2016 WPI Engineers football team

2016 WPI Engineers football

Conference	Liberty League
2016 record	6-4 (3-4 )
Head coach	Chris Robertson (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Neil Hitchen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dan Mulrooney (3rd season)
Captain	Brandon Eccher Brian Murtagh Kevin Lynch Steven Thulin
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 2,000)

2016 Liberty League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#19 Hobart $ ^		6	–	1		9	–	1
#23 St. Lawrence		6	–	1		9	–	1
Merchant Marine		4	–	3		5	–	4
Springfield		4	–	3		5	–	5
WPI		3	–	4		6	–	4
RPI		3	–	4		5	–	5
Union		2	–	5		3	–	7
Rochester		0	–	7		1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division III playoff participant Rankings from D3Football.com Poll

The 2016 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2016 NCAA Division III football season.^[1]^[2] It marked the Engineers' 127th overall season and the team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by seventh-year head coach Chris Robertson. This was the final season that WPI was a member of the Liberty League for football, as they moved to the NEWMAC for the 2017 season.

The Engineers finished the season with a winning record of 6-4. This marked the first time that WPI posted consecutive winning seasons since the 1990s.

Schedule

The 2016 schedule was officially released on July 5, 2016. WPI faced all seven Liberty League opponents: RPI, Hobart, Union, Merchant Marine, St. Lawrence, Rochester, and Springfield. They also played four non-conference games: MIT of the New England Football Conference (NEFC), Worcester State of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MSCAC), and Norwich of the NEFC.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at MIT*	Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium • Cambridge, Massachusetts		W 34-31 ^OT	1,215
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Worcester State*	Alumni Stadium • Worcester, Massachusetts		W 41-7	2,392
September 17	2:00 p.m.	at Norwich*	Sabine Field • Northfield, Vermont		W 40-17	2,976
September 24	1:00 p.m.	at Springfield	Stagg Field • Springfield, Massachusetts	SCTV3	L 23-28	2,516
October 1	1:30 p.m.	Union	Alumni Stadium • Worcester, Massachusetts	Charter TV3	W 21-14	889
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Merchant Marine	Alumni Stadium • Worcester, Massachusetts		L 44-45	2,024
October 22	12:00 p.m.	at RPI	East Campus Stadium • Troy, New York (Transit Trophy Game)	RPITV	W 19-7	1,596
October 29	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Hobart	Alumni Stadium • Worcester, Massachusetts		L 31-35	1,000
November 5	12:00 p.m.	at Rochester	Edwin Fauver Stadium • Rochester, New York		W 37-34	625
November 12	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 St. Lawrence	Alumni Stadium • Worcester, Massachusetts		L 21-28	1,209
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from D3football.com Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

WPI Engineers football
Venues	Alumni Stadium (1914-present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games
People	Head coaches
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