The 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the
University of South Alabama
The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. The first ...
in the
2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars played their home games at
Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Ladd–Peebles Stadium (formerly Ernest F. Ladd Memorial Stadium) is a stadium located in Mobile, Alabama. Opened in 1948, it has a seating capacity of 33,471. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field for the Senior Bowl ...
in
Mobile, Alabama
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, and competed in the
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participa ...
. They were led by head coach
Joey Jones
Joseph Patrick Jones (born 4 March 1955) is a Welsh former international football full-back who most notably played for Liverpool, with whom he won two European Cups.
Club career
Wrexham
Jones was born in Llandudno, and joined Wrexham in 19 ...
, who was in his eighth year with the team. They finished the season 6–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They were invited to the
Arizona Bowl
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where they lost to
Air Force
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.
Schedule
South Alabama announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars will host Sun Belt foes
Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University (GS or Georgia Southern) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Georgia. The flagship campus is in Statesboro, and other locations include the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and the Liberty Campus in Hin ...
,
Georgia State Georgia state or ''variation'', may refer to:
Primarily
* Georgia State University ("State", "Georgia State"), a state university
* Georgia (U.S. state) ("Georgia state"), a state of the United States of America
Sports
* sports teams of Georgia St ...
,
New Mexico State
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's tw ...
, and
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...
, and will travel to
Arkansas State
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,
Idaho
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,
Louisiana–Lafayette, and
Louisiana–Monroe. South Alabama will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season,
Appalachian State and
Texas State
Texas State University is a public research university in San Marcos, Texas. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to the second largest university in the Greater Austin metropolitan area and the fifth largest university ...
.
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against
Nicholls State from the
Southland Conference
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and
San Diego State
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from the
Mountain West Conference
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, and two road games against
Louisiana State
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(LSU) and
Mississippi State
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both from the
Southeastern Conference
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(SEC). On October 13, 2016, LSU canceled its game against the Jaguars on November 19 due to scheduling issues after
Hurricane Matthew
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.
On October 15, 2016, the Jaguars announced they will host the
Presbyterian Blue Hose on November 19; the Blue Hose's game with
Florida
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on that day was also canceled under the same circumstances.
Game summaries
at Mississippi State
Georgia Southern
at Louisiana–Lafayette
Nicholls State
San Diego State
at Arkansas State
Troy
Georgia State
at Louisiana–Monroe
Presbyterian
at Idaho
New Mexico State
vs. Air Force–Arizona Bowl
References
South Alabama
South Alabama is the various parts of southern Alabama. Although it is not a strictly defined geographic region, it generally includes all Alabama counties south of the Black Belt. In that view, ''South Alabama'' consists of just the two counties ...
South Alabama Jaguars football seasons
South Alabama Jaguars football
The South Alabama Jaguars football program, established in 2009, represents the University of South Alabama in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. South Alabama joined the FBS in 2012 as a member o ...
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