2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
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Conference Big Sky Conference
Record6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJustin Walterscheid
Co-defensive coordinatorRyan Hunt
Co-defensive coordinatorSolomona Tapasa
Home stadium Eccles Coliseum
Seasons
←  2015
2017  →
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  8 –0   12 –2  
No. 12 North Dakota +^  8 –0   9 –3  
No. 25 Weber State ^  6 –2   7 –5  
No. 24 Cal Poly ^  5 –3   7 –5  
Southern Utah  5 –3   6 –5  
Northern Colorado  4 –4   6 –5  
Northern Arizona  4 –4   5 –6  
Montana  3 –5   6 –5  
Montana State  2 –6   4 –7  
Portland State  2 –6   3 –8  
UC Davis  2 –6   3 –8  
Sacramento State  2 –6   2 –9  
Idaho State  1 –7   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Demario Warren [1] and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their fifth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmat Utah *
 P12N L 0–2445,945
September 106:00 pm Southeastern Louisiana *
 WBS W 28–237,010
September 246:00 pmNo. 25 Portland State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
WBSW 45–3110,306
October 12:30 pmat No. 11 Montana
WBSL 20–4326,092
October 86:00 pm UC Davis
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
WBSW 24–38,107
October 1512:00 pmat No. 22 North Dakota
Midco SN L 23–4510,506
October 226:00 pm Weber State
WBSL 36–378,511
October 292:35 pmat Idaho State
Eversport.tv W 52–274,667
November 512:00 pm Montana State
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
WBSW 38–217,342
November 121:00 pmat BYU *
 BYUtv L 7–3759,302
November 193:00 pmat Northern Arizona
NAU-TV , FSAZ W 48–215,626

Game summaries

At Utah

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  • Date: September 1
  • Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • Game start: 6:07 MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:06
  • Game attendance: 45,945
  • Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Partly cloudy, winds S 11 mph
  • Referee: Land Clark • Umpire: Matt Jordan • Linesman: Bob Day • Line judge: Jeff Robinson • Back judge: Justin Nelson • Field judge: John Morton • Side judge: Bernie Hulscher • Center judge: John Love
  • TV announcers (P12): Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson
Sources: [2]

Game Stats:

  • Passing: SUU: McCoy Hill 6-12-0--42, Tannon Pedersen 0-6-1--0; Utah: Troy Williams 20-35-0--272, Tyler Huntley 3-4-0--26.
  • Rushing: SUU: Malik Brown 10-49, Ty Rutledge 1-33, Hill 8-26, Raysean Pringle 5-13, James Felila 3-9, Isaiah Diego-Wi 1-0, Pedersen 4-(-14); Utah: Troy McCormick 12-55, Joe Williams 12-49, Armand Shyne 8-19, T. Williams 5-15.
  • Receiving: SUU: Mike Sharp 1-14, Steven Wroblews 1-12, Rutledge 1-9, Logan Parker 1-6, Felila 1-4, Pringle 1-(-3); Utah: Tim Patrick 5-105, Rae Singleton 2-56, Troy McCormick 3-55, Tyrone Smith 3-31, Evan Moeai 1-18, Walla Gonzales 1-11, Demari Simpkins 1-8, Siaosi Wilkins 1-8, Terrell Burgess 1-7, Kyle Fulks 2-1, Joe Williams 3-(-2)
  • Interceptions: Utah: Marcus Williams 1-0.

Southeastern Louisiana

Southeastern Louisiana at Southern Utah
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  • Date: September 10
  • Location: Eccles Coliseum
    Cedar City, UT
  • Game start: 6:00 MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:10
  • Game attendance: 7,010
  • Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), Sunny
  • TV announcers (Watch Big Sky): Art Challis, Devin Dixon
Sources:

Game Stats:

  • Passing: SLU: Justin Alo 18-31-2--275; SUU: Patrick Tyler 18-28-0--188, Mike Sharp 1-1-0--34, Ty Rutledge 0-1-0--0.
  • Rushing: SLU: Kaelyn Henderson 5-46, Julius Maracalin 6-40, Rasheed Harrell 7-36, Alo 7-13, Darius Durall 7-13, Jake Ingarfia 1-(-2), Micah Thomas 1-(-3) ; SUU: Malik Brown 32-146, Raysean Pringle 6-30, James Felia 4-17, Tate Lewis 1-10, Tyler 6-8, Rutledge 3-6, Team 2-(-2).
  • Receiving: SLU: Brandon Acker 8-146, Juwan Dickey 5-88, Juwaan Rogers 3-39, Joe Pack 1-4, Javon Conner 1-(-2); SUU: Brady Measom 6-58, Mike Sharp 4-64, Steven Wroblews 4-59, Logan Parker 2-23, Desean Holmes 2014, Rutledge 1-4.
  • Interceptions: SUU: Mike Needham 1-4, Tyler Collett 1-0.

Portland State

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At Montana

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#11 Grizzlies91314743

UC Davis

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Thunderbirds0213024

At North Dakota

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#22 Fighting Hawks72131445

Weber State

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Thunderbirds14913036

At Idaho State

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Bengals767727

Montana State

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Thunderbirds014101438

At BYU

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Cougars14170637

At Northern Arizona

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Ranking movements

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References

  1. ↑ "Demario Warren Named New Head Football Coach". Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics. January 12, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Southern Utah at Utah". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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