2016 Monmouth Hawks football team

The 2016 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 24th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field. Monmouth finished the season 4–7 overall and 0–5 in Big South play to place sixth.

2016 Big South Conference football standings
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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	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	W 23–21	4,828
September 10	5:00 p.m.	at Delaware State*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	W 34–20	2,454
September 17	3:30 p.m.	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	L 7–27	14,265
September 24	1:00 p.m.	No. 12 Charleston Southern	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 7–35	2,801
October 1	1:00 p.m.	Fordham*	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 42–41 ^OT	2,847
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Howard*	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	W 59–27	453
October 13	7:00 p.m.	at Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN3	L 13–17	2,350
October 22	3:30 p.m.	at Liberty	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	L 28–52	16,687
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 17–49	3,869
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Coastal Carolina*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	L 17–38	7,123
November 19	1:30 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN3	L 33–34 ^OT	3,380
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	7	9	23
Mountain Hawks	0	0	7	14	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	7	10	10	7	34
Hornets	0	0	13	7	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	0	7	7
Golden Flashes	3	10	7	7	27

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

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Rams	13	14	0	7	7	41
Hawks	3	10	7	14	8	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	10	21	21	7	59
Bison	7	7	6	7	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	6	0	13
Blue Hose	0	7	3	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	14	7	28
Flames	14	17	7	14	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	14	21	7	49
Hawks	3	14	0	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	10	7	0	0	17
#18 Chanticleers	3	7	14	14	38

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Hawks	0	7	6	14	6	33
Runnin' Bulldogs	3	7	10	7	7	34