The 2016 West Alabama Tigers football team represented the
University of West Alabama in the
2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach
Brett Gilliland
Brett Gilliland (born June 2, 1981) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of West Alabama; a position he has held since 2014. Previously Gilliland played quarterback for the West Alabama Tigers from 2000 ...
, who was in his third season at West Alabama. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium and were members of the
Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses (7–4 overall, 6–2 in the GSC), defeating two top-25-ranked teams and were not invited in the
2016 playoffs.
Schedule
West Alabama announced its 2016 football schedule on February 16, 2016. The schedule consists of both five home and six away games in the regular season. The Tigers hosted GSC foes
Delta State,
Florida Tech,
North Alabama, and
Valdosta State
Valdosta State University (VSU or Valdosta State) is a public university in Valdosta, Georgia. It is one of the four comprehensive universities in the University System of Georgia. , VSU had over 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students. VS ...
and traveled to
Mississippi College,
Shorter,
West Florida, and
West Georgia
The University of West Georgia is a public university in Carrollton, Georgia. The university offers a satellite campus in Newnan, Georgia, select classes at its Douglasville Center, and off-campus Museum Studies classes at the Atlanta History ...
The Tigers only hosted one of the three non-conference games against
Malone Pioneers of the
Great Midwest Athletic Conference and traveled to two games against
North Greenville which is
independent from a conference and
Stephen F. Austin of the
Southland Conference.
References
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West Alabama
The University of West Alabama (UWA) is a public university in Livingston, Alabama. Founded in 1835, the school began as a church-supported school for young women called Livingston Female Academy. The original Board of Trustees of Livingston Fe ...
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