American college football season
The 2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 2:00 pm | Rocky Mountain (MT)* | | WBS | W 56–27 | 4,319 |
September 10 | 5:00 pm | at Abilene Christian* | | ACUSports | W 55–52 | 8,348 |
September 17 | 2:05 pm | at Colorado State* | | RTRM | L 21–47 | 26,718 |
October 1 | 1:05 pm | Northern Arizona | - Nottingham Field
- Greeley, CO
| CET | W 21–18 | 5,478 |
October 8 | 2:05 pm | at No. 4 Eastern Washington | | WBS | L 31–49 | 10,924 |
October 15 | 3:00 pm | at UC Davis | | WBS | L 21–34 | 6,251 |
October 22 | 1:05 pm | Sacramento State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Nottingham Field
- Greeley, CO
| CET | W 27–19 | 5,232 |
October 29 | 3:30 pm | at Portland State | | WBS | W 56–49 OT | 3,446 |
November 5 | 12:05 pm | No. 16 North Dakota | - Nottingham Field
- Greeley, CO
| CET | L 13–23 | 4,322 |
November 12 | 12:05 pm | No. 18 Montana | - Nottingham Field
- Greeley, CO
| CET | W 28–25 | 5,128 |
November 19 | 7:05 pm | at No. 21 Cal Poly | | WBS | L 48–55 | 6,863 |
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Rocky Mountain (MT)
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Battlin' Bears | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
Bears | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 56 |
At Abilene Christian
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 21 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 |
Wildcats | 7 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 52 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
Rams | 21 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 47 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lumberjacks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
Bears | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
At Eastern Washington
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
#4 Eagles | 3 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 49 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Aggies | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Hornets | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
Bears | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
Bears | 3 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
Vikings | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 49 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#16 Fighting Hawks | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#18 Grizzlies | 3 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 25 |
Bears | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 7 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 48 |
#21 Mustangs | 21 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 55 |
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