2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Plough (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (8th season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  8 –0   12 –2  
No. 12 North Dakota +^  8 –0   9 –3  
No. 25 Weber State ^  6 –2   7 –5  
No. 24 Cal Poly ^  5 –3   7 –5  
Southern Utah  5 –3   6 –5  
Northern Colorado  4 –4   6 –5  
Northern Arizona  4 –4   5 –6  
Montana  3 –5   6 –5  
Montana State  2 –6   4 –7  
Portland State  2 –6   3 –8  
UC Davis  2 –6   3 –8  
Sacramento State  2 –6   2 –9  
Idaho State  1 –7   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:45 pmat Arizona State*No. 18
P12NL 13–4445,300
September 101:00 pmat No. 18 Western Illinois*No. 19
ESPN3L 20–346,732
September 174:00 pmNew Mexico Highlands*No. 24
NAU-TV, FSAZW 73–38,711
September 244:00 pmNo. 4 Eastern Washington
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZL 35–5010,179
October 112:00 pmat Northern Colorado
CETL 18–215,478
October 84:00 pmat Montana State
RTNWW 20–1417,637
October 154:00 pmIdaho Statedagger
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZW 52–77,836
October 224:00 pmNo. 10 Montana
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZW 45–347,197
November 511:00 amat Weber State
KJZZW 33–208,740
November 1212:00 pmat No. 12 North Dakota
Midco SNL 31–389,049
November 192:00 pmSouthern Utah
NAU-TV, FSAZL 21–485,626

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Game summaries

At Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Lumberjacks 0 3 3 7 13
Sun Devils 7 3 10 24 44

At Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Lumberjacks 13 0 7 0 20
#18 Leathernecks 3 10 14 7 34

New Mexico Highlands

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 3 0 0 3
#24 Lumberjacks 28 21 24 0 73

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Eagles 12 10 14 14 50
Lumberjacks 7 14 7 7 35

At Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 3 0 8 18
Bears 14 7 0 0 21

At Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 10 10 0 20
Bobcats 0 0 7 7 14

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 0 7 7
Lumberjacks 14 14 7 17 52

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Grizzlies 3 17 0 14 34
Lumberjacks 14 14 17 0 45

At Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 10 10 3 10 33
Wildcats 0 7 7 6 20

At North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 10 7 0 31
#12 Fighting Hawks 10 0 7 21 38

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 14 14 20 0 48
Lumberjacks 14 7 0 0 21

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS181924RVRVRVRV—RVRVRVRV
Coaches18172425–TRV———RVRVRVRV

References

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