2016 Olivet Comets football team
| 2016 Olivet Comets football | |
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MIAA champion | |
2016 NCAA Division III First Round, L 12–37 at John Carroll | |
| Conference | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 9–2 (6–0 MIAA) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dan Musielewicz (5th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Warren Maloney (4th season) |
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| Home stadium | Cutler Athletic Complex |
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| $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hope | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trine | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kalamazoo | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albion | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Olivet Comets football team, sometimes known as Team 116 in reference to the 116th season of the Olivet Comets football program, was an American football team that represented Olivet College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 2016 NCAA Division III football season. Led by Dan Pifer in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Comets compiled an overall record of 9–2 with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, winning the MIAA title.[1][2] Olivet advanced to the NCAA Division III football championship playoffs, where the Comets lost in the first round to John Carroll. The team won the MIAA championship outright for the first time since 1974 and at least a share of the conference title for the second consecutive year, the first time Olivet won back-to-back titles since 1913 and 1914. The title was the 12th in program history, and the nine wins tied the single-season record set in 2015.
In December 2016, Pifer left Olivet to become thee head football coach at Walsh University. In January 2017, offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator Dan Musielewicz was hired as the new head coach for the Comets.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at St. John Fisher* | L 10–52 | 2,566 | ||
| September 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Emhurst* |
| Comet Sports Network | W 27–13 | 1,005 |
| September 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wisconsin Lutheran* |
| W 30–7 | 538 | |
| October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Hope |
| W 15–13 | 1,874 | |
| October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | Kalamazoo |
| Comet Sports Network | W 35–6 | 6,175 |
| October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at Albion |
| W 31–14 | 3,522 | |
| October 22 | 1:00 p.m. | Benedictine (IL)* |
| Comet Sports Network | W 54–48 OT | 1,085 |
| October 29 | 1:00 p.m. | Alma |
| Comet Sports Network | W 36–30 | 2,005 |
| November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Adrian |
| W 44–37 | 2,775 | |
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Trine |
| Comet Sports Network | W 44–27 | 4,025 |
| November 19 | 12:05 p.m. | at No. 6 John Carroll* | L 12–37 | 1,926 | ||
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Broadcasting
Radio broadcasting for the Comets was aired by 89.1 The One WOCR FM with play-by-play provided by sports director Matt Scher and color analysis by Zach Sturgill. The games could be heard on the radio and on wocrfm.com. A first for Olivet football, home games were broadcast on the Comet Sports Network produced by Visual Premier Productions, LLC. with audio simulcasted from WOCR's broadcast. The Comet Sports Network broadcasts were streamed through YouTube.
References
- ^ "2016 MIAA standings". D3sports.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "MIAA Record Book 2020–21" (PDF). Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. p. 7. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "2016 Olivet College Football Results". University of Olivet. Retrieved December 22, 2016.