2016 West Georgia Wolves football team

The 2016 West Georgia Wolves football team represented the University of West Georgia in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Will Hall, who was in his third season at West Georgia. The Wolves played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses (7–4 overall, 4–4 in the GSC), defeating one top 25 ranked team, ranked as high as #2 in the nation before falling in the middle of the season. West Georgia were not invited in the 2016 playoffs.

2016 West Georgia Wolves football
Conference	Gulf South Conference
2016 record	7–4 (4–4 GSC)
Head coach	Will Hall (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Sam Gregg (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Scott Symons (3rd season)
Home stadium	University Stadium (Capacity: 9,500)

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

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

The Wolves will host only one non-conference game against Catawba of the South Atlantic Conference and travel to two away games against Albany State and Miles both from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:00 p.m	No. 22 Catawba*	No. 2	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 23–3	7,617
September 10	5:00 p.m.	at Miles*	No. 2	Alumni Stadium Fairfield, AL		W 29–0	2,437
September 17	2:00 p.m.	Delta State	No. 3	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 34–24	6,837
September 24	7:00 p.m.	at Albany State*	No. 3	Albany State University Coliseum Albany, GA		W 27–23	6,474
October 1	7:00 p.m.	at No. 18 North Alabama	No. 3	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	ESPN3	L 23–24	7,726
October 8	7:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Valdosta State	No. 12	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA (Rivalry)		L 27–38	4,105
October 15	2:00 p.m.	West Alabama	No. 24	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	ESPN3	L 7–31	5,633
October 22	2:00 p.m.	Mississippi College		University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 31–23	6,326
October 29	1:30 p.m.	at Shorter		Barron Stadium Rome, GA		W 44–0	1,000
November 5	2:00 p.m.	Florida Tech		University Stadium Carrollton, GA		L 21–45	5,132
November 12	1:00 p.m.	at West Florida		Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL		W 69–0	6,088
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "UWG Sets 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Georgia Department of Athletics. January 6, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.