2016 OFC Futsal Championship
Same as previous editions held on the same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the OFC representative.


2016 OFC Futsal Championship
Solomon Islands were crowned as champions for the fifth time on 13 February 2016, sealing their qualification to the World Cup.


2016 OFC Futsal Championship, Teams
A total of six OFC member national teams entered the tournament.


2016 OFC Futsal Championship, Venues
The matches were played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.


2016 OFC Futsal Championship, Matches
The tournament was played in round-robin format. There were three matches on each matchday. The draw for the fixtures was held on 16 December 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.


2016 OFC Futsal Championship, Winners
Solomon Islands qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup for the third consecutive time.


2016 OFC Futsal Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2016 OFC Nations Cup
The 2016 OFC Nations Cup was the 10th edition of the OFC Nations Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Oceania organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament was played between 28 May and 11 June 2016 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The winner (New Zealand) qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.


2016 OFC Nations Cup
Similar to the previous edition in 2012, the group stage of the tournament also doubled as the second round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament for the Oceania region. The top six teams of this tournament (i.e. the top three teams of each group in the group stage) advanced to the third round of World Cup qualifying, to be played between March and October 2017, with the winners of the third round proceeding to the inter-confederation play-offs in November 2017. This means that once again, the team that wins the qualifying competition and advances to the intercontinental play-off may be different from the team that wins the OFC Nations Cup and represents the OFC at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.


2016 OFC Nations Cup
The defending champions Tahiti, who had won their first title at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, were eliminated in the Group stage.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Host selection
Tahiti, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand were expected to bid to host the event. On 16 October 2015, OFC President David Chung confirmed that Papua New Guinea was the only member association to present a bid to host the 2016 OFC Nations Cup. The OFC confirmed Papua New Guinea as hosts on 30 October 2015.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Qualification
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the OFC Nations Cup. The seven highest ranked teams (based on FIFA World Ranking and sporting reasons) among the 11 OFC entrants automatically qualified.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Qualification
The 4 teams which competed in the qualification round of the 2012 tournament – American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga – once again competed in a preliminary round. This was a round-robin tournament, held in one location (Tonga). The winners of the tournament, Samoa, qualified to compete alongside the remaining 7 Oceania nations.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Format
The format of the OFC Nations Cup was as follows:


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Format
The OFC had considered different proposals of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup. A previous proposal adopted by the OFC in October 2014 had the eight teams divided into two groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches in the second round, followed by the top two teams of each group advancing to the third round to play in a single group of home-and-away round-robin matches to decide the winner of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup which would both qualify to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. However, it was later reported in April 2015 that the OFC had reversed its decision, and the 2016 OFC Nations Cup will be played as a one-off tournament similar to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Venues
The tournament was played at a single venue in Port Moresby.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Officials
10 referees and 12 assistant referees were named for the tournament.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Draw
The draw for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Draw
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2015 (shown in parentheses). The eight teams were seeded into two pots:


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Draw
Each group contained two teams from Pot 1 and two teams from Pot 2. As the draw was held before the first round was played, the identity of the first round winner was not known at the time of the draw. The fixtures of each group were decided based on the draw position of each team (teams in Pot 1 drawn to position 1 or 2, teams in Pot 2 drawn to position 3 or 4).


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Draw
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup qualifying third round.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Knockout stage
If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner. All times are local, UTC+10.


2016 OFC Nations Cup, Goalscorers
There were 48 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Final
The 2016 OFC Nations Cup Final was a football match that took place on 11 June 2016 at the Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby. It was the final match of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, the 10th edition of the OFC Nations Cup, a competition for national teams in Oceania.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Final
It was contested between New Zealand and hosts Papua New Guinea. It was New Zealand's 5th final, previously having won three of them as well as a fourth title in the round robin system used in the 2008 edition. It was Papua New Guinea's first appearance in a final of the competition. In the group stage, New Zealand topped Group B without dropping a point while Papua New Guinea won Group A on goal difference with two draws and a win. In the semi-finals New Zealand beat New Caledonia 1–0 and Papua New Guinea beat Solomon Islands 2–1.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Final
Neither team managed to score in 90 minutes so the game went to extra time. The 30 minutes of extra time produced no goals, so the game went to penalties. Papua New Guinea's Koriak Upaiga was first to miss in the shootout. After three penalties each, the score was 3–2 to New Zealand. The next penalty for both teams was missed with Jeremy Brockie for New Zealand and Raymond Gunemba for Papua New Guinea both missing their spot kicks. This left Marco Rojas with the opportunity to seal the game for New Zealand. He did so and in doing so qualified his nation for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. The 2016 final was the first OFC Nations Cup final to be decided on penalties.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Final, Background
New Zealand were playing in their 5th OFC Nations Cup final, having won in 1973, 1998 and 2002 and having lost in 2000. They had also won the competition in 2008 when the winner was decided in a round-robin system. Papua New Guinea were featuring in their first OFC Nations Cup final. In their three previous OFC Nations Cup participations before 2016, they didn't get out of the group stage.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Final, Background
The two nations had met in official FIFA matches four times before the 2016 OFC Nations Cup Final. The first two matches were in 1997 as part of the second round of  Oceanian 1988 FIFA World Cup qualification. The first game was in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and Papua New Guinea won 1–0 with Francis Niakuam scoring the winning goal. In the return match held in Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand won 7–0. New Zealand ended up topping the qualification group and progressing to the final stage while Papua New Guinea finished bottom of the group.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Final, Background
The third match between the two nations was in the 2002 OFC Nations Cup and New Zealand won 9–1. The fourth and most recent game between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea before the 2016 OFC Nations Cup final, was in Group B of the 2012 OFC Nations Cup. New Zealand won 2–1 and that meant they led the head-to-head record between themselves and Papua New Guinea 3–1 before the 2016 OFC Nations Cup Final.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A
Group A of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup took place from 29 May to 5 June 2016. The group consisted of New Caledonia, hosts Papua New Guinea, Samoa and defending champions Tahiti.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A, Matches, Papua New Guinea vs New Caledonia
Assistant referees:Mark Rule (New Zealand)Tevita Makasini (Tonga)Fourth official:Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A, Matches, Tahiti vs Samoa
Assistant referees:Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)Johnny Erick Niabo (Solomon Islands)Fourth official:George Time (Solomon Islands)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A, Matches, Papua New Guinea vs Tahiti
Assistant referees:Mark Rule (New Zealand)Avinesh Narayan (Fiji)Fourth official:Matthew Conger (New Zealand)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A, Matches, Samoa vs Papua New Guinea
Assistant referees:Hilmon Sese (Vanuatu)Johnny Erick Niabo (Solomon Islands)Fourth official:George Time (Solomon Islands)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B
Group B of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup took place from 28 May to 4 June 2016. The group consisted of Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B, Matches, New Zealand vs Fiji
Assistant referees:Philippe Revel (Tahiti)Noah Kusunan (Papua New Guinea)Fourth official:Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B, Matches, Vanuatu vs Solomon Islands
Assistant referees:Folio Moeaki (Tonga)Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia)Fourth official:Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B, Matches, Vanuatu vs New Zealand
Assistant referees:Norman Bafinu Sali (Papua New Guinea)John Pareanga (Cook Islands)Fourth official:Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B, Matches, Solomon Islands vs Fiji
Assistant referees:Tevita Makasini (Tonga)Folio Moeaki (Tonga)Fourth official:Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B, Matches, Fiji vs Vanuatu
Assistant referees:Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia)John Pareanga (Cook Islands)Fourth official:Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)


2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B, Matches, New Zealand vs Solomon Islands
Assistant referees:Philippe Revel (Tahiti)Folio Moeaki (Tonga)Fourth official:Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea)


2016 OFC Nations Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup began on 8 June with the semi-finals and end on 11 June 2016 with the final at Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby.


2016 OFC Nations Cup knockout stage, Format
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.


2016 OFC Nations Cup knockout stage, Format
The OFC set out the following matchups for the semi-finals:


2016 OFC Nations Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for the knockout stage.


2016 OFC Nations Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands
Assistant referees:Tevita Makasini (Tonga)Mark Rule (New Zealand)Fourth official:Nick Waldron (New Zealand)


2016 OFC Nations Cup squads
For the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, the 8 participating national teams had to submit squads of 23 players – of which three had to be goalkeepers.


2016 OFC Nations Cup squads
The age listed for each player is on 28 May 2016, the first day of the tournament. The number of caps listed for each player does not include any matches played after the start of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament.


2016 OFC Nations Cup squads, Group B, New Zealand
The final squad was announced on 12 May 2016. On 22 May, midfielder Clayton Lewis was replaced by striker Jeremy Brockie, following a possible drugs violation. On 24 May, forward Shane Smeltz was replaced by midfielder Luka Prelevic following an injury.


2016 OFC Nations Cup squads, Player representation, By club nationality
Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
The 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands between 13–23 January 2016. The tournament, which returned after the previous edition in 2014 was cancelled, was originally scheduled to be held between 13–28 September 2015.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the OFC representative.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
New Zealand were crowned as champions for the third consecutive time on 24 January 2016, sealing their qualification to the World Cup.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, Teams
A total of nine OFC member national teams entered the tournament.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, Venue
The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field and Takitumu School in Matavera.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 19 October 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The nine teams were divided into one group of five teams and one group of four teams, with each group played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, Group stage
After the withdrawal of the Solomon Islands from the tournament, the Group A fixtures were re-drawn on 3 November 2015 at the OFC Headquarters. As a result, the tournament also starts four days later from its original start date of 9 January 2016.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, Winners
New Zealand qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup for the fifth consecutive time.


2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship
The 2016 OFC U-20 Championship was the 21st edition of the OFC U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 19 and below (despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship). This year, the tournament was held in Vanuatu for the first time by itself (second time overall).


2016 OFC U-20 Championship
Despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship, the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age. So players who wanted to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 1997. At an OFC Executive Committee meeting held at its Auckland headquarters in November 2013 the competition format was modified. The competition was brought forward a year and the age limit was lowered to 19 years of age. The changes were made in order to allow the winner of the competition plenty of time for preparation and player development for upcoming World Cups at Under 20 level.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship
In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup. So the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship, Teams
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship, First round
The preliminary tournament was hosted by Tonga between 21 and 27 June 2016. The winner qualified for the final tournament.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship, First round
Four referees and four assistant referees were named for the preliminary round of the tournament.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship, Second round
The final tournament was scheduled for 3–17 September 2016 (originally 19–26 September 2016). Vanuatu were announced as the host in December 2015.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship, Second round
The draw was held on 22 June 2016. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Vanuatu were assigned to position A1 in the draw. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship, Awards
The Golden Ball Award is awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award is awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship squads
The 2016 OFC U-20 Championship was the 21st edition of the OFC U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship squads
Players in boldface had been capped at full international level prior to the start of the tournament.


2016 OFC U-20 Championship squads, Second round
The squads were published by Oceania Football Confederation on 23 August 2016.


2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which women's national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament.


2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The tournament consisted of two stages. The first stage was the Pacific Games women's football tournament, where the highest-ranked team who is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) advanced to the second stage. The second stage was a two-legged play-off between the first stage qualifier and New Zealand, OFC's highest ranked team in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. The winner of the second stage qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil.


2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
New Zealand qualified for their third straight Olympics after the second leg of their final play-off against Papua New Guinea was cancelled due to visa issues preventing Papua New Guinea's team from travelling to New Zealand for the match.


2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Teams
A total of eight OFC member national teams entered the tournament.


2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, First stage
The 2015 Pacific Games women's football tournament, held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea between 6–16 July 2015 as part of the 2015 Pacific Games, doubled as the first stage of the qualifying tournament. The gold medal was won by Papua New Guinea, who advanced to the second stage.


2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Second stage
Papua New Guinea, who advanced from the first stage, and New Zealand, who received a bye to this stage, played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The draw for the order of legs was held on 16 November 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The matches were originally to be played in October 2015, but were later moved to January 2016.


2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Second stage
1 The match was scratched and New Zealand qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as Papua New Guinea was unable to travel to New Zealand for the second leg due to visa issues.


2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Winners
New Zealand qualified for the Olympic football tournament for the third consecutive time.


2016 OKC Energy FC season
The 2016 Oklahoma City Energy FC season is the club's third season in existence, and their third  season playing in the USL, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2016 OKC Energy FC season, Background
This is the second season where Oklahoma City Energy FC plays its full season at Taft Stadium. KSBI-TV will air all Energy FC matches this season. Energy FC qualified for the playoffs again this season as a 7th seed but lost to Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 in the Conference Semi Finals.


2016 OKC Energy FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Oklahoma City Energy FC will enter Open Cup in the Second Round.


2016 ONE Pro Cycling season
The 2016 season for the ONE Pro Cycling cycling team began in January at the New Zealand Cycle Classic. ONE Pro is a British-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participated in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI WorldTour events.


2016 Oakland Athletics season
The 2016 Oakland Athletics season was the 49th for the franchise in Oakland (all at Oakland Coliseum), as well as the 116th in club history. They finished the season in last place in the American League Western Division.


2016 Oakland Raiders season
The 2016 Oakland Raiders season was the 57th overall of the Oakland Raiders franchise, the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, their 22nd season since their return to Oakland, and the second under head coach Jack Del Rio. The Raiders improved on a 7–9 campaign in 2015 and finished with a winning record for the first time since 2002, finishing the regular season with a 12–4 record.


2016 Oakland Raiders season
The Raiders, with their Week 15 win over the San Diego Chargers, clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2002, ending their 14-year playoff drought. The Raiders finished the season tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC West division title, but lost the tiebreaker due to a head-to-head sweep.


2016 Oakland Raiders season
In a Week 16 game against the Indianapolis Colts, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr suffered a broken fibula while being sacked by Trent Cole and missed the remainder of the season including the Raiders sole postseason game. Backup quarterback Matt McGloin started the final game of the season for Carr, but he suffered a shoulder injury during the game forcing rookie Connor Cook to play. Cook started the Wild Card playoff game against the Houston Texans, making him the first rookie in the Super Bowl era to make his very first NFL start in a playoff game. The Raiders were unable to win their first playoff game since 2002, falling to the Houston Texans 14–27 in a game where Cook threw one touchdown and three interceptions and the Raiders struggling on offense.


2016 Oakland Raiders season
On January 10, 2017, three days after the loss to the Texans, offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave's contract was not renewed.


2016 Oakland Raiders season
Linebacker Khalil Mack was awarded Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award at seasons end.


2016 Oakland Raiders season
With the Raiders missing the playoffs following their season finale on December 29, 2019, this was the final time the Oakland-based Raiders qualified for the playoffs as they relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada starting in the 2020 NFL season.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
The Raiders' lease on the Oakland Alameda Coliseum (known as O.co Coliseum from 2011 through 2015) expired after the 2013 season; the team had spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons in the Coliseum on year-to-year leases. The franchise was subject to a possible relocation to Los Angeles, and the Raiders' 2016 season could have been the first in Los Angeles since 1994, had the team been approved to move there.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
On January 4, 2016, the team filed a formal relocation application, along with the San Diego Chargers, which was competing against a separate proposal by the St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) to move to the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Raiders, despite their joint project with the Chargers earning the support of the Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, did not receive enough support from the league as a whole for the relocation and withdrew its request to relocate to Los Angeles on January 12 after the Rams' proposal received a simple majority of votes.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
The team also scouted the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as another potential relocation candidate in late 2014, before it began focusing on its failed Carson stadium proposal. Team officials then began conversing with officials from Las Vegas, Nevada regarding a potential future relocation there; in January 2016, Raiders owner Mark Davis met with Sheldon Adelson (Las Vegas Sands owner and CEO) about a proposed $1.3 billion, 65,000 seat domed stadium.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
On March 23, 2016, Davis met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about moving his team to Las Vegas and recently on April 1, 2016, Mark Davis toured Sam Boyd Stadium whether it could serve as a temporary home and met UNLV coach Tony Sanchez, athletics director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, adviser Don Snyder, and university president Len Jessup about further exploring the possibility of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
On April 28, 2016, Davis pledged to commit $500 million toward a new stadium in Las Vegas at a panel that included soccer superstar David Beckham, who was backing a proposed Major League Soccer franchise that would share the stadium with the Raiders and UNLV college football.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
The Raiders' proposal needed approval and funding from the Nevada State Legislature and, ostensibly, league approval to go forward (only ostensibly, since the Raiders have left Oakland without permission at least once before and won their case in court); the league indicated at the May 2016 owners' meetings that it would not object to the Raiders relocating.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
Davis stated on June 7 that the options for staying in Oakland had been exhausted for the time being and that he fully intended to relocate to Las Vegas in the long term, this despite a rumor that Commissioner Roger Goodell was attempting to undermine a move by orchestrating a counterproposal for an Oakland stadium in collaboration with Ronnie Lott.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
If the team were willing to stay in the San Francisco Bay Area for 2016, they had the options of signing another short-term extension with the Coliseum or sub-leasing Levi's Stadium from the San Francisco 49ers. Davis opted to seek another one-year lease extension on the Coliseum, which he secured on February 11, keeping the Raiders in Oakland for another season while a long-term solution continued to be sought. The lease included team options for 2017 and 2018.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Potential relocation
On September 15, 2016, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee unanimously voted to approve and recommend $750 million for the Las Vegas stadium plan. Then on October 11, 2016, the Nevada State Senate voted 16–5 to approve the stadium funding bill and convention center expansion. Three days later, on October 14, the Nevada Assembly voted to approve funding for the stadium, 28–13. On October 18, Governor Brian Sandoval signed the stadium funding bill into law. This would lead to an eventual approval by the NFL after the season of the team's relocation to Las Vegas by 2020.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Draft, Undrafted free agents
After the draft, the Raiders signed the following undrafted free agents:


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New Orleans Saints
In a high scoring affair, the Raiders took an early lead on a Sebastian Janikowski field goal and a Latavius Murray touchdown run, leading at the end of the first, 10–3. The Saints answered and took a half time lead on two touchdown passes by Drew Brees, 17–10. A 98-yard pass and catch from Brees to Brandin Cooks early in the third quarter put the Saints up by 14.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New Orleans Saints
However, the Raiders roared back, scoring 17 of the next 20 points with two rushing touchdowns, including a 75-yard run by rookie Jalen Richard on his first career carry to tie the game at 27 with eight minutes remaining in the game. However, Brees kept his tremendous game going as the Raiders were unable to stop him on the day throwing his fourth touchdown of the game to put the Saints back on top 34–27. The Raiders answered with a touchdown pass from Derek Carr to Seth Roberts with 47 seconds remaining.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New Orleans Saints
Coach Jack Del Rio opted to try for the two point conversion instead of trying to stop Brees in an overtime period and Carr hit Michael Crabtree for the conversion to put the Raiders up 35–34. The Saints had time to attempt a 61-yard field goal by rookie kicker Wil Lutz, but the kick was wide right. The Raiders moved to 1–0 on the season as they won their season opener for the first time since 2011.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Raiders looked to win their home opener and extend their record to 2–0 for the first time since 2002. But, the Atlanta offense and Raider defense, or lack thereof, would have a say in the game. Neither team could score in the first quarter and the Falcons took an early lead on field goal in the second. However, Latavius Murray answered with a 1-yard touchdown run to put the Raiders in front 7–3. The Falcons surged back to take a halftime lead on a 21-yard touchdown pass to Julio Jones and another field goal.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons
At half, the Raiders trailed 13–7. In the second half, the Raiders retook the lead as Derek Carr hit Clive Walford on a 31-yard touchdown pass. Before the quarter ended, the Falcons answered on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan and a Ryan rush for two points to take a 21–14 lead into the fourth quarter. The Raiders tied it on a two-yard pass from Carr to Michael Crabtree, but the Falcons answered again with the help of a tipped Ryan pass that landed in the arms of Justin Hardy for another Falcon touchdown.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Trailing 28–21, the Raiders thought they had tied it up again on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Carr to Amari Cooper, but officials ruled that he had gone out of bounds voluntarily before catching the ball. Head coach Jack Del Rio gambled shortly thereafter on a fourth and two which failed and led to another touchdown for the Falcons, a 13-yard run by Tevin Coleman. Trailing 35–21, the Raiders were able to bring it closer on an Andre Holmes six-yard touchdown reception, but the Falcons salted the game away and won 35–28. The Raiders defense allowed 528 yards of offense, the first team since the 1967 Falcons to give up at least 500 yards in the first two games of the season. The Raiders fell to 1–1.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Tennessee Titans
The Raiders traveled to Tennessee looking to shore up their defense that had allowed 500 yards in each of the first two games of the season. The defense responded, forcing three Titan turnovers and holding the Titans to only one touchdown and 393 yards of offense on the day. Latavius Murray scored a touchdown for the third consecutive game, giving the Raiders a lead on their first drive, jumping in front of the Titans 7–3.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Tennessee Titans
The Raiders took over in the second quarter, scoring a touchdown on a 19-yard pass from Derek Carr to Seth Roberts and on Sebastian Janikowski's record-setting 52-yard field goal which marked the most field goals over 50 yards by any one player. Titans quarterback, Marcus Mariota, was intercepted on the final play of the first half by Reggie Nelson and the Raiders took a 17–3 halftime lead. DeMarco Murray brought the Titans within seven in the third quarter, scoring on a five-yard run.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Tennessee Titans
The Raiders defense held strong for the rest of the half, intercepting Mariota again late in the third quarter. However, the Raiders offense mustered zero points in the second half and, as a result, the Titans had a chance to tie the game late in the fourth quarter. Mariota hit Tajae Sharpe to get to the Raiders three-yard line with just over a minute remaining. However, Titan offensive lineman Taylor Lewan was called for unnecessary roughness for jumping on the pile after the play.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Tennessee Titans
The Titans were pushed back 15 yards, but Mariota hit Andre Johnson two plays later for an apparent touchdown, but Johnson was called for pass interference on the play and the touchdown was taken off the board. On fourth down with 16 seconds remaining, Mariota could not hit Harry Douglas in the endzone and the Raiders pulled out the victory. The win moved the Raiders to 2–1 on the season.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens
The Raiders traveled to Baltimore looking to win their third straight road game to open the season for the first time since 2000. The Ravens, undefeated on the season, looked to continue their good start. The Raiders jumped out early, taking a lead on a six-yard touchdown pass to Seth Roberts from Derek Carr. A Baltimore field goal tightened the lead before Carr hit Michael Crabtree for his first of three touchdown scores on the day, and the Raiders took a 14–6 lead to the half as the Raiders defense held the Ravens in check.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore answered in the third quarter, pulling within two on a Joe Flacco one-yard touchdown run. Crabtree again answered for the Raiders on a 13-yard pass from Carr. However, the Raiders defense allowed a 52-yard pass and catch from Flacco to Steve Smith Sr. and the Ravens pulled within two after failing to convert on the two-point conversion. The Raiders lead tightened to 21–19. The Ravens struck again following a fumble by Raiders rookie running back DeAndré Washington and Terrance West scored three-yard touchdown run to take the Ravens first lead of the game 27–21.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens
The Raiders answered, driving down the field before Carr hit Crabtree from 23 yards out. The Raiders took the lead 28–27. As time was running out, the Ravens looked for the game-winning field goal, but the Raiders defense held and the Raiders moved to 3–1 for the first time since 2000. The three-touchdown game marked Crabtree's first career three-touchdown game. Carr finished with four touchdowns on 199 yards passing. The Raiders defense, much maligned on the season, gave up 412 yards, but stopped the Ravens when needed.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers
The Raiders returned home to face the San Diego Chargers in their first division game of the season. However, the Raiders offense struggled to score early, unable to score a touchdown on three offensive possessions in Charger territory in the first half and turning the ball over early. Derek Carr was picked on the fourth play from scrimmage, setting up the Chargers for a chance to take an early lead. However, the Raiders defense forced a fumble and prevented the Chargers from scoring.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers
The Raiders offense could not take advantage, only managing three field goals in the first half by Sebastian Janikowski, however he missed a fourth attempt. Tyrell Williams scored for the Chargers on a 29-yard pass from Philip Rivers and the Chargers took a 10–9 lead into the half. In the second half, the Chargers took a 17–9 lead on Melvin Gordon reception from Rivers. The Raiders answered on a 64-yard pitch and catch from Carr to Amari Cooper, his first touchdown catch of the year.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers
However, the Raiders defense continued its struggles, giving up another touchdown pass from Rivers to Hunter Henry as the Raiders fell behind 24–16. A 48-yard field goal by Janikowski brought the Raiders within five before the Raider defense garnered its third turnover of the game, forcing a Gordon fumble. The Raider offense struggled in response and were left with a fourth and two from the Charger 21-yard line.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers
Continuing with the season's gutsy calls, head coach Jack Del Rio went for it and Carr found Michael Crabtree for a diving catch in the corner of the endzone to give the Raiders their first lead of the game. The Raiders added on from there, scoring a touchdown on a Jamize Olawale one-yard run seemingly salting the game away, 34–24. However, the Raider defense allowed the Chargers to move within three on a 76-yard drive capped by an Antonio Gates touchdown catch. Trailing 34–31, the Chargers again moved into Raider territory in the waning seconds of the fourth quarter.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers
Forced to attempt a game-tying field goal, the Chargers fumbled the snap and the Raiders were able to run out the clock. Moving to 4–1 on the season, the first time since 2002, the Raider defense still surrendered over 400 yards for the fourth time in five games this season. Del Rio was angered by the continued poor defensive showing. Despite this and combined with a loss by the Denver Broncos, the Raiders moved into a tie for first place in the AFC West.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Following the Denver Broncos loss on Thursday night to the San Diego Chargers, the Raiders looked to move into sole possession of first place in the AFC West as they hosted the Kansas City Chiefs. Things began well for the Raiders as Jalen Richard returned the opening kick 50 yards and Derek Carr hit Andre Holmes for a three-yard touchdown pass to put the Raiders up 7–0.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
However, the struggling Raiders defense continued to have problems stopping opponents as the Chiefs scored on a two-yard touchdown run by Spencer Ware and a four-yard run by Jamaal Charles (extra point failed), putting the Chiefs in front 13–7. The Raiders were able to get a field goal from Sebastian Janikowski as the half ended to pull within 13–10. However, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, who is 16–2 in his career coming off of bye weeks, continued to baffle the Raiders defense in the second half.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs added a one-yard run by defensive lineman Dontari Poe and two field goals by Cairo Santos to go up 26–10. The Raiders offense managed nothing in the second half and the Chiefs won 26–10. The Chiefs offense put up 406 yards on the hapless Raiders defense. The Raiders fell to 4–2 on the season and back into a first place tie with the Broncos.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Jacksonville Jaguars
The Raiders traveled to Jacksonville looking to make up for their disappointing performance in Week 6 against Kansas City and to improve their road record to 4–0. Latavius Murray, making his first appearance since Week 4, scored two touchdowns for the Raiders, including the first touchdown of the game to add to a Raiders lead of 6–3 following two Sebastian Janikowski field goals. A five-yard touchdown pass from Derek Carr to Michael Crabtree before the half ended put the Raiders up comfortably, 20–6. The touchdown pass followed a Carr to Crabtree 52-yard pass to set up the touchdown.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Janikowski added two more field goals in the second half making four for the game. Murray scored his second touchdown of the game following a fourth and 24 conversion by Raiders punter Marquette King who fielded a low snap and scampered for 27 yards and a first down. The Raiders defense improved their performance and intercepted Blake Bortles twice to secure the victory. Jack Del Rio gained a victory against his former team and the win moved the Raiders to 5–2 for the first time since 2001.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Raiders traveled to Tampa Bay looking to improve to 6–2 overall and 5–0 on the road on the season. Tampa scored on a Roberto Aguayo 41-yard field goal and Jameis Winston threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to put the Buccaneers up 10–0 early in the second quarter. The Raiders started slow, managing only a Sebastian Janikowski field goal in the first half and the Bucs led 10–3 at the half.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Raiders offense came alive in the second half as Derek Carr hit offensive lineman Donald Penn on a tackle eligible play from the 1-yard line for his first touchdown pass of the game, to tie the game at 10. On the next Raider possession, Carr hit Amari Cooper on a 34-yard touchdown pass to give the Raiders their first lead of the game. However, Tampa Bay answered soon thereafter, taking the lead on Cameron Brate touchdown reception and a Jacquizz Rodgers touchdown run to move ahead 24–17 early in the fourth quarter.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Carr threw his third touchdown of the game, this time to tight end Mychal Rivera with 1:38 remaining in the game. With the game tied and the clock running out, the Bucs punted the ball back to the Raiders with 58 seconds remaining. The Raiders drove to field goal position, but Janikowski missed a 50-yard field goal wide left as time expired to force overtime. On the first possession of overtime, the Raiders again moved into scoring position, but due to penalties were forced to settle for a 52-yard field goal attempt which Janikowski missed wide right.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Raider defense held the Buccaneers to consecutive three and out series and the Raiders took over with 3:21 left in overtime. Carr led the Raiders to the Tampa Bay 41, and coach Jack Del Rio chose to go for it on fourth down. Carr hit Seth Roberts for the first down and he broke tackles as he scampered 41 yards for the game-winning touchdown. Carr threw for a franchise record 513 yards on 40–59 passing with four touchdowns. The Raiders won despite setting an NFL record for penalties in a game, with 23 total penalties. The win kept the Raiders in a first place tie with Denver at 6–2. The Raiders moved to 5–0 on the road for the first time since 1977.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
The Raiders looked to take full possession of first place in the AFC West as they took on the Denver Broncos in Oakland on a Sunday night game for the first time in more than a decade. Things started well for the Raiders as they held Denver to three-and-outs on their first four possessions. Sebastian Janikowski hit two early field goals to give the Raiders a 6–0 lead. On the Raiders third possession, Latavius Murray capped off a 57-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run to increase the lead to 13–0.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
Following the Raiders first punt of the game, the Broncos marched 84 yards for a touchdown on a pass from Trevor Siemian to Jordan Norwood to reduce the Raiders lead to 13–7. After Janikowski missed a 48-yard field goal and following another three-and-out for the Broncos, Murray scored his second touchdown of the game and increase the lead to 20–7. The Broncos added a field goal as the first half ended, putting them within 10 at 20–10.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
No team could muster any points in the third quarter, but a second field goal by Brandon McManus cut the lead to seven with 14:56 left in the game. The Raiders answered with a field goal and Khalil Mack sacked and stripped Siemian to give the Raiders the ball on the Denver 39-yard line. Murray's third one-yard touchdown of the game put the Raiders up comfortably at 30–13. Denver answered immediately on the second play of the ensuing drive when Kapri Bibbs took a screen pass 75 yards to cut the lead to ten.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
However, the Raider defense stepped up again and forced Siemian to throw an interception to Reggie Nelson with 23 seconds remaining to end the threat. The Raiders ran for 218 yards and held Denver to just 33 yards rushing. Carr threw for 184 yards and Murray rushed for 114 in addition to his three touchdown runs. The win put the Raiders at 7–2 on the season and in sole possession of first place in the AFC West as they headed to their bye week.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans
Following the Raiders bye week, the team traveled to Mexico City to play the Houston Texans in a home game. A win for the Raiders would put them in sole possession of first place in the AFC West after a loss by the Kansas City Chiefs the day before. However, the Raiders defense struggled early and were unable to put much pressure on Texans' quarterback Brock Osweiler. However, they were helped all night by controversial calls by the officiating crew.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans
The first was in the Texans' first drive as DeAndre Hopkins appeared to have stayed in bounds and scored on a 60-yard pass from Osweiler. However, officials ruled that Hopkins had stepped out of bounds and the play was blown dead. As a result, the play could not be reviewed and the Raiders only surrendered a field goal on the opening drive of the game.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans
Following consecutive four-and-outs by both teams, the Raiders offense mustered a drive into Houston territory capped off by a 17-yard touchdown pass by Derek Carr to Jalen Richard to give the Raiders a 7–3 lead to begin the second quarter. On the ensuing kickoff, the Texans turned the ball right back over to the Raiders, but the offense could not punch the ball in from the one-yard line and settled for a Sebastian Janikowski 19-yard field goal to extend the lead to 10–3.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans
The Texans quickly answered as Osweiler hit Braxton Miller for a 12-yard touchdown pass to even the score at 10–10. Neither offense was able to manage much for the remainder of the half and a sack by Khalil Mack ended the first half with a tie score. On the first play of the second half, Carr was pressured and threw a deep pass that was intercepted by the Texans. The ensuing 13-play drive capped off by a one-yard touchdown run Lamar Miller gave the Texans the lead, 17–10.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans
The Raiders responded, getting to the Texans two-yard line, but could not punch the ball in again and settled for a second Janikowski field goal cutting the lead to 17–13. The Texans ended a long drive with a Nick Novak field goal to extend the lead to 20–13 with 11 minutes remaining in the game. Carr responded by finding Jamize Olawale wide open for a 75-yard pass and run to tie the game at 20.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans
The Texans pushed the ball deep into Raiders territory again but were stopped on short yardage situations twice as controversial spots of the ball by officials turned the ball over to the Raiders on downs. The Raiders took advantage as Carr hit Amari Cooper on a pass and catch for a 35-yard touchdown play. The extra point gave the Raiders a 27–20 lead with 4:43 remaining in the game. The defense who had mustered little pressure on Osweiler all night, allowed a first down by the Texans, but then forced a punt with 3:13 remaining.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Houston Texans
On second and seven from their own 23-yard line, Carr heaved a 29-yard pass to Richard for a first down. After the two minute warning and the Texans final timeout, Latavius Murray was able to get another first down and the Raiders were able to run out the clock. The win put the Raiders at 8–2 on the season and gave them the No. 1 seed in the playoffs at the time. Carr finished with 295 yards and three touchdowns while the Raider running game only mustered 30 yards rushing against the Texans defense. The Raiders also clinched a non losing season for the first time since 2011. Another win will clinch the Raiders their first winning season for the first time since 2002.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
Following their home game in Mexico, the Raiders returned to Oakland to face the Carolina Panthers. The Raiders were looking to extend their winning streak to five games, the longest streak since their Super Bowl season of 2002. Things started well as the Raiders defense held the Panthers to a three-and-out series and the Raiders offense moved right down the field. Seth Roberts caught a two-yard pass from Derek Carr to put the Raiders up 7–0. The Panthers answered on a three-yard touchdown run by Cam Newton to tie the score.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
The rest of the first half belonged to the Raiders as Latavius Murray scored from four yards out and Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 23-yard field goal to put the Raiders up 17–7. The Panther took over with 1:56 remaining in the second quarter looking to cut the Raider lead, but Khalil Mack made an acrobatic catch of Newton pass and returned it six yards for another Raider touchdown. The Panthers took a knee on the final possession of the half as the Raiders held a 24–7 lead.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
On the second play of the third quarter, Carr injured the pinky finger of his throwing hand on an awkward snap. The play resulted in a fumble recovered by the Panthers. Six plays later, Jonathan Stewart scored from one-yard out to cut the lead to 24–13 after the extra point was blocked. With Carr in the locker room tending to his injured finger, Matt McGloin took over for the Raiders, but they could not muster any offense and were forced to punt. Newton then hit Ted Ginn Jr. on an 88-yard pass and catch to put the Panthers with five.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Panthers opted to go for two points, but failed and, therefore, trailed 24–19. Carr returned to the game with a glove on this throwing hand on the next possession, but after completing two passes, Carr was intercepted by Thomas Davis. The Panthers continued their hot start to the half as Stewart scored his second rushing touchdown of the game. The Panthers again failed on their two-point conversion, but now held the lead, 25–24. Following three straight incompletions by Carr, the Panthers took over and extended the lead on a 44-yard pass from Newton to Kelvin Benjamin.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
Now trailing 32–24, the Raiders answered on a 10-play drive capped off by a Clive Walford 12-yard touchdown reception. The two point conversion was good on a Carr pass to Roberts and the game was tied at 32. The Raiders defense forced a punt by the Panthers and the Raiders took over with 5:05 remaining in the game. The Raiders 12-play drive stalled at the Carolina six-yard line, but Janikowski hit his second field goal of the game to give the Raiders a 35–32 lead. With 1:45 remaining in the game, the Panthers looked to tie or take the lead.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
However, Mack continued his great day and stripped Newton of the ball and recovered the ball on a fourth and 10 play to ice the game for the Raiders. Mack finished with a sack, an interception, a forced fumble, and a touchdown, the first of his career. Carr finished with 315 yards and two touchdown despite missing a series with his injured finger. The Raiders improved to 9–2 on the season and remained in first place in the division. The win also clinched a winning season for the Raiders for the first time since 2002.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
The Raiders entered Week 13 looking to keep their first place lead in the AFC West following wins by both the Broncos and Chiefs earlier in the day. However, the Buffalo Bills scored first on the second possession of the game as Dan Carpenter hit a 27-yard field goal to give the Bills a 3–0 lead. A Sebastian Janikowski field goal from 47 yards out, tied the game on the next possession. The Bills offense struck next as Mike Gillislee scored from one yard out to give the Bills a 10–3 lead early in the second quarter.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
The Raider offense managed two more Janikowski field goals, including one as the half ended to pull within one point, 10–9. To open the second half, the Bills extended their lead on a two-play drive, a 54-yard run by LeSean McCoy and a 12-yard touchdown run by Tyrod Taylor. The Raiders offense managed little on its next possession and the Bills took a 15-point lead with a Gillislee two-yard touchdown run, increasing the lead to 24–9. The Raiders five-game win streak appeared to be over, but the Raiders fought back as they had all year.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
On their next possession, Derek Carr, taking all snaps from the shotgun due to the injured finger he suffered in the prior game, hit Michael Crabtree on a three-yard touchdown pass to reduce the lead to 24–16. The Raiders defense forced a punt which gave the Raiders good field position at the Buffalo 38-yard line. Five plays later, Latavius Murray plunged over the goal line from a yard out to reduce the lead to one, 24–23. The Bills were again forced to punt and the Raiders offense went right down the field.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
Carr hit Amari Cooper on a 37-yard pitch and catch to give the Raiders the lead, 30–24. Following punts by both teams that left Buffalo at its own four-yard line early in the fourth quarter, Khalil Mack hit Taylor's arm on a pass and the ball was intercepted by Nate Allen at the Buffalo 16-yard line. Four plays later, Murray again plunged over the goal line for a three-yard touchdown run which pushed the Raider lead to 36–24. A two-point conversion pass from Carr to Seth Roberts put the lead at 14, 38–24.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
The Bills, however, drove the ball to the Raider 17-yard line before Mack sacked and stripped Taylor of the ball. Mack also recovered the fumble to put the game away. The 29 unanswered points to overcome the 15-point deficit was the Raiders best comeback since 1963. Carr finished with 260 yards and two touchdown passes. The win was the Raiders sixth in a row and kept the Raiders one game up on the Chiefs heading into their showdown on Thursday night. The win also put the Raiders back as the number one seed in the playoffs.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Kansas City Chiefs
With a chance to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 2002, the Raiders traveled to Kansas City for a crucial Thursday night matchup to determine the AFC West division lead. The Raiders needed a win and a Miami Dolphins loss or a win and a Denver Broncos loss to clinch a playoff berth. Oakland started well, recovering a muffed fumble by Tyreek Hill on a punt following their first drive and setting them up at the Kansas City 38-yard line.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Kansas City Chiefs
However, the Raiders had to settle for a field goal by Sebastian Janikowsi to take the early 3–0 lead. It would be the last lead the Raiders enjoyed on the night. Oakland's offense could muster little for most of the first half including after the Raider defense stopped KC on a fourth and one at the Oakland 27. The Chiefs took the lead early in the second quarter on a 36-yard pass from Alex Smith to Hill to make the score 7–3.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Kansas City Chiefs
After a four-and-out possession for the Raiders, the Chiefs again went down the field scoring on a Charcandrick West three-yard touchdown run. Following another Raiders short offensive possession, Hill returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown to extend the Chief lead to 21–3. With six minutes remaining in the half, the Raiders went up-tempo and moved the ball down the field capping the drive with a one-yard touchdown run by Latavius Murray with 14 seconds remaining. At the half, the Raiders trailed 21–10.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Kansas City Chiefs
To begin the second half, the Raider defense stepped up intercepting Smith on the second play of the half and giving the offense the ball at the KC 23. However, the offense was shut down by the KC defense and settled for another Janikowski field goal, bringing them within a touchdown of the Chiefs at 21–13. On the next offensive play for the Chiefs, Khalil Mack sacked and stripped Smith of the ball and the Raiders recovered at the KC 18-yard line. The offense again managed little and was forced to settle for a field goal attempt.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Kansas City Chiefs
However, a bad snap resulted in Marquette King being tackled for three-yard loss. Both offenses mustered very little for the remainder of the game. With seven minutes left in the game, the Raiders needed a touchdown to tie and moved down to the KC 19-yard line, but were stopped on fourth down and the Chiefs ran the clock out. Derek Carr struggled mightily with his accuracy on the night, only completing 17 of his 41 pass attempts for 117 yards. He often missed open receivers or badly threw behind receivers.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Kansas City Chiefs
Carr admitted he had a bad night saying, "Obviously, we didn't do enough." The loss ended the Raiders six-game win streak and gave the Chiefs the lead in the division with a 2–0 record over the Raiders. The Raiders, still, in prime playoff position, would have to finish ahead of the Chiefs to win the division.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
The Raiders travelled to face the San Diego Chargers with a chance to secure their first playoff bid since 2002. In a stadium at least half full of Raider fans, the Chargers took an early lead on a pass from Philip Rivers to Travis Benjamin to put the Chargers up 7–0. The Raiders responded with an 11-play drive that stalled on the Charger 27-yard line and had to settle for a Sebastian Janikowski field goal to narrow the lead to 7–3. Neither team could muster anything offensively for the remainder of the quarter.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
A promising Raider drive to the Charger 16-yard line stalled again as Derek Carr was intercepted inside the 10-yard line. A Charger field goal following a 14-play drive put the Chargers up 10–3 with 1:33 left in the half. The Raider offense switched to their two-minute offense and cruised down the field before Carr hit Michael Crabtree in the corner of the end zone to tie the game at 10. The Raider offense drove deep into San Diego territory to open the second half, but had to settle for another Janikowski field goal to take the lead 13–10.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
The Chargers answered with a Rivers seven-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Henry to retake the lead. A missed extra point left the lead at 16–13. The remainder of the third quarter saw the offenses accomplish little before Charger running back Kenneth Farrow fumbled at the San Diego 14 early in the fourth quarter. The Raiders offense could not take advantage of the turnover and settled for Jankowski's third field of the game to tie it at 16.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
The Raider defense again stopped the Chargers and the offense, lead by Latavius Murray and Jalen Richard, moved the ball into San Diego territory again. For the fourth time, the offense settled for a Janikowski field goal to take the lead 19–16 with 3:47 remaining. On the ensuing San Diego possession, Rivers was intercepted by Reggie Nelson to allow the Raiders to take over and run out the clock. The win gave the Raiders their first playoff appearance since 2002. With a loss earlier in the day by Kansas City, the Raiders also took back first place in the AFC West.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Raiders entered Week 16 looking to maintain their lead in the division over the Chiefs. A win over the visiting Indianapolis Colts would further assist the Raiders attempt to win the AFC West, pending the Chiefs matchup against the Broncos on Christmas Day. Neither team managed much offense on their first possession  of the game, but the Colts moved into Raider territory on their second possession. A bad snap on a field goal attempt, left the game scoreless. Following a Nate Allen interception of a pass from Andrew Luck, the Raiders looked to open the scoring.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
With good field position, the offense moved to the Colts one-yard line before Derek Carr threw a one-yard touchdown pass to Andre Holmes to give the Raiders a 7–0 lead on the first play of the second quarter. The Colts scored a touchdown to answer right back with Luck throwing touchdown pass to Donte Moncrief to tie the score. The Raiders, in turn, answered with a five-yard touchdown pass from Carr to Clive Walford. Sebastian Janikowski missed his first extra point of the season and lead was 13–7.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
On the next Colts drive, the Colts would drove to Oakland 29-yard line before Luck threw another interception, this time to Reggie Nelson in the endzone. The Raiders marched the length of the field and Carr hit Jalen Richard on a four-yard touchdown pass. Janikowski missed his second straight extra point as it was blocked, giving the Raiders a 19–7 lead at halftime. On the first possession of the second half, the Raiders again marched down the field and DeAndré Washington scored his first career rushing touchdown on a 22-yard run to push the lead to 26–7.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Colts turned the ball over again on their next possession as Malcolm Smith forced a fumble from Frank Gore which was recovered by T. J. Carrie. The Raider offense again capitalized on the turnover, leading to another 22-yard rushing touchdown for Washington, pushing the lead 33–7. The Colts offense looked to stem the blowout and torched the Raider defense on a drive which finished with a three-yard touchdown pass from Luck to Robert Turbin to cut the lead 33–14. After punts by both teams, the Raiders began a drive at Colts 44-yard line.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
With a little over 11 minutes remaining in the game, Derek Carr was sacked by Trent Cole, and suffered a significant injury to his right leg. The Raider offense, now led by backup quarterback Matt McGloin, stalled and were forced to punt the ball. Luck brought the game closer with an 11-yard touchdown run and hit T. Y. Hilton for the two-point conversion, cutting the lead 33–22. The Raiders punted again and the Colts settled for a field goal to draw to within a touchdown at 33–25.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Raider offense which had struggled mightily after Carr left the game, was able to get a first down as McGloin hit Amari Cooper on a 19-yard pass to allow the Raiders to run out the clock, securing the victory 33–25. The win kept the Raiders in first place in the division, but a victory for the Chiefs over the Broncos the next day meant the Raiders would still have to beat Denver in the final week to win the division. After the game, it was announced that Carr had a broken right fibula and would be out indefinitely.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Denver Broncos
The Raiders entered the final game of the season with an opportunity to secure a first round bye as the number two seed in the AFC, but would have to do so without Derek Carr, following his injury on Christmas Eve. With a loss, the Raiders could still claim the number two seed, but they needed the Chiefs to lose to the Chargers. The Raiders started Matt McGloin, hoping he could provide enough offense to get the Raiders a win and the number two seed.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Denver Broncos
The defense would also have to step up to secure the bye, but on the first drive of the game, they could not stop the Broncos: a 13-yard touchdown run by Devontae Booker gave the Broncos an early 7–0 lead. The Raider offense could not move the ball well on their first two possessions and, on the Broncos third possession, they extended the lead on a Brandon McManus field goal. With a little less than seven minutes remaining in the first half, McGloin was hit by Bronco defensive end, Jared Crick, resulting in a roughing the passer penalty.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Denver Broncos
McGloin, though shaky after the hit, finished the drive. However, he was soon escorted to the locker room. The Broncos scored again with less than two minutes remaining on a pass from Trevor Siemian to Booker to extend the lead to 17–0. On the ensuing Raider possession, rookie Connor Cook entered the game to replace McGloin, but the Raiders went three-and-out. As the half ended, the Raiders postseason chances looked even worse with their third-string quarterback in the game, trailing 17–0, and the Chiefs beating the Chargers. Cook started and played the whole second half.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Denver Broncos
The first drive started well for the Raiders, but Cook was sacked and fumbled the ball on the Denver 37-yard line. The Broncos marched down the field and Siemian hit Virgil Green for a two-yard touchdown pass to extend the lead to 24–0. The Raider offense managed a touchdown on catch and run from Amari Cooper from 32 yards out, but could muster nothing. The Raiders fell 24–6. Meanwhile, Kansas City defeated the Chargers and the Raiders fell to a wild card sport with the likelihood of having to send their third-string quarterback out as their starter against Houston in the playoffs. After the game, Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak announced he was retiring due to health issues.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (No. 4) Houston Texans
With Derek Carr out indefinitely and the injury suffered in the final week of the season by Matt McGloin, the Raiders were forced to turn to rookie quarterback Connor Cook to start his first-ever NFL game, becoming the first rookie in NFL history since the inception of the Super Bowl to make his first career start in the playoffs.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (No. 4) Houston Texans
The Texans nominal starting quarterback, Tom Savage, would also miss the game due to concussion protocol which left the Houston offense in the hands of Brock Osweiler, who started 14 games in the regular season only being replaced by Savage late in the season. The Texans got the ball first, but their drive ended at the Raider 37-yard line. The Raiders followed with a three-and-out series to give the ball back to Houston at the Raider 40.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (No. 4) Houston Texans
The Texans could not muster a first down, but were able to get a 50-yard Nick Novak field goal to take the lead 3–0. On the ensuing Raider possession, Cook was intercepted on a screen pass by Jadeveon Clowney and Houston took over at the Raider four-yard line. A Lamar Miller four-yard touchdown run extended the Texan lead to 10–0. Following short possessions by both teams, the Raiders got good field position due to a 37-yard punt return by Jalen Richard at the Houston 38.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (No. 4) Houston Texans
Five plays later, Latavius Murray scored on a two-yard touchdown run to bring the Raiders within 10–7. The Texans Raiders exchanged three-and-outs, before the Texans added a Novak 38-yard field goal to extend the lead to 13–7 in the second quarter. Following stalled drives by both teams, the Texans took over with 2:25 remaining in the half. An Osweiler pass to DeAndre Hopkins for a two-yard touchdown reception gave the Texans a 20–7 lead at the half.


2016 Oakland Raiders season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (No. 4) Houston Texans
Neither team was able to put anything on the scoreboard in the third quarter with only three total first downs in the quarter by the offenses. However, with 12:28 left to go in the fourth quarter, Osweiler scored from one yard out to put the game out of reach at 27–7. An 8-yard touchdown pass from Cook to Andre Holmes narrowed the lead, but back-to-back interceptions by Cook ended any attempt at a Raider comeback. The Raiders were eliminated from the postseason 27–14. Cook finished 18–45 with one touchdown and three interceptions. The Raider offense only managed a total of 203 yards on the day.


2016 Oakland riots
From November 9–12, 2016, protests occurred in Oakland, California, against the election of Donald Trump. While originally peaceful, these protests became violent, with protesters lighting trash cans and cars and a building on fire and smashing store windows and throwing bottles at police. Thirty protesters were arrested, and three officers were injured.


2016 Oakland riots, Riots
Shocked and angered at the election results, students marched out of Berkeley and into Oakland in the early morning hours of November 9. As they marched into Oakland, more people joined the protest. The protesters blocked roads and lit several trash cans and newspaper boxes on fire in the middle of the streets. Protesters vandalized cars and burned American flags for hours in Oakland.


2016 Oakland riots, Riots
On the night of November 9, protesters returned to downtown Oakland to express anger over the election of Donald Trump. While the protest began peaceful, it descended into violence later that night. Protesters lit bonfires in the street, set dumpsters and garbage cans on fire and clashed with riot police throughout the night. A police cruiser was also set ablaze by angry demonstrators in downtown.


2016 Oakland riots, Riots
On November 11, several hundred protesters blocked a freeway in Oakland for an hour.


2016 Oakland riots, Aftermath
Overall, 30 people were arrested and eleven were issued citations. Three police officers were injured.


2016 Oakland riots, Aftermath
Other than the Oakland Police Department, twelve law enforcement agencies were involved. Authorities stated that there were 16 reports of vandalism against businesses in Oakland over two nights, and a vandalism incident in which the three Pleasanton Police Department SUVs had their windows smashed and were defaced by graffiti.


2016 Oceania Badminton Championships
The XI 2016 Oceania Badminton Championships were held as two events in different counties. From 16 to 21 February, the team event was held in Auckland, New Zealand. From 25 to 28 April, the individual event was held in Papeete, Tahiti.


2016 Oceania Badminton Championships, Medalists, Team event
In the mixed team event, Australia national badminton team won the gold medal after topped the standings in the round roubin stage. Australia also won the gold medal for the women's team event, while New Zealand won the gold medal in the men's team event.


2016 Oceania Badminton Championships, Medalists, Individual event
The table below gives an overview of the individual event medal winners at the 2016 Oceania Championships.


2016 Oceania Beach Handball Championship
The 2016 Oceania Beach Handball Championship was held at Coolangatta Beach, Queensland, Australia between February 24 and 28, 2016. There were two divisions, men's and women's with only Australia and New Zealand entering.


2016 Oceania Beach Handball Championship
In the men's draw, defending champions Australia were pushed all the way by New Zealand winning in the end two sets to one. In the women's draw, Australia were also the defending champions and won two sets to nill. Both Australian team qualify for the 2016 Beach Handball World Championships in Hungary.


2016 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2016 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships took place from 19 to 21 February 2016 in Penrith, Australia, under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF), at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium facility, which was also the venue for the canoe/kayak slalom events at the 2000 Summer Olympics.


2016 Oceania Handball Champions Cup
The 2016 Oceania Handball Champions Cup was held at Geelong, Victoria between June 2–5, 2016 in conjunction with the 2016 Australian Handball Club Championship.


2016 Oceania Handball Champions Cup
In the event has seven teams from Australia and New Caledonia entered. The Australian teams dominated with Sydney University winning their fifth straight title over West Adelaide. Two time runners up St Kilda HC came third from University of Technology Sydney in fourth. Surprise packet Wolves HC consisting of mainly of the Australian Junior team players finished fifth, with Olympique de Nouméa sixth and Deakin University seventh.


2016 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship
The 2016 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship, was the second edition of the Oceania Rugby Junior Championship. It was played as two tournaments; the Oceania Under 20 Championship hosted on the Gold Coast in Australia, and the Oceania Under 20 Trophy hosted in Suva.


2016 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship
The Championship was played in May, with New Zealand defeating Australia by 30–10 in the first match of the tournament. Australia won the second match by 25–24 to draw the series one-all, but New Zealand took the championship due to superior points difference. The Trophy competition was played in December and won by Fiji, who defeated Tonga by 18–13 in the last round to qualify for the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy in 2017.


2016 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship, Teams
The teams for the 2016 Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournaments were:


2016 Oceania Sevens Championship
The 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji. The host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating Samoa 28–19 in the final. Papua New Guinea and Tonga, as the two highest finishers not already core teams in the Sevens World Series, won qualification to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status for the 2018 season.


2016 Oceania Swimming Championships
The 11th Oceania Swimming Championships were held 21–26 June 2016 at the Damodar Aquatic Centre in Suva, Fiji. It was the eleventh edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming.


2016 Oceania Swimming Championships, Participating countries
Countries with confirmed teams for the 2016 Oceania Swimming Championships were:


2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games took place in 27 February 2016 at the Taurama Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The winners of each of the eight categories qualifies for the Olympics.


2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament
Athletes from Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga qualified for the Olympics.


2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships
The 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships was held in Suva, Fiji between May 24 and May 28, 2016.


2016 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
The 2016 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship was the sixth Oceania Women's Sevens tournament. It was held in Suva, Fiji on 11–12 November 2016.


2016 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
Australia won the tournament as they won all six pool games to record the team's third Oceania Women's Sevens title


2016 Odds BK season
Odds Ballklubb, commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian football club from Skien. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding. All other sports than football were discontinued and the club became dedicated to football only. Odd plays in the Norwegian top division, Tippeligaen, and holds the record winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times, the last coming in 2000. The club was known as Odd Grenland between 1994 and 2012. During the 2016 season the club will be participating in the Tippeliean, NM Cupen and UEFA Europa League.


2016 Odds BK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Odds BK season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Odds BK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Odds BK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Odds BK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship
The 2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship was the 119th edition of Offaly GAA's premier gaelic football competition for senior graded clubs in County Offaly, Ireland. Eight teams compete, with the winner representing Offaly in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship
The championship starts with two groups of four teams and progresses to a knockout stage.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship
Edenderry were the defending champions after they defeated Rhode in the previous years final, however they failed to qualify for the knock-out stages this season.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship
This was Ballycumber's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2015 Offaly Senior 'B' Football Championship title. They made the straight bounce back to the top flight after being relegated in 2014 to the Senior 'B' championship due to the changing format of the championships, where the number of teams in the senior grade was reduced from 12 to 8. However, Ballycumber were relegated back to the Senior 'B' Championship at the end of the season.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship
On 16 October 2016, Rhode claimed their 27th S.F.C. title when defeating Ferbane 1-14 to 0-9 in the final at O'Connor Park.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship, Group stage
There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top two finishers in each group will qualify for the Semi-Finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Final.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stage, Last Four
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.


2016 Offaly Senior Football Championship, Relegation Play Off
The bottom team from each group play off in the relegation final with the loser relegated to the 2017 Senior 'B' Championship.


2016 Ogmore by-election
The Ogmore by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-election in the constituency of Ogmore in Wales, on 5 May 2016 following the resignation of the incumbent Huw Irranca-Davies following his decision to contest the coterminous Ogmore constituency in the Welsh Assembly election.


2016 Ogmore by-election
Chris Elmore of the Labour Party won the by-election with 52.6 percent of the vote.


2016 Ogmore by-election
The by-election was held on the same day as the 2016 Welsh Assembly election as well as elections for the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, for the Mayor and Assembly of London and in numerous local authorities in England. A by-election for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough was also held on the same day.


2016 Ogmore by-election, Background
The seat fell vacant after the incumbent MP, Huw Irranca-Davies of the Labour Party, chose to resign following his selection to contest the coterminous Ogmore constituency in the Welsh Assembly election. On 23 March 2016, Irranca-Davies was appointed Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead the process by which resignations from the House of Commons are permitted. Irranca-Davies had been the MP for the seat since a previous by-election in 2002.


2016 Ogmore by-election, Background
Irranca-Davies has originally announced that he would seek Labour's nomination for the Welsh Assembley's Ogmore in October 2015, stating that if he was selected he would resign his Westminster seat. Irranca-Davies successfully contested his Assembly election. Irranca-Davies was not obliged to resign upon his nomination, though following the Wales Act 2014, which came into effect during the 2016 Assembly election, he would have had to resign his Westminster seat following his Assembly victory. Given that in both the Assembly and Westminster Ogmore was considered a safe seat for Labour his early resignation allowed the by-election to be held on the same day rather than forcing voters to go to the polls again a few weeks later.


2016 Ogmore by-election, Candidates
Bridgend County Borough Council published the statement of persons nominated on 8 April 2016. This showed that five candidates that contested the election.


2016 Ogmore by-election, Candidates
Councillor Chris Elmore, currently Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Schools in the Vale of Glamorgan Council, represented Labour. Elmore contested the Vale of Glamorgan constituency in 2015 general election, where he lost to the Conservatives.


2016 Ogmore by-election, Candidates
The Conservatives selected Alex Williams, a town councillor in Ogmore. Glenda Davies was the candidate for UKIP, she also stood for the seat at the 2015 general election. She was the UKIP's candidate for the Aberavon constituency in the Welsh Assembly election held on the same day.


2016 Ogmore by-election, Candidates
Abi Thomas stood for Plaid Cymru. The Liberal Democrats selected Janet Ellard, a former teacher and now volunteer manager for a youth homeless charity.


2016 Ogmore by-election, Candidates
The incumbent party (Labour) selected Chris Elmore as their candidate; Elmore prevailed in the election, winning the seat.


2016 Ohio Aviators season
The 2016 Ohio Aviators season was the first in the club's history. Coached by Paule Barford and captained by Jamie Mackintosh, Ohio competed in the United States 2016 PRO Rugby competition.


2016 Ohio Aviators season, Fixtures
All home matches were played at Memorial Park in Obetz.


2016 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Frank Solich and played their home games at Peden Stadium. They were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–6, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a two-way tie for the East Division title. They represented the East Division in the MAC Championship Game where they lost to Western Michigan. They were invited to the Dollar General Bowl where they lost to Troy.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary took place on March 15 in the U.S. state of Ohio as one of the Democratic Party's primaries prior to the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary
The same day, the Democratic Party held primaries in Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, while the Republican Party held primaries in the same five states and a caucus in the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as their own Ohio primary.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary
Clinton handily won the primary, putting her upset Rust Belt loss in Michigan behind her. She earned congressional endorsements from Reps. Tim Ryan, Joyce Beatty, Marcia Fudge and Sen. Sherrod Brown, while Sanders earned one Ohio backer, Rep. Marcy Kaptur.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Background
By the time Ohio held its primaries, voters from 21 states and two territories already cast their vote for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. As of the March 12 elections, Hillary Clinton was projected to have earned 775 pledged delegates to Bernie Sanders' 552. Clinton gained significant victories in the Southern United States, often described as her "firewall", including landslide victories in Mississippi and Alabama and Georgia. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders gained victories in the Midwestern United States, where Ohio resides, including an upset victory in neighboring Michigan on March 8.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Background
After the fact, Sanders' campaign took advantage of the momentum gained from the Michigan win, by targeting Illinois, Missouri and Ohio in the March 15 elections, hoping to repeat the same result. Sanders stated that "Not only is Michigan the gateway to the rest of the industrial Midwest, the results there show that we are a national campaign."


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Background
Before the Michigan primaries, Clinton and Sanders had debated over economic policies relating to the industrial midwest states and the so-called "rust belt". The disagreements centered around trade deals, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Clinton's past support of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and its effect on economies such as Michigan and Ohio.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Controversy
Ohio is one of at least seventeen states that has laws allowing voters who are 17 years of age, but will be 18 by the time of the general election, to vote in the presidential primaries. However, Ohio Secretary of State Jon A. Husted had announced in December 2015 that 17 year olds would be outright barred from participating in the 2016 primaries. The rationale for the decision was based on an interpretation of the law in which 17 year olds could "nominate" officials for office, but not "elect".


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Controversy
In the case of the presidential primaries, by definition, voters would be electing officials - delegates to each party's presidential nominating convention. The decision was met with criticism by the public, after it was brought to mainstream attention by Representative Kathleen Clyde, after she condemned the rule in a statement released on March 5. Clyde described it as a "underhanded, backroom attack" against young voters. Nine teenagers filed a lawsuit with the Ohio Courts of Common Pleas in Franklin County over the decision, stating that the decision contradicted state law and a decision by the Supreme Court of Ohio that allowed 17 year olds turning 18 by the general election to vote.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Controversy
Bernie Sanders' campaign, whose voter base includes the majority of young voters, also filed a lawsuit against the decision, accusing Husted of "arbitrarily" and "unconsititutionally" discriminating against young African-American and Latino voters, citing data from the 2010 United States Census that shows younger voters in Ohio where mostly African-American and Latino.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Controversy
Husted, in response to Sanders' lawsuit, said in a public statement that he welcomed the lawsuit, further stating that "I am very happy to be sued on this issue because the law is crystal clear", though, he later spoke out negatively against the lawsuit, claiming that it was "a last-minute political act", designed to "draw attention to his campaign." Many Ohio officials, past and present, such as former Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, came out in support of Sanders' lawsuit, and had attracted protests by not only Bernie Sanders supporters, but also Donald Trump supporters as well.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Controversy
In a decision handed down on March 11, an Ohio state judge ruled in favour of both lawsuits by the teenage group and the Sanders campaign, effectively lifting the ban on 17 year olds from voting in the Ohio presidential primaries. Husted initially announced that he would appeal the ruling, however, after learning that such an appeal wouldn't be heard by the court until the day before the primaries, he retracted his intent to appeal.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Debates and forums
The ninth forum was held at 8:00 pm EDT on March 13, 2016, at the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and aired on CNN.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Debates and forums
The tenth forum was held at 6:00 pm EDT on March 14, 2016, at the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site (Illinois) in Springfield, Illinois. It aired on MSNBC. The first section of the town hall with Bernie Sanders was moderated by Chuck Todd; the second section of the town hall with Hillary Clinton was moderated by Chris Matthews.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton received a commanding win in the Ohio primary which mirrored her 2008 performance. Clinton won the white vote 53-47 which comprised 74% of the Ohio electorate. She also won the African American vote, 71–28. And while Sanders won men 51-48 and voters under the age of 45 65–34, Clinton won women 63-36 (including white women 61-38 who made up 41% of the electorate, and won both married and unmarried women) and she won older voters 70–29. She swept all income levels and educational attainment levels in the Buckeye State. She also won unions, an important demographic in the industrial Rust Belt, by a margin of 55–45.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
In terms of political ideology, Clinton swept all groups: liberals, moderates, and conservatives. She won Democrats 64–35, but lost Independents 66–33 to Sanders.


2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton swept most counties in the state, winning urban areas 61–38, suburban areas 63–36, and rural areas by a modest 51–48. Clinton won in the Cleveland area 63–35, in Northern Ohio 57–43, in the Ohio Valley and Western Ohio 52–47, in the Columbus area 52–47, and in Cincinnati/Dayton, 55–45.


2016 Ohio House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 99 members to Ohio's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016.


2016 Ohio House of Representatives election
Republicans consolidated their supermajority in the House by gaining one seat, winning 66 seats compared to 33 seats for the Democrats.


2016 Ohio House of Representatives election, Results, District
Results of the 2016 Ohio House of Representatives election by district:


2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary
The 2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary took place March 15 in the U.S. state of Ohio, as a part of the Republican Party's series of presidential primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Ohio primary was held alongside Republican primary elections in Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, along with the Democratic contest in Ohio.


2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary
The primary was won by the state's then governor, John Kasich.


2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary, Background
In the 2012 Republican primary elections, the Ohio primary was a winner-take-most primary scheduled for the 6th of March. However, the state's winner, Mitt Romney, only reached 37% of the vote and thus only won 58% of the state's delegates. House Bill 153, signed by Governor Kasich, moved the primary to March 15 for the 2016 contest, in what would be dubbed a second Super Tuesday by several news networks. In addition, in mid-September, Ohio's Republican Party decided on making the state's 66 delegates completely winner-take-all, in order to maximize the state's power on the nominating convention and to avoid a similar problem to what happened in 2012. This was also expected to help John Kasich, as the state's governor.


2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary, The state of the campaign, Previous contests
Despite an early victory by Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump was seen as making steady progress towards the Republican nomination at the time. Trump was victorious in 7 of the contests on March 1, with Cruz seen as the only viable threat to Trump after victories in his home state of Texas and 3 other March 1 contests. Marco Rubio performed worse than anticipated on March 1, taking only Minnesota. On March 8, two primaries and a caucus were held in Hawaii, Michigan and Mississippi. Despite a poll from American Research Group that showed Kasich leading Trump in Michigan, Trump won all three contests.


2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary, The state of the campaign, Run-up to the election
The opinion polls during early March showed a narrow lead for Trump over Governor Kasich. These polls found approximately 10% support for Marco Rubio, in a distant fourth place. Seeing that many Rubio voters also preferred Governor Kasich as "establishment" voters, Rubio's communications director encouraged Rubio voters to vote for Kasich on March 11. The strategy seemed to work, as Kasich drew narrowly ahead in the polls immediately before the election. Kasich was seen as a slight favorite to take the state immediately before the primary.


2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary, Results
Marco Rubio suspended his campaign after March 15's contests, although this was more based on a poor Florida primary as opposed to the Ohio contest.


2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Buckeyes' 127th overall, the 104th as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and third as a member of the Eastern Division. The team was led by Urban Meyer, in his fifth year as head coach, and played its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.


2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
Ohio State was the preseason favorite to win the Big Ten, and were ranked sixth in the preseason AP Poll. They began the year with six straight victories, including on the road against then-No. 14 Oklahoma and in double overtime against then-No. 8 Wisconsin, and rose to second in the AP Poll. However, the next week they suffered their first loss at Penn State in a White Out game at Beaver Stadium. The team won its remaining regular season games, and finished conference play with an overtime victory against third-ranked Michigan.


2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
Penn State and Ohio State both finished with conference records of 8–1, and Penn State advanced to the 2016 Big Ten Football Championship Game due to the head-to-head victory. Despite this, and Penn State's victory over Wisconsin in that game, Ohio State was ranked ahead of Penn State at third in the final College Football Playoff rankings, earning them a spot in the national semi-final Fiesta Bowl against second-ranked Clemson. The Buckeyes were shutout in that game 31–0 and ended the year at 11–2.


2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The Buckeyes were led on offense by quarterback J. T. Barrett, who finished with 2,555 passing yards and 24 touchdowns. Running back Mike Weber led the team with 1,096 rushing yards and nine touchdowns. Center Pat Elflein was named a unanimous first-team All-American and was the recipient of the Rimington Trophy as the nation's top center. On defense, cornerback Malik Hooker led the Big Ten with seven interceptions (three returned for a touchdown) and was also a unanimous first-team All-American.