2016 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

2016 Fresno State Bulldogs football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
Record	1–11 (0–8 MW)
Head coach	Tim DeRuyter (5th season; first eight games) Eric Kiesau (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Kiesau (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Lorenzo Ward (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Bulldog Stadium
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
Wyoming xy		6	–	2					8	–	6
Boise State x		6	–	2					10	–	3
New Mexico x		6	–	2					9	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3					10	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Utah State		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
No. 25 San Diego State xy$		6	–	2					11	–	3
Hawaii		4	–	4					7	–	7
Nevada		3	–	5					5	–	7
San Jose State		3	–	5					4	–	8
UNLV		3	–	5					4	–	8
Fresno State		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: San Diego State 27, Wyoming 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Tim DeRuyter, but he was fired on October 23 after the team opened the season 1–7; offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[1] The team played its home games at Bulldog Stadium and were members of the Mountain West Conference, in the West Division. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	5:00 pm	at Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 10–43	90,013
September 10	7:00 pm	Sacramento State*	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA		W 31–3	31,817
September 17	12:00 pm	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 17–52	19,379
September 24	1:30 pm	Tulsa*	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	MW Net	L 41–48 2OT	23,273
October 1	7:30 pm	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSSN	L 20–45	17,811
October 8	4:00 pm	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	L 22–27	22,411
October 14	7:00 pm	San Diego State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	CBSSN	L 3–17	24,731
October 22	7:30 pm	at Utah State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	CBSSN	L 20��38	15,067
October 28	7:30 pm	Air Force	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPN2	L 21–31	25,197
November 5	12:30 pm	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	RTRM	L 0–37	23,187
November 19	4:00 pm	Hawaii	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (Golden Screwdriver)	MW Net	L 13–14	26,951
November 26	12:30 pm	San Jose State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (Valley Cup)	CBSSN	L 14–16	20,991
*Non-conference game All times are in Pacific time

Source^[2]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	0	0	10
Cornhuskers	7	7	7	22	43

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	3	0	0	3
Bulldogs	7	3	0	21	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	7	10	17
Rockets	14	10	14	14	52

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Golden Hurricane	0	21	7	13	0	7	48
Bulldogs	21	10	3	7	0	0	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	10	3	20
Rebels	0	21	10	14	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	6	0	7	9	22
Wolf Pack	7	14	0	6	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	3	7	7	0	17
Bulldogs	0	0	3	0	3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	3	3	20
Aggies	7	10	7	14	38

Head coach Tim DeRuyter was fired the following day and replaced by offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau.^[1]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	10	14	31
Bulldogs	7	7	7	0	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
Rams	10	13	14	0	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	0	7	14
Bulldogs	0	7	3	3	13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	6	3	16
Bulldogs	0	14	0	0	14