2016 Wofford Terriers football team

The 2016 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 29th-year head coach Mike Ayers and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Charleston Southern and The Citadel in the first and second round, before losing to Youngstown State in the quarterfinals.

2016 Wofford Terriers football
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 23–30 2OT vs. Youngstown State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 11
Record	10–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Ayers (29th season)
Offensive coordinator	Wade Lang (29th season)
Defensive coordinator	Nathan Fuqua (12th season)
Home stadium	Gibbs Stadium

2016 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 The Citadel $^		8	–	0					10	–	2
No. 9 Wofford ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 13 Chattanooga ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 23 Samford ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Mercer		4	–	4					6	–	5
Furman		3	–	5					3	–	8
East Tennessee State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Western Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	9
VMI		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	at Tennessee Tech*		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	W 21–7	9,066
September 10	4:00 pm	at No. 19 (FBS) Ole Miss*		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	SECN	L 13–38	64,232
September 17	3:00 pm	Johnson C. Smith*		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	W 59–0	5,417
September 24	1:30 pm	East Tennessee State		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	W 31–0	7,316
October 1	3:00 pm	at Samford		Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN3	L 26–28	8,509
October 8	7:00 pm	at Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ASN	W 31–14	9,457
October 22	1:30 pm	No. 5 The Citadel		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	L 21–24 OT	11,102
October 29	1:30 pm	Mercer		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	W 31–21	6,190
November 5	1:30 pm	at Furman		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 34–27	7,834
November 12	2:00 pm	at No. 7 Chattanooga		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 36–28	8,750
November 19	1:30 pm	VMI	No. 20	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	W 17–0	8,102
November 26	1:00 pm	No. 10 Charleston Southern*	No. 19	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 15–14	2,605
December 3	6:00 pm	at No. 6 The Citadel*	No. 19	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 17–3	10,336
December 10	2:00 pm	at No. 13 Youngstown State*	No. 19	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	L 23–30 2OT	8,066
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	19	9
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	19	19	11