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# Rank# 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 StadiumWorcester, Massachusetts   W 41-7   2,392
September 17 2:00 p.m. at Norwich* Sabine FieldNorthfield, 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 Marinedagger 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. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from D3football.com Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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