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2016 San Diego

10–⁠2 (8–⁠0 Pioneer Football League).

Schedule and results

San Diego in 2016, game by game: won vs. Western New Mexico 27–0; lost at Cal Poly 16–38; won vs. Dayton 34–22; won at Butler 44–10; won vs. Davidson 52–3; won at Drake 38–7; won vs. Valparaiso 49–10; won at Marist 27–3; won vs. Stetson 42–7; won at Campbell 57–21; won at Cal Poly 35–21; lost at North Dakota State 7–45+49−38Won 27–0 vs. Western New Mexico+27Western New Mex…Lost 16–38 at Cal Poly-22Cal PolyWon 34–22 vs. Dayton+12DaytonWon 44–10 at Butler+34ButlerWon 52–3 vs. Davidson+49DavidsonWon 38–7 at Drake+31DrakeWon 49–10 vs. Valparaiso+39ValparaisoWon 27–3 at Marist+24MaristWon 42–7 vs. Stetson+35StetsonWon 57–21 at Campbell+36CampbellWon 35–21 at Cal Poly+14Cal PolyLost 7–45 at North Dakota State-38North Dakota St…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsWestern New MexicoW 27–⁠084%
Sep 10atCal PolyL 16–⁠3855%
Sep 24vsDaytonW 34–⁠2259%
Oct 1atButlerW 44–⁠1058%
Oct 8vsDavidsonW 52–⁠387%
Oct 15atDrakeW 38–⁠761%
Oct 22vsValparaisoW 49–⁠1088%
Oct 29atMaristW 27–⁠364%
Nov 12vsStetsonW 42–⁠787%
Nov 19atCampbellW 57–⁠2174%
Nov 26atCal PolyW 35–⁠2160%
Dec 3atNorth Dakota StateL 7–⁠4527%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Dakota State 45–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Pioneer Football League champions.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 26 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of San Diego’s 2016 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 5vsUDLAPW 49–⁠25San Diego’s article

Pioneer Football League champions8–⁠0 in the conference

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
8–⁠0 first in Pioneer Football League
AP final
Unranked
Points
428–⁠187
Coach
—
Elo
1495 +117 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.7 No. 30 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 205
Offensive coordinator
Tanner Engstrand
Defensive coordinator
Steve Irvin

Top recruits in the 2016 class

Alex Farina PRO★★No. 2757
Michael Weinstein OC★★No. 3036
Chris Reese WDE★★No. 3036

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2016 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.778
Offensive line12.00.767
Defensive line12.00.767
Whole class32.00.770

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2017

The 2017 draft
Rd 5Jamal Agnew CBDetroit Lions

2016 Pioneer Football League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
San Diego8–⁠010–⁠2
Dayton7–⁠19–⁠2
Drake6–⁠27–⁠4
Marist5–⁠35–⁠6
Jacksonville4–⁠35–⁠5
Campbell3–⁠45–⁠5
Morehead State3–⁠54–⁠7
Valparaiso3–⁠54–⁠7
Stetson2–⁠64–⁠7
Butler2–⁠64–⁠7
Davidson0–⁠82–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.