The 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Mike Sanford Sr. in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for eighth in the MVFC. Indiana State played home games at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana.
On December 16, Sanford resigned to join the staff at Western Kentucky, where his son, Mike Sanford Jr., had recently been named head coach. He left Indiana State with a four-year record of 18–30.
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At Minnesota
At Southeast Missouri State
Illinois State
Missouri State
At Western Illinois
South Dakota
At Southern Illinois
At Youngstown State
Northern Iowa
At North Dakota State
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