2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team

The 2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Rob Sgarlata, the Hoyas compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 0–6 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams in the Patriot League. Georgetown played home games at Cooper Field in Washington, D.C.

2016 Patriot League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Lehigh $^	6	–	0	9	–	3
Fordham	5	–	1	8	–	3
Colgate	4	–	2	5	–	5
Bucknell	3	–	3	4	–	7
Holy Cross	2	–	4	4	–	7
Lafayette	1	–	5	2	–	9
Georgetown	0	–	6	3	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 pm	Davidson*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	PLN	W 38–14	1,863
September 10	6:00 pm	at Marist*	Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY		W 20–17	2,133
September 24	2:00 pm	Columbia*	Cooper Field Washington, DC (Lou Little Cup)	PLN	W 17–14	2,367
September 30	7:00 pm	at No. 25 Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN3	L 17–31	7,138
October 8	1:00 pm	Princeton*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	PLN	L 17–31	2,263
October 15	2:00 pm	Lehigh	Cooper Field Washington, DC	PLN	L 3–35	2,455
October 22	1:00 pm	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLN	L 14–17	8,231
October 29	12:30 pm	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	PLN, WBPH-TV	L 3–17	4,878
November 5	1:00 pm	Holy Cross	Cooper Field Washington, DC	PLN	L 20–21	1,710
November 12	3:30 pm	Bucknell	Cooper Field Washington, DC	PLN	L 7–21	1,371
November 19	1:00 pm	at Colgate	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLN	L 10–38	4,223
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	7	0	7	14
Hoyas	0	17	21	0	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	3	3	7	7	20
Red Foxes	10	0	7	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	7	7	14
Hoyas	10	7	0	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	7	0	0	10	17
#25 Crimson	14	10	0	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	7	10	0	31
Hoyas	7	7	3	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	7	14	7	35
Hoyas	0	3	0	0	3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	7	7	0	0	14
Rams	14	0	0	3	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	3	0	0	3
Leopards	3	0	14	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	14	7	0	0	21
Hoyas	7	10	3	0	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	7	7	7	21
Hoyas	0	0	7	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	3	0	7	10
Raiders	7	14	10	7	38

^ "Georgetown Hoyas Schedule 2016". ESPN. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
^ "2016 Football Schedule". Georgetown University Athletics. Retrieved August 14, 2023.