2016 West Alabama Tigers football team
The 2016 West Alabama Tigers football team represented the University of West Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Brett Gilliland, who was in his third season at West Alabama. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger 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, 6–2 in the GSC), defeating two top-25-ranked teams and were not invited in the 2016 playoffs.
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (6–2 GSC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Don Bailey (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Nathan Burton (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Tiger Stadium (capacity: 7,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
West Alabama announced its 2016 football schedule on February 16, 2016. The schedule consists of both five home and six away games in the regular season. The Tigers hosted GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, North Alabama, and Valdosta State and traveled to Mississippi College, Shorter, West Florida, and West Georgia[1]
The Tigers only hosted one of the three non-conference games against Malone Pioneers of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference and traveled to two games against North Greenville which is independent from a conference and Stephen F. Austin of the Southland Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Greenville* | L 23–24 | 3,822 | ||
| September 10 | 7:35 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin* | ESPN3 | L 24–30 | 5,812 | |
| September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at Mississippi College | W 38–13 | 3,143 | ||
| September 24 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 19 North Alabama | ESPN3 | L 7–45 | 6,863 | |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at Shorter | W 43–28 | 850 | ||
| October 8 | 4:00 p.m. | Delta State |
| W 54–42 | 6,921 | |
| October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 24 West Georgia | ESPN3 | W 31–7 | 5,633 | |
| October 22 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 19 Florida Tech |
| W 45–35 | 3,588 | |
| October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | at West Florida | W 45–21 | 6,088 | ||
| November 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 23 Valdosta State |
| ESPN3 | L 22–37 | 5,269 |
| November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Malone* |
| W 56–7 | 3,702 | |
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References
- "West Alabama Releases 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. February 16, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.