2016 UC Davis Aggies football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2016
| team = UC Davis Aggies
| sport = football
| image = UC Davis Aggies Script.png
| image_size = 150
| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| record = 3–8
| conf_record = 2–6
| head_coach = Ron Gould
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach = Kevin Daft
| oc_year = 5th
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Bert Watts
| dc_year = 4th
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Aggie Stadium
}}
{{2016 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
The 2016 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Ron Gould in his fourth and final season as head coach, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in four-way tie for ninth in the Big Sky. The Aggies played home games at Aggie Stadium in Davis, California.
Gould was fired on November 21.[http://www.sacbee.com/sports/college/article116257003.html UC Davis fires football coach Ron Gould] The Sacramento Bee November 21, 2016 {{webarchive|date=December 3, 2016
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203230045/http://www.sacbee.com/sports/college/article116257003.html}} He finished his tenure at UC Davis with an overall record of 12–33.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2016
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Pacific
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 3
| time = 2:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Oregon
| opprank = 24 (FBS)
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = 28–53
| attend = 53,817
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 10
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2016|team=Southern Oregon Raiders|title=Southern Oregon}}
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = {{abbr|WBS|Watch Big Sky}}
| score = 52–35
| attend = 5,433
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 17
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Wyoming
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Laramie, WY
| tv = CI
| score = 22–45
| attend = 18,781
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Weber State
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = WBS
| score = 35–38
| attend = 8,426
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Eastern Washington
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Roos Field
| site_cityst = Cheney, WA
| tv = RTNW
| score = 30–63
| attend = 10,741
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| time = 5:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Southern Utah
| site_stadium = Eccles Coliseum
| site_cityst = Cedar City, UT
| tv = WBS
| score = 3–24
| attend = 8,107
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| time = 4:00 pm
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Northern Colorado
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = WBS
| score = 34–21
| attend = 6,251
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| time = 6:05 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Cal Poly
| opprank = T–17
| site_stadium = Alex G. Spanos Stadium
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| gamename = Battle for the Golden Horseshoe
| tv = WBS
| score = 16–21
| attend = 11,075
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| time = 4:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Portland State
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = WBS
| score = 29–51
| attend = 5,665
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| time = 12:30 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Montana State
| site_stadium = Bobcat Stadium
| site_cityst = Bozeman, MT
| tv = RTNW
| score = 13–27
| attend = 15,767
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = CSNCA
| gamename = Causeway Classic
| score = 48–30
| attend = 6,156
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=NCAA Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/66722?utf8=%E2%9C%93&year_id=66722&sport_id=19756&commit=Submit&org_sport_name=&org_id= |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 15, 2022 }}
Game summaries
=At Oregon=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Aggies
|R1=7
|R2=0
|R3=14
|R4=7
|Home=#24 (FBS) Ducks
|H1=8
|H2=17
|H3=14
|H4=14
}}
{{see also|2016 Oregon Ducks football team}}
File:Autzen Stadium field - September 2016.jpg
{{Clear}}
=Southern Oregon=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Raiders
|R1=14
|R2=7
|R3=0
|R4=14
|Home=Aggies
|H1=21
|H2=14
|H3=10
|H4=7
}}
{{see also|Southern Oregon Raiders football}}
{{Clear}}
=At Wyoming=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Aggies
|R1=3
|R2=6
|R3=6
|R4=7
|Home=Cowboys
|H1=14
|H2=21
|H3=10
|H4=0
}}
{{see also|2016 Wyoming Cowboys football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Weber State=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Wildcats
|R1=8
|R2=17
|R3=7
|R4=6
|Home=Aggies
|H1=10
|H2=3
|H3=0
|H4=22
}}
{{see also|2016 Weber State Wildcats football team}}
{{Clear}}
= at Eastern Washington=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Aggies
|R1=0
|R2=23
|R3=7
|R4=0
|Home=#4 Eagles
|H1=14
|H2=0
|H3=35
|H4=14
}}
{{see also|2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Southern Utah=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Aggies
|R1=0
|R2=3
|R3=0
|R4=0
|Home=Thunderbirds
|H1=0
|H2=21
|H3=3
|H4=0
}}
{{see also|2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Northern Colorado=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Bears
|R1=7
|R2=7
|R3=7
|R4=0
|Home=Aggies
|H1=10
|H2=7
|H3=7
|H4=10
}}
{{see also|2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Cal Poly=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Aggies
|R1=6
|R2=3
|R3=0
|R4=7
|Home=#17–T Mustangs
|H1=0
|H2=7
|H3=7
|H4=7
}}
{{see also|2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team|Battle for the Golden Horseshoe}}
{{Clear}}
=Portland State=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Vikings
|R1=10
|R2=20
|R3=14
|R4=7
|Home=Aggies
|H1=6
|H2=10
|H3=0
|H4=13
}}
{{see also|2016 Portland State Vikings football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Montana State=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Aggies
|R1=7
|R2=6
|R3=0
|R4=0
|Home=Bobcats
|H1=0
|H2=17
|H3=0
|H4=10
}}
{{see also|2016 Montana State Bobcats football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Sacramento State=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Hornets
|R1=7
|R2=10
|R3=10
|R4=3
|Home=Aggies
|H1=14
|H2=20
|H3=7
|H4=7
}}
{{see also|2016 Sacramento State Hornets football team|Causeway Classic}}
{{Clear}}