2016 Butler Bulldogs football team

The 2016 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 11th-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.

2016 Butler Bulldogs football
Conference	Pioneer Football League
2016 record	4–7 (2–6 PFL)
Head coach	Jeff Voris (11th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Joe Cheshire
Co-defensive coordinator	Tim Cooper
Home stadium	Butler Bowl (Capacity: 5,647)

2016 Pioneer Football League standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 19 San Diego $^		8	–	0					10	–	2
Dayton		7	–	1					9	–	2
Drake		6	–	2					7	–	4
Marist		5	–	3					5	–	6
Jacksonville		4	–	3					5	–	5
Campbell		3	–	4					5	–	5
Morehead State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Valparaiso		3	–	5					4	–	7
Butler		2	–	6					4	–	7
Stetson		2	–	6					4	–	7
Davidson		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:00 PM	at Indiana State*	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 25–41	5,625
September 10	6:30 PM	Franklin*	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	BAA	W 59–14	4,732
September 17	7:00 PM	at Taylor*	Turner Stadium Upland, IN	BAA	W 27–14	2,718
September 24	6:00 PM	at Campbell	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	BSN	L 27–33 ^OT	6,610
October 1	1:00 PM	San Diego	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	BAA	L 10–44	2,408
October 8	1:00 PM	Marist	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	BAA	L 21–30	5,236
October 15	12:00 PM	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	DAA	W 20–17	2,917
October 22	1:00 PM	Dayton	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	BAA	L 16–31	3,260
October 29	1:00 PM	at Valparaiso	Brown Field Valparaiso, IN (Hoosier Helmet Trophy)	ESPN3	W 23–12	2,141
November 5	1:00 PM	Morehead State	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	BAA	L 28–54	4,896
November 12	2:00 PM	at Drake	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	BV	L 14–28	1,897
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	6	6	13	25
Sycamores	14	3	21	3	41

See also: 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–9–2	2015	L 17–52

Franklin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	0	14	0	0	14
Bulldogs	21	21	10	7	59

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–18–2	2015	W 41–14

at Taylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	3	10	27
Trojans	0	7	7	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2015	W 41–10

at Campbell

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	7	10	0	27
Fighting Camels	0	20	0	7	6	33

See also: 2016 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2015	W 25–24

San Diego

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	14	3	7	20	44
Bulldogs	0	0	3	7	10

See also: 2016 San Diego Toreros football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–16	2015	L 27–28

Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Foxes	0	20	0	10	30
Bulldogs	7	7	7	0	21

See also: 2016 Marist Red Foxes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2015	L 14–35

at Davidson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	7	6	20
Wildcats	7	7	3	0	17

See also: 2016 Davidson Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–5	2015	W 38–7

Dayton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flyers	14	14	3	0	31
Bulldogs	0	3	7	6	16

See also: 2016 Dayton Flyers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–28–1	2015	L 24–27

at Valparaiso

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	10	3	0	10	23
Crusaders	6	6	0	0	12

See also: 2016 Valparaiso Crusaders football team and Hoosier Helmet Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
49–25	2015	W 42–21

Morehead State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	24	10	10	54
Bulldogs	0	7	7	14	28

See also: 2016 Morehead State Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–13	2015	L 21–34

at Drake

	1	2	3	4	Total
BU Bulldogs	0	7	7	0	14
DU Bulldogs	7	7	14	0	28

See also: 2016 Drake Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–16–1	2015	W 20–13

References