American college football season
The 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas and competed in the Sun Belt Conference . They were led by first-year head coach Everett Withers . The Bobcats were members of the Sun Belt Conference . They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.
Sun Belt coaches poll [ edit ] The Sun Belt coaches preseason prediction poll was released on July 21, 2016. The Bobcats were predicted to finish tenth in the conference.[1]
Sun Belt coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Appalachian State 114 (5) 2 Arkansas State 110 (5) 3 Georgia Southern 98 (1) 4 Georgia State 73 5 Louisiana–Lafayette 70 Troy 7 South Alabama 62 8 Idaho 48 9 New Mexico State 37 10 Texas State 30 11 Louisiana–Monroe 14
Texas State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of six home and away games in the regular season. The Bobcats will host Sun Belt foes Arkansas State , Idaho , Louisiana–Lafayette , and Troy , and will travel to Appalachian State , Georgia State , Louisiana–Monroe , and New Mexico State . Texas State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Georgia Southern and South Alabama .[2]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Houston from the American Athletic Conference (ACC) and Incarnate Word from the Southland Conference , and two road games against Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Ohio from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 2:30 pm at Ohio * CBSSN W 56–54 3OT 23,093 September 17 6:30 pm at No. 24 Arkansas * SECN L 3–4272,114 September 24 6:00 pm No. 6 Houston * ESPNU L 3–6433,133 October 1 6:00 pm Incarnate Word * Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX KEYE W 48–1722,845 October 8 2:30 pm at Georgia State ESPN3 L 21–4113,179 October 15 6:00 pm at Louisiana–Monroe ESPN3 L 34–4012,735 October 22 6:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX SPEC L 3–2718,278 November 5 2:30 pm at Appalachian State ESPN3 L 10–3528,472 November 12 3:00 pm Idaho Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX SPEC L 14–4715,314 November 19 3:30 pm[a] at New Mexico State SPEC L 10–506,280 November 26 3:00 pm Troy Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX SPEC L 7–408,010 December 3 6:30 pm Arkansas State Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN2 L 14–3611,137 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule source: [4] ^ Delayed from original 3:00 p.m. start time due to crash of Texas State's team bus.[3] 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total TXST Bobcats 0 14 7 17 3 7 8 56 Ohio Bobcats 6 0 10 22 3 7 6 54
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 0 3 0 3 #24 Razorbacks 14 21 7 0 42
1 2 3 4 Total #6 Cougars 16 27 14 7 64 Bobcats 0 3 0 0 3
1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 7 3 0 7 17 Bobcats 0 21 13 14 48
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 14 0 7 0 21 Panthers 0 24 17 0 41
At Louisiana–Monroe[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 14 0 7 13 34 Warhawks 10 23 7 0 40
Louisiana–Lafayette[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Ragin' Cajuns 3 10 7 7 27 Bobcats 3 0 0 0 3
At Appalachian State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 3 0 7 0 10 Mountaineers 7 21 7 0 35
1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 14 17 9 7 47 Bobcats 14 0 0 0 14
At New Mexico State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 0 3 7 10 Aggies 28 10 3 9 50
1 2 3 4 Total Trojans 14 16 7 3 40 Bobcats 0 0 7 0 7
1 2 3 4 Total Red Wolves 6 7 3 20 36 Bobcats 0 7 7 0 14
On January 6, 2016, Everett Withers accepted the position of head coach at Texas State University. On July 18, 2016, Withers completed his staff for the 2016 season.[5] [6]
^ "Mountaineers Picked to Win League Title in 2016" . Sun Belt Conference . July 21, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016 . ^ "Texas State Announces 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). Texas State University Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016 . ^ "Texas State football team involved in bus crash" . The University Star . Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016 . ^ "2016 Texas State Bobcats Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016 . ^ "Texas State Athletics - 2016 Football Coaching Staff" . www.txstatebobcats.com . Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016 . ^ "Texas State Athletics - Everett Withers Announces the Hiring of Troy Douglas and Michael George" . www.txstatebobcats.com . Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016 .
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