2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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2016 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 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

September 36:00 PMat Utah*

• Rice-Eccles Stadium
• Salt Lake City, UT

P12NL 0–24 45,945 September 106:00 PMSoutheastern Louisiana*

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

WBSW 28–23 7,010 September 246:00 PMNo. 25 Portland State

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

WBSW 45–31 10,306 October 12:30 PMat No. 11 Montana

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

WBSL 20–43 26,092 October 86:00 PMUC Davis

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

WBSW 24–3 8,107 October 1512:00 PMat No. 22 North Dakota

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

Midco SNL 23–45 10,506 October 226:00 PMWeber State

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT (Beehive Bowl)

WBSL 36–37 8,511 October 292:35 PMat Idaho State

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Eversport.tvW 52–27 4,667 November 512:00 PMMontana State

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

WBSW 38–21 7,342 November 121:00 PMat BYU*

• LaVell Edwards Stadium
• Provo, UT

BYUtvL 7–37 59,302 November 193:00 PMat Northern Arizona

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game)

NAU-TV
FSAZW 48–21 5,626

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Utah

See also: 2016 Utah Utes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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:

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP 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

See also: 2016 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2014	SELA, 41–14

Southeastern Louisiana at Southern Utah

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

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP 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.

Portland State

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

See also: 2016 Portland State Vikings football team

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

See also: 2016 Montana Grizzlies football team

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

See also: 2016 UC Davis Aggies football team

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

See also: 2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

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

See also: 2016 Weber State Wildcats football team and Beehive Bowl

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

See also: 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team

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

See also: 2016 Montana State Bobcats football team

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

See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team

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

See also: 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team and Northern Arizona–Southern Utah football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–12	2015	SUU, 49–41

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received 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	—	—	—	RV
Coaches	23	23	21	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV