2016 UC Davis Aggies football team

2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 12 North Dakota +^	8	–	0	9	–	3
No. 25 Weber State ^	6	–	2	7	–	5
No. 24 Cal Poly ^	5	–	3	7	–	5
Southern Utah	5	–	3	6	–	5
Northern Colorado	4	–	4	6	–	5
Northern Arizona	4	–	4	5	–	6
Montana	3	–	5	6	–	5
Montana State	2	–	6	4	–	7
Portland State	2	–	6	3	–	8
UC Davis	2	–	6	3	–	8
Sacramento State	2	–	6	2	–	9
Idaho State	1	–	7	2	–	9

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

The 2016 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Ron Gould in his fourth and final season as head coach, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in four-way tie for ninth in the Big Sky. The Aggies played home games at Aggie Stadium in Davis, California.

Gould was fired on November 21.^[1] He finished his tenure at UC Davis with an overall record of 12–33.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:00 pm	at No. 24 (FBS) Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 28–53	53,817
September 10	6:00 pm	Southern Oregon*	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA	WBS	W 52–35	5,433
September 17	1:00 pm	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	CI	L 22–45	18,781
September 24	6:00 pm	Weber State	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA	WBS	L 35–38	8,426
October 1	1:00 pm	at No. 4 Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	L 30–63	10,741
October 8	5:00 pm	at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	L 3–24	8,107
October 15	4:00 pm	Northern Colorado	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA	WBS	W 34–21	6,251
October 22	6:05 pm	at No. T–17 Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)	WBS	L 16–21	11,075
November 5	4:00 pm	Portland State	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA	WBS	L 29–51	5,665
November 12	12:30 pm	at Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW	L 13–27	15,767
November 19	1:00 pm	Sacramento State	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA (Causeway Classic)	CSNCA	W 48–30	6,156
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	0	14	7	28
#24 (FBS) Ducks	8	17	14	14	53

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	14	7	0	14	35
Aggies	21	14	10	7	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	3	6	6	7	22
Cowboys	14	21	10	0	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	8	17	7	6	38
Aggies	10	3	0	22	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	23	7	0	30
#4 Eagles	14	0	35	14	63

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	3	0	0	3
Thunderbirds	0	21	3	0	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	7	7	0	21
Aggies	10	7	7	10	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	6	3	0	7	16
#17–T Mustangs	0	7	7	7	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	10	20	14	7	51
Aggies	6	10	0	13	29

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	6	0	0	13
Bobcats	0	17	0	10	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	7	10	10	3	30
Aggies	14	20	7	7	48

v t e UC Davis Aggies football
Venues	Sacramento Stadium (1928–1931) A Street Field (1932–1948) Toomey Field (1949–2006) UC Davis Health Stadium (2007–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cal Poly: Battle for the Golden Horseshoe Sacramento State: Causeway Classic
Culture & lore	Gunrock the Mustang UC Davis Marching Band Aggie Fight KHTK
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	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 1943–1945 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 2024