Olivet was led by Dan Pifer, who was in his fifth and final season with the Comets, as he would be hired by the Walsh University football team of the G-MAC to become their new head coach in December 2016.
The Comets also made an appearance in the 2016 NCAA College Football Playoffs for the second time in school history, the other in 2007.
Olivet faced John Carroll University in the First Round and lost to the Blue Streaks 37-12.
For another season, broadcasting for the Comets was done by 89.1 The One WOCR FM with play-by-play done by sports director Matt Scher and color analysis by Zach Sturgill.
A first for Olivet Football, home games were broadcast on the Comet Sports Network produced by Visual Premier Productions, LLC.