2016 Memphis Tigers football team

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2016 American Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Temple xy$		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 19 South Florida x		7	–	1					11	–	2
UCF		4	–	4					6	–	7
Cincinnati		1	–	7					4	–	8
UConn		1	–	7					3	–	9
East Carolina		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
Tulsa		6	–	2					10	–	3
Memphis		5	–	3					8	–	5
Houston		5	–	3					9	–	4
SMU		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Memphis Tigers football team represents the University of Memphis in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers are led by first-year head coach Mike Norvell and play their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers compete as a member of the Western Division of the American Athletic Conference.

Schedule

September 36:00 p.m.Southeast Missouri State*

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

ESPN3W 35–17 42,876 September 1711:00 a.m.Kansas*

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

ESPNUW 43–7 34,448 September 247:00 p.m.Bowling Green*

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

ESPNewsW 77–3 38,713 October 16:00 p.m.at No. 16 Ole Miss*

• Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
• Oxford, MS (Rivalry)

ESPN2L 28–48 65,889 October 67:00 p.m.Temple

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

ESPNW 34–27 34,743 October 147:00 p.m.at Tulane

• Yulman Stadium
• New Orleans, LA

ESPNUW 24–14 21,098 October 222:30 p.m.at No. 24 Navy

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, MD

CBSSNL 28–42 35,943 October 297:00 p.m.Tulsa

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

ESPNewsL 30–59 36,894 November 53:00 p.m.at SMU

• Gerald J. Ford Stadium
• Dallas, TX

ESPNewsW 51–7 24,379 November 126:00 p.m.South Florida

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

CBSSNL 42–49 37,218 November 187:00 p.m.at Cincinnati

• Nippert Stadium
• Cincinnati, OH

CBSSNW 34–7 25,796 November 2511:00 a.m.No. 18 Houston

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

ABCW 48–44 36,527

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Game notes

Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	0	3	7	7	17
Tigers	22	7	3	3	35

See also: 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1–1	1942	SEMO, 6–0

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jayhawks	0	7	0	0	7
Tigers	13	20	3	7	43

See also: 2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	MEM, 55–23

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	0	0	0	3
Tigers	35	21	14	7	77

See also: 2016 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	MEM, 44–41

at Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	14	7	28
#23 Rebels	14	10	10	14	48

See also: 2016 Ole Miss Rebels football team and Memphis–Ole Miss football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–48–2	2015	MEM, 37–24

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	6	7	0	14	27
Tigers	0	3	17	14	34

See also: 2016 Temple Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2015	TEM, 31–12

at Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	10	3	8	24
Green Wave	0	7	0	7	14

See also: 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–11–1	2015	MEM, 41–13

at Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	0	7	7	28
#24 Midshipmen	14	7	14	7	42

See also: 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2015	NAVY, 45–20

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	14	21	10	14	59
Tigers	7	17	6	0	30

See also: 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–10	2015	MEM, 66–42

at SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	21	17	13	0	51
Mustangs	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2016 SMU Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2015	MEM, 63–0

South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	14	7	14	14	49
Tigers	3	14	14	11	42

See also: 2016 South Florida Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2015	MEM, 24–17

at Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	14	7	0	34
Bearcats	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–13	2015	MEM, 53–46

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Cougars	10	7	10	17	44
Tigers	21	13	0	14	48

See also: 2016 Houston Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–15	2015	HOU, 35–34

Depth Chart

Defense
FS 39 Reggis Ball ⋅		WLB ILB ILB SLB 13 Tank Jakes 34 Jackson Dillon ⋅ ⋅ 16 Wynton McManis 99 Kendrick Golden ⋅ ⋅					SS 15 Fritz Etienne 17 Chris Morley
CB 10 Dontrell Nelson 12 Chauncey Lanier		DE NT DE 48 Ernest Suttles 56 Terry Redden 97 Martin Ifedi 91 Ricky Hunter 93 Cortez Crosby 14 Latarius Brady						CB 21 Bobby McCain 23 BJ Ross
Offense
"X" WR 87 Tevin Jones 83 Baniel Hurd	"Z" WR 7 Keiwone Malone 2 Joe Craig	LT LG C RG RT 77 Taylor Fallin 63 Tyler Uselton 71 Gabe Kuhn 75 Micheal Stannard 54 Al Bond 65 Christopher Roberson 76 Patrick Winfield 70 Micah Simmons 66 Tony Mays 79 Nykiren Wellington					WR ⋅ ⋅	"S" WR 11 Sam Craft 5 Mose Frazier
				QB 4 Riley Ferguson 2 David Moore
					RB 38 Brandon Hayes 22 Doroland Dorceus		Special teams PK 46 Jake Elliot PK 36 Spencer Smith P 36 Spencer Smith P 47 Nick Jacobs KR 2 Joe Craig PR 21 Bobby McCain H 35 Evan Micheal

Roster

2016 Memphis Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Tony Pollard  Fr QB 2 David Moore Fr WR 3 Anthony Miller  Jr QB 4 Riley Ferguson Jr WR 5 Sean Dykes Fr RB 6 Patrick Taylor, Jr. Fr QB 7 Brady Davis  Fr RB 8 Darrell Henderson Fr WR 9 John Williams Fr WR 10 Damonte Coxie Fr RB 11 Sam Craft Sr WR 13 Kedarian Jones  Fr QB 15 Jason Stewart  Sr WR 18 Roderick Proctor Jr WR 19 Jae'Lon Oglesby So RB 24 Tearris Wallace Fr WR 25 Jaylen McClanahan Fr WR 27 Jahod Booker Fr RB 28 Doroland Dorceus  Jr WR 37 Austin Duncan Fr RB 38 Quincy Wimbish Fr TE 39 Brennan Ryan Fr TE 42 Gavin McCrary  So WR 44 Malik Thomas  So OL 50 Lio Lafaele Jr OL 51 Jace Neville  So OL 53 Dustin Woodard Fr OL 54 Drew Kyser So OL 59 Brytain Peddy  So OL 60 Cooper Williams  So OL 63 Ryan Young Fr OL 64 Zach Collins  Jr OL 65 Christopher Roberson  Sr OL 71 Gabe Kuhn  Jr OL 72 Trevon Tate  So OL 73 Keenen Davis  Fr OL 74 Jonathan Timmons Fr OL 75 Tauvaga Ho Ching II So OL 77 Harneet Gill Jr OL 78 Nick Thomas  So OL 79 Scottie Dill  Fr TE 80 Daniel Montiel  Sr WR 81 Mechane Slade  Fr WR 82 Hunter Hill Fr WR 83 Daniel Hurd  Sr TE 84 Robby Young  Jr TE 85 Kyle Oliver So TE 86 Joey Magnifico  Fr TE 87 Ross Burcham  Fr WR 88 Drew Bishop  Sr WR 89 Phil Mayhue Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 1 Jacoby Hill Fr DB 2 Tye Northern  So DB 4 Josh Perry Fr DL 5 Latarius Brady  Sr LB 6 Genard Avery Fr LB 7 Curtis Akins  So DB 8 Arthur Maulet Sr DB 9 Jamil Collins  Jr DB 10 Dontrell Nelson Sr DB 12 Chauncey Lanier  Sr DL 13 DeMarco Montgomery Sr DB 14 Jonathan Cook Jr DL 15 Christian Johnson  Jr LB 16 Nehemiah Augustus Fr DB 17 Chris Morley  Sr DB 19 Shaun Rupert  Jr DB 21 Kam Prewitt  Fr DB 22 Tyrez Lindsey Fr DB 23 B. J. Ross Sr DB 24 Deandre Jordan Sr DB 25 Austin Hall  Fr DB 26 Jahmahl Pardner  Sr LB 29 Darian Porter  Jr LB 30 Shareef White Jr DB 31 Anthony Young  Jr DB 32 Jacobi Francis Fr DB 33 Phillip Sumpter  Jr LB 34 Jackson Dillon Sr LB 35 Tim Hart Fr DL 38 Jonathan Wilson Fr DB 39 Christian Slaughter  Jr DB 40 Thomas Pickens Fr LB 44 Steven Enis  Fr LB 45 Noah Robinson Jr DB 47 Colton Cochran Fr DL 48 Ernest Suttles  Jr LB 49 Joseph Prevost  Fr LB 50 Lenard Harden Sr LB 55 Bryce Huff Fr LB 57 Hayden Ferrari  Fr DL 58 Donald Pennington  Sr LB 59 Malcolm Lane  Fr LB 61 Zane Sutherland  Fr DL 90 John Tate Fr DL 91 Nick Raby  Fr DL 92 Peyton Jones  Fr DL 93 Cortez Crosby  Jr DL 94 Freddie Dillard Fr DL 95 Michael Edwards Sr DL 96 Khalil Johnson  Fr DL 97 Emmanuel Cooper So DL 98 Jared Gentry So DL 99 Chase Joy Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 35 Evan Michael  Jr P, PK 36 Spencer Smith  Jr LS 41 Trevor Morgan Sr PK 46 Jake Elliott Sr P 47 Nick Jacobs Jr LS 52 Tim Belles  Fr LS 56 Andrew Ashe So	Head coach Mike Norvell Coordinators/assistant coaches Chis Ball (Defensive Coordinator) Chip Long (Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends) Darrell Dickey (Assistant Head Coach / Running Backs) David Johnson (Wide Receivers) Dan Lanning (Inside Linebackers / Recruiting Coordinator) Joe Lorig (Special Teams Coordinator / Outside Linebackers) Paul Randolph (Defensive Line) Ray Silverfield (Offensive Line) Marcus Woodson (Defensive Backs) Jeff Kupper (Director, Football Operations) Brennan Ball (Graduate Assistnat - Defense) Marcus Bell (Director of High School Relations) Braxton Brady (Director of Player Relations) Kenny Dillingham (Graduate Assistant -- Quarterbacks) Kwahn Drake (Intern - Offense) Nick Gilbert (Graduate Assistant -- Asst. Offensive Line Coach) Matthew Haron (Director of Football Video) Mac Hohorst (Equipment Manager) Spencer Knight (Special Teams/Outside Linebackers Intern) Brian Michalowski (Graduate Assistant, Defense) Sherman Morris (Director of Recruiting Operations) Akoya Nelson (Recruiting Secretary) George Pugh (Director of Player Personnel) Larry Reynolds (Assistant Athletic Trainer) Sherri Schwartz (Assistant to the Head Coach) Darrell Turner (Head Athletic Trainer) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: October 3, 2016