2016 Southern Conference football season | |
League: | NCAA Division I Football Championship |
Sport: | Football |
Duration: | September 1, 2015 – November 19, 2015 |
No Of Teams: | 9 |
Tv: | SoCon Digital Network American Sports Network ESPN3 |
Season Champs: | The Citadel |
Conf1: | Conference |
Seasonslist: | List of Southern Conference football champions |
Seasonslistnames: | Southern Conference football |
Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
Prevseason Link: | 2015 Southern Conference football season |
Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
Nextseason Link: | 2017 Southern Conference football season |
The 2016 Southern Conference football season was the 95th season of college football for the Southern Conference (SoCon) and formed a part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
First place votes in parentheses
Media[1] | Coaches[2] | |||||
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Place | School | Points | Place | School | Points | |
1 | Chattanooga (26) | 250 | 1 | Chattanooga (7) | 63 | |
2 | The Citadel (2) | 208 | 2 | The Citadel (1) | 52 | |
3 | Western Carolina | 179 | 3 | Samford (1) | 50 | |
4 | Mercer | 148 | 4 | Western Carolina | 41 | |
5 | Samford | 147 | 5 | Mercer | 38 | |
6 | Wofford | 136 | 6 | Wofford | 33 | |
7 | Furman | 102 | 7 | Furman | 24 | |
8 | VMI | 62 | 8 | VMI | 14 | |
9 | East Tennessee State | 28 | 9 | East Tennessee State | 9 |
Offensive Player of the Year: Detrez Newsome, Jr., RB (Western Carolina)
Defensive Player of the Year: Keionta Davis, Sr., DL (Chattanooga)
Position | Player | Class | Team | |
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First Team Offense | ||||
QB | Al Cobb | Jr. | VMI | |
RB | Derrick Craine | Sr. | Chattanooga | |
RB | Detrez Newsome | Jr. | Western Carolina | |
WR | Karel Hamilton | Sr. | Samford | |
WR | Aaron Sanders | Sr. | VMI | |
TE | Tyler Sexton | Sr. | Western Carolina | |
OL | Isaiah Pinson | Jr. | The Citadel | |
OL | Brett Niederreither | Sr. | Mercer | |
OL | Armando Bonheur | Sr. | Samford | |
OL | Corey Levin | Sr. | Chattanooga | |
OL | Jacob Revis | Jr. | Chattanooga | |
OL (tie) | Anton Wahrby | Sr. | Wofford | |
First Team Defense | ||||
DL | Joe Crochet | Sr. | The Citadel | |
DL | Ahmad Gooden | Sophomore | Samford | |
DL | Keionta Davis | Sr. | Chattanooga | |
DL | Miles Brown | So. | Wofford | |
LB | Tevin Floyd | Sr. | The Citadel | |
LB | Nakevion Leslie | Sr. | Chattanooga | |
LB | Tyson Dickson | Sr. | Western Carolina | |
LB (tie) | Daniel Riddle | Jr. | Western Carolina | |
DB | Dee Delaney | Jr. | The Citadel | |
DB | Trey Robinson | Sr. | Furman | |
DB | Jamerson Blount | Sr. | Samford | |
DB | Lucas Webb | Jr. | Chattanooga | |
First Team Special Teams | ||||
PK | Henrique Ribeiro | Sr. | Chattanooga | |
P | Ian Berryman | So. | Western Carolina | |
RS | Dane Forlines | Sr. | VMI | |
Reference:[3] |
Increase in ranking | |||
Decrease in ranking | |||
Not ranked previous week |
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings.
Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chattanooga | Stats | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 12 | ||
C | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | |||
FCS | Not released | 8 | 7 | NR | Not released | ||||||||||
The Citadel | Stats | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
C | 15 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||
FCS | Not released | 6 | 6 | 6 | Not released | ||||||||||
East Tennessee State | Stats | – | – | – | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released | ||||||||||
Furman | Stats | – | RV | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
C | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released | ||||||||||
Mercer | Stats | RV | RV | – | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
C | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released | ||||||||||
Samford | Stats | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 18 | ||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 18 | ||||
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released | ||||||||||
VMI | Stats | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released | ||||||||||
Western Carolina | Stats | RV | RV | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released | ||||||||||
Wofford | Stats | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | ||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 | ||||
FCS | Not released | – | – | – | Not released |
Index to colors and formatting | |
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SoCon member won | |
SoCon member lost | |
SoCon teams in bold |
Rankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 1 | 7:00 PM | The Citadel | Mercer | CIT 24–23 | 12,542 | [4] | |||
September 1 | 7:00 PM | Chattanooga | SDN | W 66–0 | 9,588 | [5] | |||
September 1 | 7:00 PM | Samford | W 77–7 | 4,482 | [6] | ||||
September 1 | 7:00 PM | Wofford | OVCDN | W 21–7 | 9,066 | [7] | |||
September 2 | 7:00 PM | Furman | L 13–28 | 74,516 | [8] | ||||
September 3 | 6:00 PM | Western Carolina | ESPN3 | L 7–52 | 44,161 | [9] | |||
September 3 | 6:30 PM | VMI | ESPN3 | L 24–47 | 11,061 | [10] | |||
September 3 | 7:00 PM | East Tennessee State | W 20–17 | 8,574 | [11] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Tyler Renew | The Citadel | Jaleel Green | Wofford | JJ Jerman | East Tennessee State | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 10 | 2:00 PM | Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | SDN | W 34–0 | 8,370 | [12] | ||
September 10 | 3:00 PM | Mercer | ESPN3 | L 10–35 | 49,992 | [13] | |||
September 10 | 4:00 PM | Wofford | L 13–38 | 64,232 | [14] | ||||
September 10 | 6:00 PM | Furman | The Citadel | ESPN3 | CIT 19–14 | 12,009 | [15] | ||
September 10 | 6:00 PM | VMI | OVCDN | W 17–13 | 5,588 | [16] | |||
September 10 | 6:00 PM | Western Carolina | SDN | W 44–14 | 11,598 | [17] | |||
September 10 | 7:00 PM | Samford | BNN | W 35–29 | 9,987 | [18] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Tyrie Adams | Western Carolina | Dee Delaney | The Citadel | Austin Barnard | Samford | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 17 | 1:30 PM | Western Carolina | East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ETSU 34–31 | 13,863 | [19] | ||
September 17 | 3:00 PM | Wofford | ESPN3 | W 59–0 | 5,417 | [20] | |||
September 17 | 4:00 PM | Tennessee Tech | Mercer | Moye Complex • Macon, GA | ESPN3 | W 34–27 | 9,772 | [21] | |
September 17 | 6:00 PM | The Citadel | Gardner–Webb | BSN | W 31–24 | 6,850 | [22] | ||
September 17 | 7:00 PM | Chattanooga | Furman | ESPN3 | UTC 21–14 | 5,347 | [23] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Austin Herink | East Tennessee State | Nakevion Leslie | Chattanooga | DeAndre Shoultz | The Citadel | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 24 | 1:30 PM | East Tennessee State | Wofford | Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC | ESPN3 | WOF 31–0 | 7,316 | [24] | |
September 24 | 2:00 PM | Samford | Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | SDN | UTC 41–21 | 8,714 | [25] | |
September 24 | 3:00 PM | VMI | W 23–173OT | 4,972 | [26] | ||||
September 24 | 6:00 PM | Furman | CCUN | L 21–41 | 10,311 | [27] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Derrick Craine | Chattanooga | Ryan Francis | VMI | Henrique Ribeiro | Chattanooga | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 1 | 12:00 PM | Chattanooga | East Tennessee State | SDN | UTC 37–17 | 7,411 | [28] | ||
October 1 | 1:30 PM | Mercer | VMI | ESPN3 | MER 33–30OT | 5,266 | [29] | ||
October 1 | 3:00 PM | Wofford | Samford | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | ESPN3 | SAM 28–26 | 8,509 | [30] | |
October 1 | 3:00 PM | Kennesaw State | Furman | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC | ESPN3 | L 42–52 | 6,970 | [31] | |
October 1 | 3:30 PM | The Citadel | Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC | ESPN3 | CIT 37–14 | 12,283 | [32] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Deviln Hodges | Samford | Joe Crochet | The Citadel | Henrique Ribeiro | Chattanooga | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 6 | 7:00 PM | The Citadel | W 38–14 | 5,435 | [33] | ||||
October 8 | 1:00 PM | Samford | Furman | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC | ESPN3 | SAM 38–21 | 4,587 | [34] | |
October 8 | 1:30 PM | East Tennessee State | VMI | Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA | ESPN3 | VMI 37–7 | 5,638 | [35] | |
October 8 | 4:00 PM | Mercer | Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | SDN | UTC 52–31 | 11,039 | [36] | |
October 8 | 7:00 PM | Wofford | Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC | ESPN3 | WOF 31–19 | 9,457 | [37] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Devlin Hodges | Samford | Montrell Pardue | Chattanooga | David Marvin | Wofford | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 15 | 12:00 PM | Furman | East Tennessee State | Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN | SDN | FUR 52–7 | 6,052 | [38] | |
October 15 | 3:00 PM | Chattanooga | The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC | FSN | CIT 22–14 | 14,590 | [39] | |
October 15 | 3:00 PM | VMI | Samford | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | ESPN3 | SAM 55–21 | 4,085 | [40] | |
October 15 | 4:00 PM | Western Carolina | Mercer | Moye Complex • Macon, GA | ESPN3 | MER 38–24 | 12,247 | [41] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Devlin Hodges | Samford | Nakevion Leslie | Chattanooga | Cody Clark | The Citadel | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 20 | 7:30 PM | East Tennessee State | Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN | SDN | W 38–7 | 6,196 | [42] | ||
October 22 | 1:30 PM | The Citadel | Wofford | Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC | ESPN3 | CIT 24–21OT | 11,102 | [43] | |
October 22 | 2:00 PM | VMI | Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | SDN | UTC 30–13 | 10,505 | [44] | |
October 22 | 5:00 PM | Mercer | OVCDN | W 41–34 | 6,506 | [45] | |||
October 22 | 7:00 PM | Western Carolina | Samford | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | SAM 30–17 | 4,031 | [46] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Karel Hamilton | Samford | Kailik Williams | The Citadel | David Marvin | Wofford | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 29 | 1:30 PM | Furman | VMI | Alumni Memorial Stadium • Lexington, VA | ESPN3 | FUR 24–10 | 5,610 | [47] | |
October 29 | 1:30 PM | Mercer | Wofford | Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC | ESPN3 | WOF 31–21 | 6,190 | [48] | |
October 29 | 2:00 PM | East Tennessee State | The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC | ESPN3 | CIT 45–10 | 12,978 | [49] | |
October 29 | 2:30 PM | Samford | SECN | L 41–56 | 58,019 | [50] | |||
October 29 | 3:30 PM | Chattanooga | Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC | SDN | UTC 38–25 | 10,760 | [51] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Detrez Newsome | Western Carolina | Paul Hunter | East Tennessee State | David Howerton | Wofford | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 5 | 1:30 PM | Wofford | Furman | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC | ESPN3 | WOF 34–27 | 7,834 | [52] | |
November 5 | 2:00 PM | Samford | The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC | ESPN3 | CIT 37–34OT | 15,015 | [53] | |
November 5 | 2:00 PM | VMI | Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC | SDN | WCU 32–29 | 8,225 | [54] | |
November 5 | 3:00 PM | East Tennessee State | Mercer | Moye Complex • Macon, GA | FSN | MER 21–13 | 10,200 | [55] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Tyler Renew | The Citadel | Keion Crossen | Western Carolina | David Marvin | Wofford | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 12 | 1:00 PM | East Tennessee State | Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN | SDN | W 23-16 | 6,735 | [56] | ||
November 12 | 1:30 PM | The Citadel | VMI | Alumni Memorial Stadium • Lexington, VA | ESPN3 | CIT 30-20 | 8,251 | [57] | |
November 12 | 2:00 PM | Wofford | Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | SDN | WOF 36-28 | 8,750 | [58] | |
November 12 | 3:30 PM | Mercer | Samford | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | ESPN3 | SAM 24-19 | 8,379 | [59] | |
November 12 | 4:00 PM | Western Carolina | Furman | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC | ESPN3 | FUR 49-21 | 4,117 | [60] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
Devlin Hodges | Samford | Jonathan King | The Citadel | Lennox McAfee | Wofford | |||
Reference: Weekly Release |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 19 | 1:30 PM | VMI | Wofford | Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC | ESPN3 | WOF 17–0 | 8,102 | [61] | |
November 19 | 3:00 PM | Furman | Mercer | Moye Complex • Macon, GA | FSN | MER 27–24 | 10,712 | [62] | |
November 19 | 3:30 PM | Samford | East Tennessee State | Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN | SDN | ETSU 15–14 | 5,752 | [63] | |
November 19 | 3:30 PM | The Citadel | ACCN Extra | L 7–41 | 41,000 | [64] | |||
November 19 | 7:00 PM | Chattanooga | TBA | L 3–31 | 101,821 | [65] | |||
November 19 | 4:00 PM | Western Carolina | TBA | L 31–44 | 76,650 | [66] |
Players of the week:
Not released
Conference | Record | |
---|---|---|
Big Sky | 0–0 | |
Big South | 4–1 | |
CAA | 0–0 | |
Ivy League | 0–0 | |
Independents | 0–1 | |
MEAC | 0–0 | |
MVFC | 0–0 | |
NEC | 0–0 | |
OVC | 3–0 | |
Patriot | 1–0 | |
Pioneer | 1–0 | |
Southland | 1–0 | |
SWAC | 0–0 | |
Total | 10–2 |
Conference | Record | |
---|---|---|
American | 0–1 | |
ACC | 0–2 | |
Big Ten | 0–1 | |
Independents | 0–0 | |
MAC | 0–1 | |
SEC | 0–3 | |
Sun Belt | 0–0 | |
Total | 0–8 |
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Total | Average | % of Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chattanooga | Finley Stadium | 20,668 | 9,588 | 8,370 | 8,714 | 11,039 | 10,505 | 8,750 | 56,966 | 9,494 | ||
The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium | 21,000 | 12,009 | 14,590 | 12,978 | 15,015 | 54,592 | 13,648 | ||||
East Tennessee State | Kermit Tipton Stadium | 6,600 | 7,411 | 6,052 | 6,196 | 6,735 | 26,394 | 6,598 | ||||
Furman | Paladin Stadium | 16,000 | 5,347 | 6,970 | 4,587 | 7,834 | 4,117 | 28,855 | 5,771 | |||
Mercer | Moye Complex | 10,200 | 12,542 | 9,772 | 12,247 | 10,200 | 44,761 | 11,190 | ||||
Samford | Seibert Stadium | 6,700 | 4,482 | 8,509 | 4,085 | 4,031 | 8,379 | 29,486 | 5,897 | |||
VMI | Alumni Memorial Field | 10,000 | 5,266 | 5,638 | 5,610 | 8,251 | 24,765 | 6,191 | ||||
Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium | 13,742 | 11,598 | 12,283 | 9,457 | 8,225 | 41,563 | 10,391 | ||||
Wofford | Gibbs Stadium | 13,000 | 5,417 | 7,316 | 11,102 | 6,190 | 30,025 | 7,506 |