2016 Albany Great Danes football team
The 2016 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his third season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes were in fourth season as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 2 |
7:00 PM |
at Buffalo* |
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UB Stadium • Amherst, NY |
ESPN3 |
W 22–16 |
18,657 |
September 10 |
1:00 PM |
at Rhode Island |
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Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI |
A10 Network |
W 35–7 |
4,511 |
September 17 |
7:00 PM |
Holy Cross* |
No. 25 |
Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY |
DZ |
W 45–28 |
8,040 |
September 24 |
7:00 PM |
Saint Francis (PA)* |
No. 22 |
Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY |
DZ |
W 20–9 |
6,309 |
October 8 |
3:30 PM |
No. 6 Richmond |
No. 16 |
Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY |
DZ |
L 30–36 3OT |
9,052 |
October 15 |
12:00 PM |
at Maine |
No. 17 |
Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME |
FCS |
L 16–20 |
10,443 |
October 22 |
3:30 PM |
at No. 16 Villanova |
No. 23 |
Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA |
NNAA |
L 13–24 |
5,109 |
October 29 |
12:00 PM |
Elon |
|
Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY |
ASN |
W 27–3 |
3,916 |
November 5 |
1:00 PM |
Delaware |
|
Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY |
DZ |
L 17–33 |
4,412 |
November 12 |
12:00 PM |
at No. 21 New Hampshire |
|
Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH |
UNHAthletics |
W 36–25 |
7,012 |
November 19 |
1:00 PM |
Stony Brook |
|
Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY (Empire Clash) |
DZ |
W 13–6 |
3,836 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Game notes
at Buffalo
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Great Danes |
7 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
22 |
Bulls |
0 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
16 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
7–5 |
2015 |
L 14–51 |
at Rhode Island
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Great Danes |
7 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
35 |
Rams |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–1 |
2015 |
W 35–7 |
Holy Cross
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Crusaders |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
28 |
#25 Great Danes |
0 |
28 |
3 |
14 |
45 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–1 |
2015 |
L 0–37 |
Saint Francis (PA)
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Red Flash |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
#22 Great Danes |
0 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
20 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
14–0 |
2012 |
W 36–13 |
Richmond
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT |
Total |
#6 Spiders |
3 |
7 |
3 |
7 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
36 |
#16 Great Danes |
7 |
3 |
3 |
7 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
30 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–3 |
2015 |
L 31–38 |
at Maine
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#17 Great Danes |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
16 |
Black Bears |
7 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
20 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
5–4 |
2015 |
L 7–39 |
at Villanova
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#23 Great Danes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
13 |
#17 Wildcats |
7 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
24 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–2 |
2015 |
L 0–37 |
Elon
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Phoenix |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Great Danes |
3 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
27 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
Delaware
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Fightin' Blue Hens |
0 |
14 |
14 |
5 |
33 |
Great Danes |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–3 |
2015 |
W 17–6 |
at New Hampshire
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Great Danes |
0 |
7 |
15 |
14 |
36 |
#21 Wildcats |
8 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
25 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–4 |
2015 |
L 14–24 |
Stony Brook
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Seawolves |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Great Danes |
0 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
13 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
12–7 |
2015 |
L 2–20 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
| Week |
Poll |
Pre |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Final |
STATS FCS |
NR |
RV |
25 |
22 |
21 |
16 |
17 |
23 |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
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Coaches |
NR |
RV |
25 |
23 |
21 |
17 |
19 |
24 |
RV |
RV |
NR |
NR |
RV |
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