2016 San Diego Toreros football team

2016 San Diego Toreros football

Pioneer Football League champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 7–45 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Pioneer Football League
Ranking
STATS	No. 24
FCS Coaches	No. 25
2016 record	10–2 (8–0 PFL)
Head coach	Dale Lindsey (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tanner Engstrand
Defensive coordinator	Steve Irvin
Home stadium	Torero Stadium (Capacity: 5,792)

2016 Pioneer Football League standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
San Diego $^		8	–	0		10	–	2
Dayton		7	–	1		9	–	2
Drake		6	–	2		7	–	4
Marist		5	–	3		5	–	6
Jacksonville		4	–	3		5	–	5
Campbell		3	–	4		5	–	5
Morehead State		3	–	5		4	–	7
Valparaiso		3	–	5		4	–	7
Butler		2	–	6		4	–	7
Stetson		2	–	6		4	–	7
Davidson		0	–	8		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 San Diego Toreros football team represented the University of San Diego during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dale Lindsey and played their home games at Torero Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 10–2, 8–0 in PFL play to be crowned PFL champions and earned the PFL's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Cal Poly in the first round, before losing in the second round to North Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 PM	Western New Mexico*		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 27–0	2,567
September 10	4:00 PM	at Cal Poly*		Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA	GoPoly	L 16–38	6,251
September 24	4:00 PM	Dayton		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 34–22	2,119
October 1	10:00 AM	at Butler		Butler Bowl • Indianapolis, IN	BAA	W 44–10	2,408
October 8	1:00 PM	Davidson		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 52–3	2,827
October 15	10:30 AM	at Drake		Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	BV	W 38–7	1,740
October 22	1:00 PM	Valparaiso		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 49–10	2,222
October 29	10:00 AM	at Marist		Leonidoff Field • Poughkeepsie, NY	RFN	W 27–3	1,604
November 5	4:00 PM	Universidad De Las Americas Puebla‡*		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 49–25	1,786
November 12	1:00 PM	Stetson		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 42–7	2,288
November 19	9:00 AM	at Campbell		Barker–Lane Stadium • Buies Creek, NC	BSN	W 57–21	4,121
November 26	4:00 PM	at No. 21 Cal Poly*	No. 24	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 35–21	3,356
December 3	12:30 PM	at No. 4 North Dakota State*	No. 24	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 7–45	18,305
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source: Schedule

‡ Exhibition game that does not effect overall record.

Game notes

Western New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	0	0	0
Toreros	3	7	10	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2015	W 45–21

at Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	0	13	0	3	16
Mustangs	10	7	14	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2014	L 3–34

Dayton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flyers	0	7	7	8	22
Toreros	7	0	14	13	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–16	2015	L 12–13

at Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	14	3	7	20	44
Bulldogs	0	0	3	7	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–5	2015	W 28–27

Davidson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	3	3
Toreros	28	14	10	0	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–2	2015	W 35–10

at Drake

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	17	14	0	38
Bulldogs	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–11	2015	W 27–0

Valparaiso

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	3	0	0	7	10
Toreros	14	14	14	7	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–5	2015	W 38–6

at Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	6	0	14	27
Red Foxes	0	3	0	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–0	2015	W 30–27

Universidad De Las Americas Puebla

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecas	7	0	10	8	25
Toreros	7	28	0	14	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Stetson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hatters	7	0	0	0	7
Toreros	7	21	7	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2015	W 47–16

at Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	16	20	14	57
Fighting Camels	7	7	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2015	W 31–27

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Toreros	14	0	7	14	35
#21 Mustangs	0	7	7	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	9/10/2016	L 16–38

Second Round–North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Toreros	0	0	7	0	7
#4 Bison	7	14	7	17	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25

References

San Diego Toreros football

Venues	Torero Stadium (1961–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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

2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Cal Poly Central Arkansas Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Eastern Washington Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison Lehigh New Hampshire North Carolina A&T North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Saint Francis (PA) Samford Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Villanova Weber State Wofford Youngstown State

Champion – TBD

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