2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2016 record 6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach Demario Warren (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Justin Walterscheid
Co-defensive coordinator Ryan Hunt
Co-defensive coordinator Solomona Tapasa
Home stadium Eccles Coliseum
(Capacity: 8,500)
2016 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#4 Eastern Washington +^  8 –0     12 –2  
#12 North Dakota +^  8 –0     9 –3  
#25 Weber State ^  6 –2     7 –5  
#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 co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS 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.

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 Statedagger 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 (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game) NAU-TV
FSAZ		 W 48–21   5,626
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Game summaries

at Utah

Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting
Southern Utah at Utah
1 234Total
Thunderbirds 0 000 0
• Utes 3 1407 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]

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

Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2014 SELA, 41–14
Southeastern Louisiana at Southern Utah
1 234Total
Lions 10 706 23
• Thunderbirds 7 777 28
  • 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

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Vikings 3 7 14 7 31
Thunderbirds 7 24 7 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–9 2015 PSU, 24–23

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 7 0 6 20
#11 Grizzlies 9 13 14 7 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 2014 MONT, 35–17

UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 3 0 0 3
Thunderbirds 0 21 3 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–11 2015 SUU, 34–6

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 14 3 6 0 23
#22 Fighting Hawks 7 21 3 14 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3 2014 SUU, 35–17

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 6 8 23 37
Thunderbirds 14 9 13 0 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–15 2015 SUU, 44–0

at Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 10 21 14 52
Bengals 7 6 7 7 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–10–1 2014 ISU, 56–28

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 7 0 7 21
Thunderbirds 0 14 10 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2015 SUU, 34–23

at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 0 0 7
Cougars 14 17 0 6 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 14 14 20 0 48
Lumberjacks 14 7 0 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–12 2015 SUU, 49–41

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR RV  
Coaches 23 23 21 RV 24 RV RV RV NR NR NR RV

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 2016-09-01.
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