2016 Florida Tech Panthers football team

The 2016 Florida Tech Panthers football team represented the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) during the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Steve Englehart, who was in his fourth season at Florida Tech. The Panthers play their home games at Florida Tech Panther Stadium, approximately one mile from the Florida Tech campus and are members of the Gulf South Conference.

2016 Florida Tech Panthers football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
2016 record8–3 (5–2 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJayson Martin (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorMark Smith (1st season)
Home stadiumFlorida Tech Panther Stadium
(Capacity: 4,989)
2016 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 North Alabama $^  7 –0     11 –2  
No. 18 Valdosta State ^  6 –2     8 –3  
West Alabama  6 –2     7 –4  
Florida Tech ^  5 –2     8 –3  
West Georgia  4 –4     7 –4  
West Florida  3 –5     5 –6  
Delta State †  3 –5     4 –6  
Mississippi College  1 –7     3 –7  
Shorter  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • † – Delta State's record is officially listed as 2–8 (1–7) due to the use of ineligible players in two wins, but the opponents are not credited with wins.
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule

Florida Tech announced its 2016 football schedule on February 17, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Delta State, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and Valdosta State, and will travel to Shorter, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia.[1]

The Panthers hosted only one non-conference game against Fort Valley State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travel to two against Newberry of the South Atlantic Conference and Presbyterian of the Big South Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 p.mat Newberry*
W 42–283,378
September 107:00 p.m.Mississippi CollegeNo. 22
W 41–03,056
September 177:00 p.m.at ShorterNo. 19
ESPN3W 40–01,150
September 247:00 p.m.at Presbyterian*No. 19
BSNW 28–73,290
October 17:00 p.m.at West FloridaNo. 16
ASNL 39–426,588
October 87:00 p.m. No. 11 North AlabamaNo. 23
 Canceled[a]
October 151:00 p.m.Fort Valley StateNo. 20
W 48-143,034
October 223:00 p.m.West AlabamaNo. 19
L 35-453,034
October 297:00 p.m. No. 14 Valdosta State
ESPN3W 38-203,247
November 52:00 p.m.West Georgia
W 45-215,132
November 122:00 p.m.Delta State
ESPN3W 42-164,026
November 1912:00 p.m.North GreenvilleNo. 23
L 13-271,480
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
^[a] The game between Florida Tech and North Alabama was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.[2]

Game summaries

at Newberry
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 14 13 8 42
Wolves 0 21 7 0 28

Mississippi College
1 2 3 4 Total
Choctaws 0 0 0 0 0
Panthers 7 21 6 7 41

at Shorter
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 10 17 10 3 40
Hawks 0 0 0 0 0

at Presbyterian
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 7 7 7 28
Blue Hose 0 0 7 0 7

at West Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 0 10 22 39
Argonauts 7 14 7 14 42

Fort Valley State
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 0 7 14
Panthers 13 28 7 0 48

at West Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 14 0 14 7 35
Tigers 7 14 14 10 45

Valdosta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 7 3 10 20
Panthers 10 7 0 21 38

at West Georgia
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 14 10 14 45
Wolves 7 7 7 0 21

Delta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 2 7 0 7 16
Panthers 14 14 7 7 42

North Greenville
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 3 0 14 10 27
Panthers 0 3 3 7 13

Awards and milestones

Gulf South Conference honors

Ten players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches, including a program-record six First Team members.[3]

Gulf South Conference All-Conference First Team
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