The 2016 Elon Phoenix football team represented

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in the

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. They were led by third-year head coach

Rich Skrosky Rich Skrosky (born October 26, 1964) is an American college football coach and former player who is currently a Senior Analyst at Duke University. He was hired as head football coach at Elon University for the 2014 season. Skrosky served as an a ...

and played their home games at

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. They were members of the

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(CAA). They finished the season 2–9, 1–7 in CAA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. On December 20, 2016 Rich Skrosky resigned after accepting a coaching job at

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. He finished at Elon with a record of 7–27.

Schedule

Game summaries

Gardner–Webb

At Charlotte

Fayetteville State

At William & Mary

Villanova

New Hampshire

Richmond

At Albany

At Towson

Rhode Island

At James Madison

References

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Elon Phoenix football The Elon Phoenix football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Elon University located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The school first fielded a football team in 1909 and currently competes in the NCAA Division I ...