The 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented

Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky. As a regional comprehensive institution, EKU also maintains branch campuses in Corbin, Hazard, Lancaster, and Manchester and offers over 40 online un ...

during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach

Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the ba ...

and played their home games at

Roy Kidd Stadium CG Bank Field at Roy Kidd Stadium is Eastern Kentucky University's football stadium in Richmond, Kentucky. The stadium is home to the EKU Colonels football team, located on campus. Currently, CG Bank Field at Roy Kidd Stadium consists of upper ...

. They were a member of the

Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Divisi ...

. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in eighth place.

Schedule

*Source
Schedule
/small>

Game summaries

At Purdue

Pikeville

At Ball State

At Tennessee Tech

Southeast Missouri State

At Tennessee State

Jacksonville State

At Tennessee–Martin

Murray State

At Austin Peay

Eastern Illinois

Roster

References

Eastern Kentucky Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways * Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 * Eastern Air ...

Eastern Kentucky Colonels football seasons

Eastern Kentucky Colonels football The Eastern Kentucky Colonels football program represents Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in college football, through the 2020-21 season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), and competes at the NCAA Division I Football Championship ...

{{collegefootball-2010s-season-stub