2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football Indiana State Sycamores wordmark.svg 200 Missouri Valley Football Conference MVFC 4–7 2–6 Mike Sanford Sr. 4th Brian Sheppard 4th Brian Cabral 4th Memorial Stadium The 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Mike Sanford Sr. in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for eighth in the MVFC. Indiana State played home games at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana. On December 16, Sanford resigned to join the staff at Western Kentucky, where his son, Mike Sanford Jr., had recently been named head coach.http://www.gosycamores.com/news/2016/12/16/mike-sanford-resigns-as-indiana-state-head-football-coach.aspx?path=football Mike Sanford resigns as Indiana State Head Football Coach He left Indiana State with a four-year record of 18–30. Schedule 2016 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Eastern September 3 3:00 pm w y Butler Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 41–25 5,625 September 10 12:00 pm l y y Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN ESPNews 28–58 41,026 September 17 7:00 pm w y y Southeast Missouri State Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO OVCDN 27–24 7,637 September 24 3:00 pm w Illinois State 9 Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 34–31 6,561 October 1 3:00 pm l y 24 Missouri State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 24–45 6,871 October 8 4:00 pm l y Western Illinois 13 Hanson Field Macomb, IL ESPN3 35–36 5,487 October 15 3:00 pm l South Dakota Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 30–33 2OT 3,297 October 22 3:00 pm w y Southern Illinois Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL ESPN3 22–14 9,603 October 29 2:00 pm l y Youngstown State Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH ESPN3 10–13 15,082 November 5 1:00 pm l Northern Iowa Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 6–39 3,409 November 12 3:30 pm l y North Dakota State 4 Fargodome Fargo, ND ESPN3 17–41 18,276 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule 2016 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/282/season/2016 ESPN January 17, 2026 2016 Football Schedule https://gosycamores.com/sports/football/schedule/2016 Indiana State University January 17, 2026 2024 Indiana State Football Record Book https://gosycamores.com/documents/2025/8/23/2024_Indiana_State_Football_Record_Book.pdf Indiana State University 22 January 17, 2026 Rankings STATS FCS 0 13 RV RV NR RV 24 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Coaches 0 13 NR RV NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Game summaries Butler Bulldogs 0 6 6 13 Sycamores 14 3 21 3 2016 Butler Bulldogs football team At Minnesota Sycamores 7 0 14 7 Golden Gophers 14 24 10 10 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team At Southeast Missouri State Sycamores 7 3 3 14 Redhawks 7 3 7 7 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team Illinois State #9 Redbirds 0 7 7 17 Sycamores 7 10 7 10 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team Missouri State Bears 10 14 7 14 #24 Sycamores 14 10 0 0 2016 Missouri State Bears football team At Western Illinois Sycamores 7 7 21 0 #13 Leathernecks 0 20 7 9 2016 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team South Dakota Coyotes 17 0 10 0 3 3 Sycamores 10 0 7 10 3 0 2016 South Dakota Coyotes football team At Southern Illinois Sycamores 3 7 6 6 Salukis 7 0 0 7 2016 Southern Illinois Salukis football team At Youngstown State Sycamores 10 0 0 0 Penguins 0 6 0 7 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team Northern Iowa Panthers 13 14 6 6 Sycamores 0 3 3 0 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team At North Dakota State Sycamores 0 7 0 10 #4 Bison 21 13 7 0 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team References Indiana State Category:Indiana State Sycamores football seasons Indiana State Sycamores football