The 2016 Savannah State Tigers football team represented

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in the

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. The Tigers were members of the

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National C ...

(MEAC). They were led by first-year head coach

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and played their home games at

Ted Wright Stadium Ted Wright Stadium is a 13,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The facility is located on the campus of Savannah State University. The stadium is primarily used for American football and track and field. It is hom ...

. They finished the season 7-4, 6-2 in MEAC play to finish in a three way tie for seventh place.

Schedule

:The game between Savannah State and Morgan State was postponed in advance of the arrival of

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. The game was rescheduled for November 26 on October 7, 2016. *Source
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Savannah State Tigers football seasons

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