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 →

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

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 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

Game summaries

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.

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