7	21

See also: 2016 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2015	L 10–23

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	0	3	0	3	6
Great Danes	0	3	10	0	13

See also: 2016 Albany Great Danes football team and Albany–Stony Brook football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–10	2015	W 20–2

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	RV	RV	RV	20	RV	RV	RV	24	22	25	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	22	20	25	NR	NR	NR

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