2016 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

2016 Western Illinois Leathernecks football

Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2016 record	6–5 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach	Charlie Fisher (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Malone (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	David Elsen (1st year)
Home stadium	Hanson Field (Capacity: 17,128)

2016 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1		11	–	1
#7 South Dakota State +^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#13 Youngstown State ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
Illinois State ^		4	–	4		6	–	6
Northern Iowa		4	–	4		5	–	6
Western Illinois		3	–	5		6	–	5
South Dakota		3	–	5		4	–	7
Missouri State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Indiana State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Southern Illinois		2	–	6		4	–	7

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

The 2016 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represents Western Illinois University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first year head coach Charlie Fisher and play their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for sixth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 PM	at Eastern Illinois*	No. 20	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	OVCDN WEIU	W 38–21	7,618
September 10	3:00 PM	No. 19 Northern Arizona*	No. 18	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	W 34–20	6,732
September 24	2:30 PM	at Northern Illinois*	No. 13	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 28–23	15,496
October 1	6:00 PM	at No. 15 South Dakota State	No. 8	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 14–52	14,155
October 8	3:00 PM	Indiana State	No. 13	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	W 36–35	5,487
October 15	2:00 PM	at Missouri State	No. 12	Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO	ESPN3	W 38–35	12,639
October 22	6:00 PM	No. 4 North Dakota State	No. 12	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 13–21	5,329
October 29	2:00 PM	at South Dakota	No. 13	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN3 Midco SN	W 35–34	8,412
November 5	1:00 PM	Illinois State	No. 12	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 26–31	3,589
November 12	1:00 PM	Northern Iowa	No. 19	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 23–30	3,412
November 19	2:00 PM	at Southern Illinois	No. 23	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	L 34–44	5,362
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Leathernecks	14	10	7	7	38
Panthers	7	0	14	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–21–4	2015	WIU, 33–5

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Lumberjacks	13	0	7	0	20
#18 Leathernecks	3	10	14	7	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1967	NAU, 34–0

at Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Leathernecks	14	0	14	0	28
Huskies	0	7	0	16	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–21–1	2009	NIU, 41–7

Western Illinois beat Northern Illinois, 28–23. The Leathernecks were leading 28–7 in the third quarter and held on for the win. WIU quarterback Sean McGuire went 21 for 37 for 315 yards. Wide receiver Joey Borsellino had nine catches for 148 yards. This was Western's first-ever victory over an FBS team.^[1]

at South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Leathernecks	14	0	0	0	14
#15 Jackrabbits	7	21	24	0	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2015	WIU, 40–21

Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	7	7	21	0	35
#13 Leathernecks	0	20	7	9	36

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–15	2015	WIU, 37–30

at Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Leathernecks	10	7	14	7	38
Bears	0	7	7	21	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–17–1	2013	MSU, 38–27

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Bison	7	14	0	0	21
#12 Leathernecks	3	3	7	0	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5	2015	NDSU, 59–7

at South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Leathernecks	14	0	14	7	35
Coyotes	17	14	0	3	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2015	WIU, 40–21

Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redbirds	14	7	7	3	31
#12 Leathernecks	0	16	3	7	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
50–45–3	2015 FCS Playoffs	ILST, 36–19

Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	6	7	10	30
#19 Leathernecks	0	3	6	14	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–30	2015	WIU, 24–19

at Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Leathernecks	3	21	7	3	34
Salukis	14	0	10	20	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35–22–4	2015	WIU, 37–36

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	20	18	16	13	8	13	12	12	13	12	19	23	RV
Coaches	24	18	16	13	8–T	14	13	13	15	14	19	24	RV

References

↑ Severson, Jesse (September 24, 2016). "NIU Football: Western Illinois Shocks Huskies; NIU Drops to 0-4". Daily Chronicle. DeKalb. Retrieved September 26, 2016. For the Leathernecks, who came in ranked No. 13 in the FCS coaches poll, it is the first win over an FBS school in 15 attempts. "We saw teams in our conference do it, North Dakota State beat Iowa, and we said why not us?" Western Illinois wide receiver Joey Borsellino said.

Western Illinois Leathernecks football

Venues	Hanson Field (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Colonel Rock Rocky "We're Marching On" WIU Marching Leathernecks

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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