2016 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

2016 Abilene Christian Wildcats football

Conference	Southland Conference
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach	Ken Collums (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Nathan Young (4th year)
Defensive coordinator	Darian Dulin (5th year)
Home stadium	Shotwell Stadium (Capacity: 15,075)

2016 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Abilene Christian*		0	–	0		0	–	0
Central Arkansas		0	–	0		0	–	0
Houston Baptist		0	–	0		0	–	0
Incarnate Word*		0	–	0		0	–	0
Lamar		0	–	0		0	–	0
McNeese State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Nicholls State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Northwestern State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Sam Houston State		0	–	0		0	–	0
SE Louisiana		0	–	0		0	–	0
Stephen F. Austin		0	–	0		0	–	0

$ – Conference champion Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word ineligible for FCS Playoffs due to transition from Division II Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team will represent Abilene Christian University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats will be in their final transition season of collegiate football at the FCS level. They will be led by fifth year head coach Ken Collums. They will play their home games at Shotwell Stadium. The 2016 season will be the final season for Shotwell Stadium. Beginning with the 2017 season, the Wildcats home will be the on-campus Wildcat Stadium which is currently under construction.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2015 season 3–8, 3–6 in Southland play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place.

TV and radio

All Abilene Christian games will be broadcast on KTLT, also known as Sports Radio 98.1 The Ticket, and in Dallas on KBXD as part of the Abilene Christian Wildcats Cumulus radio network.

Video of all home games (except those broadcast via ASN or ESPN3) will be offered live through Stretch Internet via ACU TV, a paid subscription service. Audio of all road games will also be available through ACU TV at no charge.

Schedule

Source:

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
September 3	TBA	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO		–
September 10	TBA	Northern Colorado*	Shotwell Stadium • Abilene, TX		–
September 17	TBA	at Houston Baptist	Husky Stadium • Houston, TX		–
September 24	6:00 PM	at Stephen F. Austin	Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX	ESPN3	–
October 1	TBA	Central Arkansas	Shotwell Stadium • Abilene, TX		–
October 8	TBA	Lamar	Shotwell Stadium • Abilene, TX		–
October 15	TBA	at Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX		–
October 22	TBA	Incarnate Word	Shotwell Stadium • Abilene, TX		–
October 29	TBA	at McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA		–
November 5	TBA	Northwestern State	Shotwell Stadium • Abilene, TX		–
November 12	TBA	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA		–
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

@Air Force

Abilene Christian at Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 3
Location: Falcon Stadium
Colorado Springs, CO
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–0	????	W/L 0–0

Northern Colorado

Northern Colorado at Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 10
Location: Shotwell Stadium
Abilene, TX
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–5	2015	L 36–40

@Houston Baptist

Abilene Christian at Houston Baptist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Huskies	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 17
Location: Husky Stadium
Houston, TX
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2015	W 49–21

@Stephen F. Austin

Abilene Christian at Stephen F. Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Lumberjacks	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 24
Location: Homer Bryce Stadium
Nacogdocnes, TX
Game start: TBA CDT

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–9	2015	W 35–32

Central Arkansas

Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 1
Location: Shotwell Stadium
Abilene, TX
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5–1	2015	L 14–42

Lamar

Lamar at Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 8
Location: Shotwell Stadium
Abilene, TX
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11	2015	L 28–44

@Sam Houston State

Abilene Christian at Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Bearkats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 15
Location: Bowers Stadium
Huntsville, TX
Game start: TBA CST

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–9	2015	L 21–49

Incarnate Word

Incarnate Word at Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 22
Location: Shotwell Stadium
Abilene, TX
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–0

2				-

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2015	L 20–25

@McNeese State

Abilene Christian at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 29
Location: Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2015	L 13–15

Northwestern State

This will be Abilene Christian's final game at Shotwell Stadium.

Northwestern State at Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	0	0	0
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 5
Location: Shotwell Stadium
Abilene, TX
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–5	2015	L 22–39

@Southeastern Louisiana

Abilene Christian at Southeastern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Lions	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 12
Location: Strawberry Stadium
Hammond, LA
Game start: TBA CDT

Sources:

Scoring summary

1				–

2				–

3				–

4				–

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2015	W 21–17

References

Abilene Christian Wildcats football

Venues	Shotwell Stadium (1959–2016) Wildcat Stadium (2017–future)

Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat (mascot)

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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National championship seasons in bold

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