The 2016 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented

Saint Francis University Saint Francis University (SFU) is a private Catholic university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular. The university is situated on in the fore ...

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

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and played their home games at

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. They were a member of the

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. They finished the season 7–5, 5–1 in NEC play to finish in a tie for the conference title with Duquesne. Due to their head-to-head win over Duquesne, they received the NEC's automatic bid to the

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where they lost in the first round to Villanova.

Schedule

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Games summaries

At Montana

At Towson

At Columbia

At Albany

Malone

At Robert Morris

Bryant

Duquesne

At Sacred Heart

Central Connecticut

At Wagner

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Villanova

Ranking movements

References

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