2016 Hampton Pirates football team

2016 Hampton Pirates football
2016 Hampton Pirates football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	5–6 (5–3 MEAC)
Head coach	Connell Maynor (3rd season);
Defensive coordinator	Mike Ketchum (2nd season)
Home stadium	Armstrong 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 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Connell Maynor and play their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).^[1] They finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for third place.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:30 pm	at Old Dominion*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	CUSA.tv	L 21–54	20,118
September 10	6:00 pm	No. 13 William & Mary*	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	PTV	L 14–24	4,412
September 17	3:30 pm	vs. Howard	RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. (Nation's Football Classic/Battle of "The Real HU")	WHBC	W 34–7	13,068
September 29	7:30 pm	at No. 22 North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	ESPNU	L 9–31	14,467
October 8	2:00 pm	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	WDSU-TV	W 27–17	1,309
October 15	2:00 pm	Morgan State	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	PTV	W 21–12	12,122
October 22	3:00 pm	at Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	RV	L 14–31	26,044
October 29	1:00 pm	South Carolina State	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	PTV	W 28–26	2,152
November 12	1:00 pm	Savannah State	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	PTV	W 28–24	4,123
November 19	1:00 pm	Norfolk State	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA (Battle of the Bay)	PTV	L 10–17	9,876
November 26	2:00 pm	at No. 15 Coastal Carolina*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	CSN	L 7–26	5,921
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	7	7	0	21
Monarchs	14	17	9	14	54

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Tribe	7	0	14	3	24
Pirates	7	0	0	7	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	7	24	3	34
Bison	0	0	0	7	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	3	0	6	9
#22 Aggies	7	3	7	14	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	14	3	10	0	27
Hornets	7	7	0	3	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	6	6	0	0	12
Pirates	7	7	0	7	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	7	0	7	14
Rattlers	7	10	0	14	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	13	0	6	26
Pirates	14	0	7	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	10	7	7	24
Pirates	7	14	0	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	3	7	7	17
Pirates	3	0	7	0	10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	0	0	7	7
#15 Chanticleers	10	6	0	10	26

^ "HAMPTON RELEASES 2016 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". Hampton University Athletics. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016.

v t e Hampton Pirates football
Venues	Armstrong Stadium (1928–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Battle of the Bay (Norfolk State) The Real HU (Howard)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 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