American college football season
The 2016 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bulldogs played their home games at the Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana , and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Skip Holtz . They finished the season 9–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the Conference USA Championship Game where they lost to WKU . They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they defeated Navy . The Louisiana Tech offense became the first team in NCAA Division 1 history to have a QB pass for 4,500+ yards, a RB rush for 1,000+ yards and two WRs with 1,500+ receiving yards all in a single season.
Louisiana Tech announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host C–USA foes Rice , UTEP , UTSA , and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Florida International (FIU), Middle Tennessee , North Texas , and Southern Miss .[ 1]
The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against South Carolina State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference , and three road games against Massachusetts , Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and Texas Tech from the Big 12 Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 3:00 pm at Arkansas * SECN L 20–2169,132 September 10 6:00 pm South Carolina State * W 53–2416,910 September 17 6:00 pm at Texas Tech * FSN L 45–5959,515 September 24 6:00 pm at Middle Tennessee ASN L 34–3820,105 October 1 6:00 pm UTEP Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA ASN W 28–722,101 October 6 7:00 pm WKU Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA CBSSN W 55–5217,978 October 15 2:30 pm at Massachusetts * ASN W 56–2813,311 October 22 6:00 pm at FIU ESPN3 W 44–2417,061 October 29 6:00 pm Rice Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA CI W 61–1622,058 November 5 4:30 pm at North Texas ESPN3 W 45–2421,643 November 12 2:30 pm UTSA Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA ESPN3 W 63–3523,012 November 25 3:00 pm at Southern Miss ESPNews L 24–3926,164 December 3 11:00 am at WKU ESPN L 44–5813,213 December 23 3:30 pm vs. No. 25 Navy * ESPN W 48–4540,542 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [ 2] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 7 6 0 20 Razorbacks 7 7 0 7 21
South Carolina State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total SCSU Bulldogs 0 10 0 14 24 LT Bulldogs 12 7 20 14 53
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 3 14 14 14 45 Red Raiders 21 14 7 17 59
At Middle Tennessee [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 13 7 7 34 Blue Raiders 7 0 10 21 38
1 2 3 4 Total Miners 0 0 0 7 7 Bulldogs 14 0 0 14 28
1 2 3 4 Total Hilltoppers 14 10 7 21 52 Bulldogs 21 14 17 3 55
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 21 14 14 56 Minutemen 7 7 7 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 10 17 7 10 44 Panthers 14 10 0 0 24
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 0 9 7 16 Bulldogs 28 13 13 7 61
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 14 17 7 7 45 Mean Green 7 14 3 0 24
1 2 3 4 Total Roadrunners 7 7 0 21 35 Bulldogs 14 21 7 21 63
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 10 0 7 24 Golden Eagles 10 13 6 10 39
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 17 10 14 3 44 Hilltoppers 24 14 10 10 58
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 17 14 0 17 48 Midshipmen 7 17 7 14 45
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
