2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football NCCU Eagles wordmark.svg 200 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC 22 20 9–3 8–0 Jerry Mack 3rd T. C. Taylor 2nd Granville Eastman 3rd O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium MEAC champion Celebration Bowl L 9–10 vs. Grambling State The 2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Jerry Mack, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 8–0, winning the MEAC title. North Carolina Central earned a berth in the Celebration Bowl, where the Eagles lost to Grambling State. The team played home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Schedule 2016 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Eastern September 3 6:00 pm l y y Duke Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC Bull City Gridiron Classic ESPN3 6–49 35,049 September 10 7:00 pm l y y Western Michigan Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI ESPN3 21–70 23,727 September 17 6:00 pm w y 2016 Saint Augustine's Falcons Saint Augustine's O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC https://portal.stretchinternet.com/nccu/?eventId=305685&streamType=video&action=purchase&prevPage=portal NSN 65–7 4,016 September 24 2:00 pm w y Norfolk State William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA SSC Spartan Showcase 34–31 8,296 October 1 4:00 pm w y Bethune–Cookman Municipal Stadium Daytona Beach, FL CEN CatEye Network 31–14 4,216 October 8 4:00 pm w Florida A&M O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC NSN 17–13 617 October 15 2:00 pm w y Savannah State O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC NSN 33–3 12,966 October 22 1:00 pm w y Morgan State Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD 21–17 8,534 November 5 2:00 pm w y Delaware State Alumni Stadium Dover, DE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_wWbw39ik WDSU-TV 38–19 1,597 November 12 2:00 pm w Howard O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC NSN 30–21 6,897 November 19 2:00 pm w 24 North Carolina A&T 9 O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC rivalry ESPN3, ESPNU (tape delay) 42–21 15,715 December 17 3:00 pm l y y 20 Grambling State 16 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Celebration Bowl ABC 9–10 31,096 North Carolina Central Eagles Schedule 2016 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2428/season/2016 ESPN November 26, 2023 2016 Football Schedule https://nccueaglepride.com/sports/football/schedule/2016 North Carolina Central University November 26, 2023 Game summaries At Duke Eagles 0 0 3 3 Blue Devils 21 28 0 0 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team At Western Michigan Eagles 7 14 0 0 Broncos 28 14 14 14 2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team Saint Augustine's Falcons 0 7 0 0 Eagles 21 20 7 17 At Norfolk State Eagles 10 7 10 7 Spartans 0 10 0 21 2016 Norfolk State Spartans football team At Bethune–Cookman Eagles 0 7 10 14 Wildcats 7 0 0 7 2016 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team Florida A&M Rattlers 5 0 0 8 Eagles 0 3 0 14 2016 Florida A&M Rattlers football team Savannah State Tigers 0 0 0 3 Eagles 3 16 7 7 2016 Savannah State Tigers football team At Morgan State Eagles 14 0 0 7 Bears 7 10 0 0 2016 Morgan State Bears football team At Delaware State Eagles 9 22 7 0 Hornets 0 7 0 12 2016 Delaware State Hornets football team Howard Bison 7 0 0 14 Eagles 6 3 7 14 2016 Howard Bison football team North Carolina A&T #9 Aggies 0 0 7 14 #24 Eagles 0 14 14 14 2016 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team North Carolina A&T–North Carolina Central rivalry Celebration Bowl–Grambling State #16 Tigers 0 0 10 0 #20 Eagles 3 0 0 6 2016 Grambling State Tigers football team 2016 Celebration Bowl Ranking movements STATS FCS 0 13 RV NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 20 22 Coaches 0 13 RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV 25 20 18 20 References North Carolina Central Category:North Carolina Central Eagles football seasons Category:Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champion seasons North Carolina Central Eagles football