2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team

2016 Kentucky Wildcats football

Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Stoops (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Eddie Gran (1st year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Darin Hinshaw (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	DJ Eliot (4th year)
Home stadium	Commonwealth Stadium (Capacity: 61,000)

2016 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
Florida		0	–	0		0	–	0
Georgia		0	–	0		0	–	0
Kentucky		0	–	0		0	–	0
Missouri		0	–	0		0	–	0
South Carolina		0	–	0		0	–	0
Tennessee		0	–	0		0	–	0
Vanderbilt		0	–	0		0	–	0
Western Division
Alabama		0	–	0		0	–	0
Arkansas		0	–	0		0	–	0
Auburn		0	–	0		0	–	0
LSU		0	–	0		0	–	0
Mississippi State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Ole Miss		0	–	0		0	–	0
Texas A&M		0	–	0		0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team (variously "Kentucky", "UK", or "Wildcats") will represents the University of Kentucky in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats will compete in its 123rd season and 83rd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as part of its Eastern Division. The team will be led by head coach Mark Stoops, which he will be his fourth year coaching the team, and the Wildcats play will its home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.

Pre-season

Previous season

In 2015, the Wildcats lost six out of their last seven games after starting the season 4-1, completing their second year under Mark Stoops at 5-7 and 2-6 in the SEC (6th-East). They lost to in-state rival Louisville 24-38 to end the season, missing out on their fifth consecutive bowl game since the 2010 season.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops enters his fourth season as the Wildcat's head coach for the 2016 season. During his previous three seasons he led the Wildcats to an overall record of 12 wins and 24 losses.

On December 18, 2015 Offensive Coordinator Shannon Dawson announced he would not return to the program for the 2016 season as the offensive coordinator.^[1]^[2] In his place Kentucky hired Cincinnati offensive coordinator Eddie Gran as the assistant head coach of offense at Kentucky. Cincinnati quarterbacks coach Darin Hinshaw has also joined the UK staff as quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator.^[3]^[4]

Name	Position	Consecutive season at Kentucky in current position
Mark Stoops	Head coach	3rd
Eddie Gran	Offensive Coordinator, Running backs	1st
D.J. Eliot	Defensive Coordinator, Inside Linebackers	3rd
Steve Clinkscale	Defensive backs	1st
Jimmy Brumbaugh	Defensive Line	3rd
Tommy Mainord	Wide receivers	3rd
Vince Marrow	Tight Ends, Recruiting Coordinator	3rd
John Schlarman	Offensive Line	3rd
Darin Hinshaw	Quarterbacks	1st
Corey Edmond	Strength and Conditioning	1st
Reference:

2016 Signing Class

Schedule

Kentucky announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats will host SEC foes Georgia, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt, and will travel to Alabama, Florida, Missouri, and Tennessee.^[5]

The team will host three out of four of its non–conference games which are against Austin Peay from the Ohio Valley Conference, New Mexico State Aggies from the Sun Belt Conference, Louisville from the Atlantic Coast Conference, and Southern Miss Golden Eagles from Conference USA.

Date	Opponent^#	Site
September 1	Southern Miss*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY
September 10	at Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
September 17	New Mexico State*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY
September 24	South Carolina	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY
October 1	at Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL
October 8	Vanderbilt	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)
October 22	Mississippi State	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)
October 29	at Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO
November 5	Georgia	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY
November 12	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)
November 19	Austin Peay*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY
November 26	at Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[6]

Rankings

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	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

↑ Hale, Jon (December 18, 2015). "Shannon Dawson out as Kentucky OC". The Courier-Journal (Louisville). Retrieved December 18, 2015.
↑ Smith, Jennifer (December 18, 2015). "Kentucky's Shannon Dawson won't return next season". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
↑ Hale, Jon (December 19, 2014). "Gran, Hinshaw join Kentucky football staff". The Courier-Journal (Louisville). Retrieved April 10, 2015.
↑ Smith, Jennifer (December 29, 2015). "UK football hires Cincinnati's Eddie Gran to be assistant head coach of the offense". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
↑ "Football's 2016 Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of Kentucky Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
↑ "2016 Kentucky Wildcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 27, 2015.

Kentucky Wildcats football

Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Commonwealth Stadium (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Indiana Louisville (Governor's Cup) Mississippi State Tennessee Transylvania Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band Thin Thirty 2003 Arkansas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 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

National championship seasons in bold

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