2016 San Diego Toreros football team

2016 San Diego Toreros football
Pioneer Football League champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 7–45 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Pioneer Football League
Ranking
STATS	No. 24
FCS Coaches	No. 25
2016 record	10–2 (8–0 PFL)
Head coach	Dale Lindsey (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tanner Engstrand
Defensive coordinator	Steve Irvin
Home stadium	Torero Stadium (Capacity: 5,792)

2016 Pioneer Football League standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
San Diego $^		8	–	0					10	–	2
Dayton		7	–	1					9	–	2
Drake		6	–	2					7	–	4
Marist		5	–	3					5	–	6
Jacksonville		4	–	3					5	–	5
Campbell		3	–	4					5	–	5
Morehead State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Valparaiso		3	–	5					4	–	7
Butler		2	–	6					4	–	7
Stetson		2	–	6					4	–	7
Davidson		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 San Diego Toreros football team represented the University of San Diego during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dale Lindsey and played their home games at Torero Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 10–2, 8–0 in PFL play to be crowned PFL champions and earned the PFL's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Cal Poly in the first round, before losing in the second round to North Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 PM	Western New Mexico*		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 27–0	2,567
September 10	4:00 PM	at Cal Poly*		Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA	GoPoly	L 16–38	6,251
September 24	4:00 PM	Dayton		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 34–22	2,119
October 1	10:00 AM	at Butler		Butler Bowl • Indianapolis, IN	BAA	W 44–10	2,408
October 8	1:00 PM	Davidson		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 52–3	2,827
October 15	10:30 AM	at Drake		Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	BV	W 38–7	1,740
October 22	1:00 PM	Valparaiso		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 49–10	2,222
October 29	10:00 AM	at Marist		Leonidoff Field • Poughkeepsie, NY	RFN	W 27–3	1,604
November 5	4:00 PM	Universidad De Las Americas Puebla‡*		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 49–25	1,786
November 12	1:00 PM	Stetson		Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA	W.TV	W 42–7	2,288
November 19	9:00 AM	at Campbell		Barker–Lane Stadium • Buies Creek, NC	BSN	W 57–21	4,121
November 26	4:00 PM	at No. 21 Cal Poly*	No. 24	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 35–21	3,356
December 3	12:30 PM	at No. 4 North Dakota State*	No. 24	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 7–45	18,305
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

• Source: Schedule

‡ Exhibition game that does not effect overall record.

Game notes

Western New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	0	0	0
Toreros	3	7	10	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2015	W 45–21

at Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	0	13	0	3	16
Mustangs	10	7	14	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2014	L 3–34

Dayton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flyers	0	7	7	8	22
Toreros	7	0	14	13	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–16	2015	L 12–13

at Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	14	3	7	20	44
Bulldogs	0	0	3	7	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–5	2015	W 28–27

Davidson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	3	3
Toreros	28	14	10	0	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–2	2015	W 35–10

at Drake

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	17	14	0	38
Bulldogs	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–11	2015	W 27–0

Valparaiso

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	3	0	0	7	10
Toreros	14	14	14	7	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–5	2015	W 38–6

at Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	6	0	14	27
Red Foxes	0	3	0	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–0	2015	W 30–27

Universidad De Las Americas Puebla

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecas	7	0	10	8	25
Toreros	7	28	0	14	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

This was an exhibition game and had no effect on San Diego's overall record.

Stetson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hatters	7	0	0	0	7
Toreros	7	21	7	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2015	W 47–16

at Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	16	20	14	57
Fighting Camels	7	7	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2015	W 31–27

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Toreros	14	0	7	14	35
#21 Mustangs	0	7	7	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	9/10/2016	L 16–38

Second Round–North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Toreros	0	0	7	0	7
#4 Bison	7	14	7	17	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25

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