2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in eighth place.Schedule
at Purdue
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–1 | 2012 | L 6–48 |
Pikeville
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 3–0 | 1970 | W 13–12 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 53–19 | 2015 | W 48–17 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 23–3 | 2015 | W 27–10 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 23–5 | 2015 | W 45–21 |
Jacksonville State
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 6–7 | 2015 | W 34–0 |
at Tennessee–Martin
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 23–3 | 2015 | L 35–42 |
Murray State
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 45–26–4 | 2015 | W 41–34 2OT |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 43–5 | 2015 | W 51–13 |
Eastern Illinois
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 13–10 | 2015 | L 7–21 |
Roster
