The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC).

They were led by first-year head coach Willie Fritz.

The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season.

The Green Wave will host AAC foes Memphis, Navy, SMU, and Temple, and will travel to UCF, UConn, Houston, and Tulsa.

[1] The team will play four non–conference games, two of which are home games against Louisiana–Lafayette from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road game against UMass and travel to Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference.