2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Jamey Chadwell in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, sharing the Big South title with Liberty. Charleston Southern earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Buccaneers lost in the first round to Wofford. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.

2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Big South co-champion
NCAA Division I First Round, L 14–15 vs. Wofford
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 15
FCS Coaches	No. 14
Record	7–4 (4–1 Big South)
Head coach	Jamey Chadwell (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Gabe Giardina (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Chad Staggs (4th season)
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Big South Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Charleston Southern +^		4	–	1					7	–	4
Liberty +		4	–	1					6	–	5
Kennesaw State		3	–	2					8	–	3
Gardner–Webb		3	–	2					5	–	6
Presbyterian		1	–	4					2	–	9
Monmouth		0	–	5					4	–	7
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	7:30 pm	at No. 1 North Dakota State*	No. 7	Fargodome Fargo, ND (FCS Kickoff)	ESPN	L 17–24 OT	18,881
September 3	11:45 am	Kentucky State*	No. 7	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 57–7	1,780
September 10	12:30 pm	at No. 3 (FBS) Florida State*	No. 7	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ACCRSN	L 8–52	75,831
September 24	1:00 pm	at Monmouth	No. 12	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 35–7	2,801
October 1	6:00 pm	at No. 14 Coastal Carolina*	No. 10	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	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 38–3	5,375
October 29	11:45 am	Bucknell*	No. 9	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 49–28	2,356
November 5	11:45 am	Gardner–Webb	No. 8	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ASN	L 10–17	1,603
November 12	3:30 pm	at No. 25 Liberty	No. 14	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 48–26	21,712
November 19	11:45 am	Kennesaw State	No. 14	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 28–7	2,446
November 26	1:00 pm	at No. 19 Wofford*	No. 10	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 14–15	2,605
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^{^[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.

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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

See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team

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

See also: 2016 Florida State Seminoles football team

At Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Buccaneers	0	7	14	14	35
Hawks	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2016 Monmouth Hawks football team

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

See also: 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

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

See also: 2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	7	7	7	28
#9 Buccaneers	7	14	21	7	49

See also: 2016 Bucknell Bison football team

Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	7	10	17
#8 Buccaneers	7	0	0	3	10

See also: 2016 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Flames	6	0	6	14	26
#14 Buccaneers	7	24	7	10	48

See also: 2016 Liberty Flames football team

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	7	0	0	7
#14 Buccaneers	14	7	0	7	28

See also: 2016 Kennesaw State Owls football team

Wofford—NCAA Division I First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Buccaneers	7	0	7	0	14
#19 Terriers	0	8	7	0	15

See also: 2016 Wofford Terriers football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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

References

1. "Charleston Southern postpones football game, other events" (Press release). The Post and Carrier. October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
2. "Charleston Southern Buccaneers Schedule 2016". ESPN. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
3. "2016 Football". Charleston Southern University Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2022.