2016 Towson Tigers football team

The 2016 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rob Ambrose and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

2016 Towson Tigers football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2016 record	4–7 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach	Rob Ambrose (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jared Ambrose (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Matt Hachmann (7th season)
Home stadium	Johnny Unitas Stadium (Capacity: 11,198)

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 3	7:00 PM	at South Florida*	No. 24	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN3	L 20–56	35,976
September 10	6:00 PM	Saint Francis (PA)*		Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	TSN	W 35–28	8,069
September 17	3:30 PM	at No. 21 Villanova		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	CSN	L 21–40	9,025
October 1	3:30 PM	at No. 6 Richmond		Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	L 28–31	8,700
October 8	7:00 PM	Stony Brook		Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CSN	L 20–27	7,059
October 15	1:30 PM	at Dartmouth*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ILDN	L 17–20	3,124
October 22	3:30 PM	New Hampshire		Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CSN	L 7–21	5,023
October 29	3:30 PM	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	CSN	L 6–20	17,488
November 5	2:00 PM	Elon		Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	TSN	W 23–6	4,009
November 12	12:00 PM	William & Mary		Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	ASN	W 34–24	4,354
November 19	12:00 PM	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	A10 Network	W 32–31	2,543
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Tigers	3	7	7	3	20
Bulls	14	14	21	7	56

See also: 2016 South Florida Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	7	21	0	0	28
Tigers	3	10	15	7	35

See also: 2016 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2015	W 35–20

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	7	0	7	21
#21 Wildcats	7	19	0	14	40

See also: 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–7	2015	W 28–21

at Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	14	7	0	28
#6 Spiders	7	14	3	7	31

See also: 2016 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–5	2015	W 48–32

Stony Brook

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

See also: 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

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

at Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	0	10	0	17
Big Green	3	10	7	0	20

See also: 2016 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	7	0	21
Tigers	0	7	0	0	7

See also: 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–7	2015	W 44–28

at Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	3	3	0	6
Fightin' Blue Hens	0	10	3	7	20

See also: 2016 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–10	2015	W 19–0

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	3	3	0	6
Tigers	10	3	0	10	23

See also: 2016 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	2015	L 13–17

William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	7	14	3	0	24
Tigers	3	7	14	10	34

See also: 2016 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–9	2015	L 17–31

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	13	3	9	32
Rams	7	3	7	14	31

See also: 2016 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–7	2015	W 38–21

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	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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