2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Demario Warren (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Justin Walterscheid
Co-defensive coordinator	Ryan Hunt (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Solomona Tapasa (1st season)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

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.

2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
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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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 0–24	45,945
September 10	6:00 pm	Southeastern Louisiana*	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 28–23	7,010
September 24	6:00 pm	No. 25 Portland State	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 45–31	10,306
October 1	2:30 pm	at No. 11 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	WBS	L 20–43	26,092
October 8	6:00 pm	UC Davis	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 24–3	8,107
October 15	12:00 pm	at No. 22 North Dakota	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	Midco SN	L 23–45	10,506
October 22	6:00 pm	Weber State	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Beehive Bowl)	WBS	L 36–37	8,511
October 29	2:35 pm	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Eversport.tv	W 52–27	4,667
November 5	12:00 pm	Montana State	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 38–21	7,342
November 12	1:00 pm	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 7–37	59,302
November 19	3:00 pm	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (Grand Canyon Rivalry)	NAU-TV, FSAZ	W 48–21	5,626
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Southern Utah at Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	0	0	0	0
• Utes	3	14	0	7	24

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]

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	SUU	Utah
1	10:38	9	67	4:22	Utah	26-yard field goal by Andy Phillips	0	3
2	3:41	9	53	4:49	Utah	Troy McCormick 4-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good	0	10
2	1:11	4	37	1:00	Utah	Tim Patrick 2-yard touchdown reception from Troy Williams, Andy Phillips kick good	0	17
4	9:27	2	57	0:37	Utah	Tim Patrick 57-yard touchdown reception from Troy Williams, Andy Phillips kick good	0	24
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							0	24

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 at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	10	7	0	6	23
• Thunderbirds	7	7	7	7	28

Sources:

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	SLU	SUU
1	12:51	5	75	2:09	SLU	Brandon Acker 19-yard touchdown reception from Justin Alo, Jonathan Tatum kick good	7	0
1	9:45	10	60	3:06	SUU	Brady Measom 6-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Tyler, Keita Calhoun kick good	7	7
1	0:45	8	40	2:21	SLU	24-yard field goal by Jonathan Tatum	10	7
2	12:14	4	69	1:47	SLU	Rasheed Harrell 5-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Tatum kick good	17	7
2	8:33	11	87	3:41	SUU	Ty Rutledge 3-yard touchdown run, Keita Calhoun kick good	17	14
3	7:57	7	53	2:15	SUU	Brady Measom 10-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Tyler, Keita Calhoun kick good	17	21
4	9:27	9	69	2:39	SUU	Mike Sharp 16-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Tyler, Keita Calhoun kick good	17	28
4	3:33	12	75	5:54	SLU	Juwan Dickey 20-yard touchdown reception from Justin Alo, 2-point pass failed	23	28
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							23	28

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.

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Vikings	3	7	14	7	31
Thunderbirds	7	24	7	7	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	7	0	6	20
#11 Grizzlies	9	13	14	7	43

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	3	0	0	3
Thunderbirds	0	21	3	0	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	14	3	6	0	23
#22 Fighting Hawks	7	21	3	14	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	6	8	23	37
Thunderbirds	14	9	13	0	36

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	10	21	14	52
Bengals	7	6	7	7	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	0	7	21
Thunderbirds	0	14	10	14	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	7	0	0	7
Cougars	14	17	0	6	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	14	14	20	0	48
Lumberjacks	14	7	0	0	21

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