2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football

Ohio Valley Conference champion

FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 24–40 vs. Youngstown State

Conference

Ohio Valley Conference

Ranking

STATS

No. 6

FCS Coaches

No. 6

2016 record

10–2 (7–0 OVC)

Head coach

John Grass (3rd year)

Co-defensive coordinator

David Blackwell (3rd year)

Co-defensive coordinator

Brandon Hall (3rd year)

Home stadium

JSU Stadium
(Capacity: 24,000)

Seasons

« 2015

2017 »

2016 OVC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#6 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	0		10	–	2
UT Martin		6	–	2		7	–	5
Tennessee Tech		5	–	3		5	–	6
Tennessee State		4	–	3		7	–	4
Eastern Illinois		4	–	4		6	–	5
Murray State		4	–	4		4	–	7
SE Missouri State		3	–	5		3	–	8
Eastern Kentucky		2	–	6		3	–	8
Austin Peay		0	–	8		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

North Alabama @ Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 (D-II) Lions	0	6	3	3	12
• #3 Gamecocks	14	7	7	3	31

Date: September 1
Location: JSU Stadium
Jacksonville, AL
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 22,116
Television network: WEAC TV-24

Jacksonville State @ LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Gamecocks	0	10	0	3	13
• #21 (FBS) Tigers	0	27	7	0	34

Date: September 10
Location: Tiger Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA
Game start: 6:30 PM CDT
Game attendance: 98,389
Television network: ESPNU

Coastal Carolina @ Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Chanticleers	3	9	6	8	26
• #4 Gamecocks	7	6	7	7	27

Date: September 17
Location: JSU Stadium
Jacksonville, AL
Game start: 1:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 14,265
Television network: OVCDN

Jacksonville State @ Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Gamecocks	14	13	0	21	48
Flames	3	0	7	9	19

Date: September 24
Location: Williams Stadium
Lynchburg, VA
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 15,354
Television network: ESPN3

Tennessee Tech @ Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	7	7	7	21
• #3 Gamecocks	17	16	7	0	40

Date: October 8
Location: JSU Stadium
Jacksonville, AL
Game start: 1:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 16,092
Television network: ESPN3

Austin Peay @ Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	0	7	0	7	14
• #3 Gamecocks	7	7	13	7	34

Date: October 15
Location: Tucker Stadium
Cookeville, TN
Game start: 1:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 14,455
Television network: WEAC TV-24

Jacksonville State @ Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #2 Gamecocks	0	14	3	7	24
Colonels	0	0	7	0	7

Date: October 22
Location: Roy Kidd Stadium
Richmond, KY
Game start: 2:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 11,600
Television network: OVCDN

Eastern Illinois @ Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Panthers	0	7	0	7	14
• #2 Gamecocks	21	10	9	7	47

Date: October 29
Location: JSU Stadium
Jacksonville, AL
Game start: 2:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 21,655
Television network: ESPN3

The 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach John Grass and played their home games at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 10–2 overall and 7–0 in OVC play to win the conference championship. They received the OVC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the second round to Youngstown State.

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