2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Plough (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (8th season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  8 –0   12 –2  
No. 12 North Dakota +^  8 –0   9 –3  
No. 25 Weber State ^  6 –2   7 –5  
No. 24 Cal Poly ^  5 –3   7 –5  
Southern Utah  5 –3   6 –5  
Northern Colorado  4 –4   6 –5  
Northern Arizona  4 –4   5 –6  
Montana  3 –5   6 –5  
Montana State  2 –6   4 –7  
Portland State  2 –6   3 –8  
UC Davis  2 –6   3 –8  
Sacramento State  2 –6   2 –9  
Idaho State  1 –7   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:45 pmat Arizona State*No. 18
P12NL 13–4445,300
September 101:00 pmat No. 18 Western Illinois*No. 19
ESPN3L 20–346,732
September 174:00 pmNew Mexico Highlands*No. 24
NAU-TV, FSAZW 73–38,711
September 244:00 pmNo. 4 Eastern Washington
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZL 35–5010,179
October 112:00 pmat Northern Colorado
CETL 18–215,478
October 84:00 pmat Montana State
RTNWW 20–1417,637
October 154:00 pmIdaho Statedagger
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZW 52–77,836
October 224:00 pmNo. 10 Montana
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
NAU-TV, FSAZW 45–347,197
November 511:00 amat Weber State
KJZZW 33–208,740
November 1212:00 pmat No. 12 North Dakota
Midco SNL 31–389,049
November 192:00 pmSouthern Utah
NAU-TV, FSAZL 21–485,626

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Game summaries

At Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Lumberjacks 0 3 3 7 13
Sun Devils 7 3 10 24 44

At Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Lumberjacks 13 0 7 0 20
#18 Leathernecks 3 10 14 7 34

New Mexico Highlands

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 3 0 0 3
#24 Lumberjacks 28 21 24 0 73

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Eagles 12 10 14 14 50
Lumberjacks 7 14 7 7 35

At Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 3 0 8 18
Bears 14 7 0 0 21

At Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 10 10 0 20
Bobcats 0 0 7 7 14

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 0 7 7
Lumberjacks 14 14 7 17 52

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Grizzlies 3 17 0 14 34
Lumberjacks 14 14 17 0 45

At Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 10 10 3 10 33
Wildcats 0 7 7 6 20

At North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 10 7 0 31
#12 Fighting Hawks 10 0 7 21 38

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 14 14 20 0 48
Lumberjacks 14 7 0 0 21

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS181924RVRVRVRV—RVRVRVRV
Coaches18172425–TRV———RVRVRVRV

References

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