Florida Tech announced its 2016 football schedule on February 17, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Delta State , Mississippi College , North Alabama , and Valdosta State , and will travel to Shorter , West Alabama , West Florida , and West Georgia .[ 1]
The Panthers hosted only one non-conference game against Fort Valley State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travel to two against Newberry of the South Atlantic Conference and Presbyterian of the Big South Conference .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 p.m at Newberry * W 42–283,378
September 10 7:00 p.m. Mississippi College No. 22 W 41–03,056
September 17 7:00 p.m. at Shorter No. 19 ESPN3 W 40–01,150
September 24 7:00 p.m. at Presbyterian * No. 19 BSN W 28–73,290
October 1 7:00 p.m. at West Florida No. 16 ASN L 39–426,588
October 8 7:00 p.m. No. 11 North Alabama No. 23 Canceled [a]
October 15 1:00 p.m. Fort Valley State No. 20 W 48-143,034
October 22 3:00 p.m. West Alabama No. 19 L 35-453,034
October 29 7:00 p.m. No. 14 Valdosta State ESPN3 W 38-203,247
November 5 2:00 p.m. West Georgia W 45-215,132
November 12 2:00 p.m. Delta State ESPN3 W 42-164,026
November 19 12:00 p.m. North Greenville No. 23 L 13-271,480
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
^[a] The game between Florida Tech and North Alabama was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew .[ 2]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
14
13
8
42
Wolves
0
21
7
0
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Choctaws
0
0
0
0
0
Panthers
7
21
6
7
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
10
17
10
3
40
Hawks
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
7
7
7
28
Blue Hose
0
0
7
0
7
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
0
10
22
39
Argonauts
7
14
7
14
42
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
7
0
7
14
Panthers
13
28
7
0
48
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
14
0
14
7
35
Tigers
7
14
14
10
45
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
0
7
3
10
20
Panthers
10
7
0
21
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
14
10
14
45
Wolves
7
7
7
0
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
2
7
0
7
16
Panthers
14
14
7
7
42
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
3
0
14
10
27
Panthers
0
3
3
7
13
Awards and milestones
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Gulf South Conference honors
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Ten players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches, including a program-record six First Team members.[ 3]
Gulf South Conference All-Conference First Team
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Antwaun Haynes, RB/AP
Kenny Johnston, TE
Cory Sanicky, G
Adonis Davis, DL
Chris Stapleton, LB
Manny Abad, DB
Gulf South Conference All-Conference Second Team
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Trevor Sand, RB
Wayne Saunders II, WR
Joe Laguna, T
Kevin Delgado, G
Gulf South Conference offensive player of the week
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November 14: Antwuan Haynes [ 4]
Gulf South Conference defensive player of the week
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September 12: Adonis Davis [ 5]
September 26: Jo Jackson [ 6]
October 31: Tyler Rosenblatt [ 7]
November 7: Chris Stapleton [ 8]
Most rushing touchdowns in a season: 10, Antwuan Haynes and Trevor Sand
Most passing yards in a single game: 502, Mark Cato (October 22)
Most receiving yards in a single game: 185, Kenny Johnston (October 1)
Most interceptions in a single game: 2, Tyler Rosenblatt (October 29) and Jo Jackson (September 24th)
Most yards of total offense gained in a single game: 643 (October 22)
Fewest yards of total offense surrendered in a single game: 73 (September 17)
^ "FLORIDA TECH FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES 2016 SCHEDULE" (Press release). Florida Institute of Technology Department of Athletics. February 17, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016 .
^ "Florida Tech vs. North Alabama Football Game Canceled" . www.floridatechsports.com . Florida Institute of Technology Athletics. October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016 .
^ "Tucker and Donahue Headline GSC All-Conference Honors" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
^ "Football Players of the Week: November 7" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
^ "Football Players of the Week: September 12" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
^ "Football Players of the Week: September 26" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
^ "Football Players of the Week: October 31" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
^ "Football Players of the Week: November 7" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .