The 2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Jamey Chadwell and played their home games at Buccaneer Field . They were a member of the Big South Conference . They finished the season 7–4, 4–1 in Big South play to share the conference championship with Liberty . They received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Wofford in the first round.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 27 7:30 pm at No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 7 ESPN L 17–24 OT 18,881
September 3 11:45 am Kentucky State * No. 7 ESPN3 W 57–71,780
September 10 12:30 pm at No. 3 (FBS ) Florida State * No. 7 ACCRSN L 8–5275,831
September 24 1:00 pm at Monmouth No. 12 ESPN3 W 35–72,801
October 1 6:00 pm at No. 14 Coastal Carolina * No. 10 ESPN3 W 59–58 2OT 10,213
October 8 11:45 am Albany State No. 8 Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC ESPN3 canceled [a]
October 22 3:00 pm Presbyterian No. 9 Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC ESPN3 W 38–35,375
October 29 11:45 am Bucknell * No. 9 Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC ESPN3 W 49–282,356
November 5 11:45 am Gardner–Webb No. 8 Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC ASN L 10–171,603
November 12 3:30 pm at No. 25 Liberty No. 14 ESPN3 W 48–2621,712
November 19 11:45 am Kennesaw State No. 14 Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC ESPN3 W 28–72,446
November 26 1:00 pm at No. 19 Wofford * No. 10 ESPN3 L 14–152,605
^[a] The game between Charleston Southern and Albany State was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew .[1] A future date for the game has not yet been announced.
Game summaries
at North Dakota State
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
#7 Buccaneers
0
3
7
7 0
17
#1 Bison
0
3
7
7 7
24
Kentucky State
1
2
3
4
Total
Thorobreds
0
7
0
0
7
#7 Buccaneers
22
21
7
7
57
at Florida State
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Buccaneers
0
6
0
2
8
#3 (FBS ) Seminoles
28
7
14
3
52
at Monmouth
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Buccaneers
0
7
14
14
35
Hawks
0
0
7
0
7
at Coastal Carolina
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
#10 Buccaneers
7
16
7
15 7 7
59
#14 Chanticleers
21
0
10
14 7 6
58
Albany State
The game between Charleston Southern and Albany State was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew .
Presbyterian
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hose
0
3
0
0
3
#9 Buccaneers
0
21
14
3
38
Bucknell
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
7
7
7
7
28
#9 Buccaneers
7
14
21
7
49
Gardner–Webb
1
2
3
4
Total
Runnin' Bulldogs
0
0
7
10
17
#8 Buccaneers
7
0
0
3
10
Liberty
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Flames
6
0
6
14
26
#14 Buccaneers
7
24
7
10
48
Kennesaw State
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
7
0
0
7
#14 Buccaneers
14
7
0
7
28
FCS Playoffs
First Round–Wofford
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Buccaneers
7
0
7
0
14
#19 Terriers
0
8
7
0
15
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. — = Not ranked. Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 7 7 12 12 10 8 9 9 9 8 14 14 10 15 Coaches 6 7 12 11 8 8 8 9 9 9 14 13 10 14 FCS Playoffs Not released 9 — — Not released
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