Mode: | football |
Year: | 2016 |
Team: | New Mexico State Aggies |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
Record: | 3–9 |
Conf Record: | 2–6 |
Head Coach: | Doug Martin |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Def Coach: | Frank Spaziani |
Dc Year: | 1st |
Off Scheme: | Air raid |
Def Scheme: | 3–3–5 |
Stadium: | Aggie Memorial Stadium |
The 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fourth–year head coach Doug Martin. Tyler Rogers was the team's quarterback.
New Mexico State had a coaching shake up prior to the season, when Martin hired defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani, whom Martin served as offensive coordinator for at Boston College in 2012.[1] Spaziani replaced Zane Vance who served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2015. Vance was retained and promoted to Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Ends coach and Special Teams Coordinator.
Back | B | Center | C | Cornerback | CB | Defensive back | DB | |||
Defensive end | DE | Defensive lineman | DL | Defensive tackle | DT | End | E | |||
Fullback | FB | Guard | G | Halfback | HB | Kicker | K | |||
Kickoff returner | KR | Offensive tackle | OT | Offensive lineman | OL | Linebacker | LB | |||
Long snapper | LS | Punter | P | Punt returner | PR | Quarterback | QB | |||
Running back | RB | Safety | S | Tight end | TE | Wide receiver | WR |
New Mexico State's recruiting class consisted of 23 recruits. New Mexico State's recruiting class was ranked 114th by Scout, 129th by 247Sports.com, not rated by Rivals and not rated by ESPN.[2] [3] [4] [5]
New Mexico State Aggies announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Aggies will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Texas State, and will travel to Arkansas State, Idaho, South Alabama, and Troy. New Mexico State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Georgia State and Louisiana–Monroe.[6]
The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against New Mexico from the Mountain West Conference, and will travel to three road games against UTEP from Conference USA (C–USA), and Kentucky and Texas A&M both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Schedule Source:[7]
See also: 2016 UTEP Miners football team and Battle of I-10.
See also: 2016 New Mexico Lobos football team and Rio Grande Rivalry.
See also: 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team.
See also: 2016 Troy Trojans football team.
See also: 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team.
See also: 2016 Idaho Vandals football team.
See also: 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team.
See also: 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team.
See also: 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team.
See also: 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team.