2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football

MEAC champion
Celebration Bowl, L 9–10 vs. Grambling State
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 22
FCS Coaches	No. 20
Record	9–3 (8–0 MEAC)
Head coach	Jerry Mack (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	T. C. Taylor (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Granville Eastman (3rd season)
Home stadium	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 22 North Carolina Central $	8	–	0	9	–	3
No. 20 North Carolina A&T ^	7	–	1	9	–	3
Hampton	5	–	3	5	–	6
South Carolina State	5	–	3	5	–	6
Bethune–Cookman	4	–	4	4	–	6
Florida A&M *	4	–	4	4	–	7
Norfolk State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Savannah State *	3	–	5	3	–	7
Morgan State *	3	–	5	3	–	8
Howard *	2	–	6	2	–	9
Delaware State	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * Florida A&M, Howard, Morgan State, and Savannah State ineligible for postseason due to APR violations Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

YouTube Encyclopedic

1/5
Views:
49 762
2 808
22 535
3 203
2 902

Transcription

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	at Duke*		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Bull City Gridiron Classic)	ESPN3	L 6–49	35,049
September 10	7:00 pm	at Western Michigan*		Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN3	L 21–70	23,727
September 17	6:00 pm	Saint Augustine's*		O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NSN	W 65–7	4,016
September 24	2:00 pm	at Norfolk State		William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	SSC	W 34–31	8,296
October 1	4:00 pm	at Bethune–Cookman		Municipal Stadium Daytona Beach, FL	CEN	W 31–14	4,216
October 8	4:00 pm	Florida A&M		O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NSN	W 17–13	617
October 15	2:00 pm	Savannah State		O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NSN	W 33–3	12,966
October 22	1:00 pm	at Morgan State		Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD		W 21–17	8,534
November 5	2:00 pm	at Delaware State		Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	WDSU-TV	W 38–19	1,597
November 12	2:00 pm	Howard		O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NSN	W 30–21	6,897
November 19	2:00 pm	No. 9 North Carolina A&T	No. 24	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	ESPN3, ESPNU (tape delay)	W 42–21	15,715
December 17	3:00 pm	vs. No. 16 Grambling State*	No. 20	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Celebration Bowl)	ABC	L 9–10	31,096
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^[1]^[2]

Game summaries

At Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	3	3	6
Blue Devils	21	28	0	0	49

At Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	14	0	0	21
Broncos	28	14	14	14	70

Saint Augustine's

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	0	0	7
Eagles	21	20	7	17	65

At Norfolk State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	7	10	7	34
Spartans	0	10	0	21	31

At Bethune–Cookman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	10	14	31
Wildcats	7	0	0	7	14

Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	5	0	0	8	13
Eagles	0	3	0	14	17

Savannah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	3	3
Eagles	3	16	7	7	33

At Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	14	0	0	7	21
Bears	7	10	0	0	17

At Delaware State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	9	22	7	0	38
Hornets	0	7	0	12	19

Howard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	0	0	14	21
Eagles	6	3	7	14	30

North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Aggies	0	0	7	14	21
#24 Eagles	0	14	14	14	42

Celebration Bowl–Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Tigers	0	0	10	0	10
#20 Eagles	3	0	0	6	9

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	20	22
Coaches	RV	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	20	18	20

References

^ "North Carolina Central Eagles Schedule 2016". ESPN. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
^ "2016 Football Schedule". North Carolina Central University. Retrieved November 26, 2023.

v t e North Carolina Central Eagles football
Venues	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium (1975–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Carolina A&T
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions

Morgan State (1971)
North Carolina Central (1972)
North Carolina Central (1973)
South Carolina State (1974)
South Carolina State (1975)
Morgan State & South Carolina State (1976)
South Carolina State (1977)
South Carolina State (1978)
Morgan State (1979)
South Carolina State (1980)
South Carolina State (1981)
South Carolina State (1982)
South Carolina State (1983)
Bethune–Cookman (1984)
Delaware State (1985)
North Carolina A&T (1986)
Delaware State (1987)
Bethune–Cookman, Delaware State, & Florida A&M (1988)
Delaware State (1989)
Florida A&M (1990)
Delaware State & North Carolina A&T (1991)
North Carolina A&T (1992)
Howard (1993)
South Carolina State (1994)
Florida A&M (1995)
Florida A&M (1996)
Hampton (1997)
Hampton & Florida A&M (1998)
North Carolina A&T (1999)
Florida A&M (2000)
Florida A&M (2001)
Bethune–Cookman (2002)
North Carolina A&T (2003)
Hampton & South Carolina State (2004)
Hampton (2005)
Hampton (2006)
Delaware State (2007)
South Carolina State (2008)
South Carolina State (2009)
Bethune–Cookman†, Florida A&M, & South Carolina State (2010)
Norfolk State (vacated) (2011)
Bethune–Cookman (2012)
Bethune–Cookman†, South Carolina State (2013)
Bethune–Cookman, Morgan State†, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, & South Carolina State (2014)
North Carolina A&T†, North Carolina Central, & Bethune–Cookman (2015)
North Carolina Central (2016)
North Carolina A&T (2017)
North Carolina A&T (2018)
North Carolina A&T† & South Carolina State (2019)
No champion (2020)
South Carolina State (2021)
Howard & North Carolina Central† (2022)
Howard (2023)

National championships in bold
† Denotes postseason representative via conference tiebreaker

This page was last edited on 23 February 2024, at 00:26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia