2016 San Jose State Spartans football team

The 2016 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by fourth-year head coach Ron Caragher and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the West Division.

2016 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record4–8 (3–5 MW)
Head coach
  • Ron Caragher (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorRon English (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCEFCU Stadium
2016 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

On November 27, head coach Ron Caragher was fired. Caragher finished at San Jose State with a four-year record of 19–30.

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