2016 Monmouth Hawks football team

2016 Big South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Charleston Southern +^	4	–	1	7	–	4
Liberty +	4	–	1	6	–	5
Kennesaw State	3	–	2	8	–	3
Gardner–Webb	3	–	2	5	–	6
Presbyterian	1	–	4	2	–	9
Monmouth	0	–	5	4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 24th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field. Monmouth finished the season 4–7 overall and 0–5 in Big South play to place sixth.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	W 23–21	4,828
September 10	5:00 p.m.	at Delaware State*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	W 34–20	2,454
September 17	3:30 p.m.	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	L 7–27	14,265
September 24	1:00 p.m.	No. 12 Charleston Southern	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 7–35	2,801
October 1	1:00 p.m.	Fordham*	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 42–41 ^OT	2,847
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Howard*	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	W 59–27	453
October 13	7:00 p.m.	at Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN3	L 13–17	2,350
October 22	3:30 p.m.	at Liberty	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	L 28–52	16,687
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 17–49	3,869
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Coastal Carolina*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	L 17–38	7,123
November 19	1:30 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN3	L 33–34 ^OT	3,380
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	7	9	23
Mountain Hawks	0	0	7	14	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	7	10	10	7	34
Hornets	0	0	13	7	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	0	7	7
Golden Flashes	3	10	7	7	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Buccaneers	0	7	14	14	35
Hawks	0	0	7	0	7

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Rams	13	14	0	7	7	41
Hawks	3	10	7	14	8	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	10	21	21	7	59
Bison	7	7	6	7	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	6	0	13
Blue Hose	0	7	3	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	14	7	28
Flames	14	17	7	14	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	14	21	7	49
Hawks	3	14	0	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	10	7	0	0	17
#18 Chanticleers	3	7	14	14	38

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Hawks	0	7	6	14	6	33
Runnin' Bulldogs	3	7	10	7	7	34