The 2016 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented

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in the

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. The Bulldogs played their home games at the

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, and competed in the West Division of

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(C–USA). They were led by fourth-year head coach

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. They finished the season 9–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the Conference USA Championship Game where they lost to WKU. They were invited to the

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where they defeated

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. The Louisiana Tech offense became the first team in NCAA Division 1 history to have a QB pass for 4,500+ yards, a RB rush for 1,000+ yards and two WRs with 1,500+ receiving yards all in a single season.

Schedule

Louisiana Tech announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host C–USA foes

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, UTSA, and

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(WKU), and will travel to Florida International (FIU),

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, and

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. The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against

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from the

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, and three road games against

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from the

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(SEC), and

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from the

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. :Schedule Source:

Game summaries

At Arkansas

South Carolina State

At Texas Tech

At Middle Tennessee

UTEP

WKU

At UMass

At FIU

Rice

At North Texas

UTSA

At Southern Miss

vs. WKU–C-USA Championship Game

vs. Navy–Armed Forces Bowl

References

Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activi ...

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football seasons Armed Forces Bowl champion seasons

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