The 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Everett Withers. The Bobcats were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.
Preseason Sun Belt coaches poll The Sun Belt coaches preseason prediction poll was released on July 21, 2016. The Bobcats were predicted to finish tenth in the conference.
Sun Belt coaches poll 1 Appalachian State 114 (5) 2 Arkansas State 110 (5) 3 Georgia Southern 98 (1) 4 Georgia State 735 Louisiana–Lafayette 70 Troy 7 South Alabama 62 8 Idaho 48 9 New Mexico State 37 10 Texas State 30 11 Louisiana–Monroe 14
Schedule Texas State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of six home and away games in the regular season. The Bobcats will host Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Troy, and will travel to Appalachian State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, and New Mexico State. Texas State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Georgia Southern and South Alabama.
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Houston from the American Athletic Conference (ACC) and Incarnate Word from the Southland Conference, and two road games against Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Ohio from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
Game summaries
At Ohio
At Arkansas
Houston
Incarnate Word
At Georgia State
At Louisiana–Monroe
Louisiana–Lafayette
At Appalachian State
Idaho
At New Mexico State
Troy
Arkansas State
Coaching staff On January 6, 2016, Everett Withers accepted the position of head coach at Texas State University. On July 18, 2016, Withers completed his staff for the 2016 season.
NamePositionYear Former Texas State positions heldAlma materEverett WithersHead coach2016Appalachian State 1985Brett ElliottOffensive coordinator/quarterbacks2016Linfield 2005Randall McCrayAssistant head coach/defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers2016Appalachian State 1991Parker FlemingWide receivers/special teams Coordinator2016Presbyterian 2010Adrian MayesOffensive line/Recruiting Coordinator2016Kansas 2008Ron AntoineRunning backs and Tight Ends2016Colorado State 1997Jules MontinarCornerbacks2016Eastern Kentucky 2009Troy DouglasSafeties2016Appalachian State 1988Tyler SantucciOutside linebackers2016Stony Brook 2010Antoine SmithDefensive line2016Maine 2001John StreicherDirector of football operations2016Ohio State 2012Michael GeorgeDirector of player personnel2016Washington University in St. Louis 2005Jeremy SmithDirector of Player Development2015Football Operations Intern 2014Houston 2011
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