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American college football season
The 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.
On December 16, head coach Mike Sanford resigned[ 1] WKU where his son, Mike Sanford Jr. , had recently been named the head coach. Sanford leaves Indiana State with a four year record of 18–30.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 3:00 pm Butler * ESPN3 W 41–255,625 September 10 12:00 pm at Minnesota * ESPNews L 28–5841,026 September 17 7:00 pm at Southeast Missouri State * OVCDN W 27–247,637 September 24 3:00 pm No. 9 Illinois State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 34–316,561 October 1 3:00 pm Missouri State No. 24 Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 24–456,871 October 8 4:00 pm at No. 13 Western Illinois ESPN3 L 35–365,487 October 15 3:00 pm South Dakota Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 30–33 2OT 3,297 October 22 3:00 pm at Southern Illinois ESPN3 W 22–149,603 October 29 2:00 pm at Youngstown State ESPN3 L 10–1315,082 November 5 1:00 pm Northern Iowa Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 6–393,409 November 12 3:30 pm at No. 4 North Dakota State ESPN3 L 17–4118,276
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
6
6
13
25
Sycamores
14
3
21
3
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
0
14
7
28
Golden Gophers
14
24
10
10
58
At Southeast Missouri State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
3
3
14
27
Redhawks
7
3
7
7
24
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Redbirds
0
7
7
17
31
Sycamores
7
10
7
10
34
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
10
14
7
14
45
#24 Sycamores
14
10
0
0
24
At Western Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
7
21
0
35
#13 Leathernecks
0
20
7
9
36
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Coyotes
17
0
10
0 3 3
33
Sycamores
10
0
7
10 3 0
30
At Southern Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
7
6
6
22
Salukis
7
0
0
7
14
At Youngstown State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
10
0
0
0
10
Penguins
0
6
0
7
13
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
13
14
6
6
39
Sycamores
0
3
3
0
6
At North Dakota State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
0
7
0
10
17
#4 Bison
21
13
7
0
41
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