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American college football season
The 2016 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Wolf Pack were led by fourth–year head coach Brian Polian and played their home games at Mackay Stadium . They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference .[1] [2] They finished the season 5–7 and 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a three–way tie for third place in the West Division.
On November 27, Polian and Nevada agreed to part ways.[3] He finished at Nevada with a four year record of 23–27. Polian later returned to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football as special teams coordinator under head coach Brian Kelly after previously serving under head coach Charlie Weis from 2005 to 2009.
Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 2015 season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division and won the Arizona Bowl by 28 to 23 against Colorado State .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:30 p.m. Cal Poly (Div. I FCS ) * MWN W 30–27 OT 19,138
September 10 12:30 p.m. at No. 18 Notre Dame * NBC L 10–3980,795
September 17 6:00 p.m. Buffalo * MWN/Twitter W 38–1420,457
September 24 9:00 a.m. at Purdue * ESPNews L 14–2441,607
October 1 9:00 p.m. at Hawaii MWN/Oceanic PPV L 17–3823,593
October 8 4:00 p.m. Fresno State ESPN3 W 27–2222,411
October 15 7:30 p.m. at San Jose State CBSSN L 10–1415,161
October 22 7:30 p.m. Wyoming ESPN2 L 34–4218,877
November 5 7:15 p.m. at New Mexico ESPNU L 26–3517,290
November 12 7:30 p.m. San Diego State CBSSN L 16–4616,730
November 19 1:00 p.m. Utah State ESPN3 W 38–3713,390
November 26 1:00 p.m. at UNLV ESPN3 W 45–1023,569
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Game summaries
Cal Poly
Cal Poly at Nevada
1
2 3 4 OT Total
Mustangs (Div. I FCS )
7
3 0 14 3
27
• Wolf Pack
21
3 0 0 6
30
Date: Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 6:35 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 20 minutesGame attendance: 19,138Game weather: Temperature: 77 °F (25 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: 21 MPH Referee: Kevin BoitmannTV announcers (MWN ): Ryan Radtke and Kevin Grimes
Scoring summary 1 12:10 NEV James Butler 50–yard run (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 7–0
1 09:13 NEV Wyatt Demps 6–yard run from Tyler Stewart (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 14–0
1 02:52 CP Joe Protheroe 28–yard run (Casey Sublette kick) NEV 14–7
1 00:49 NEV Jerico Richardson 9–yard pass from Tyler Stewart (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 21–7
2 08:28 CP Casey Sublette 27–yard field goal NEV 21–10
2 00:03 NEV Brent Zuzo 25–yard field goal NEV 24–10
4 14:38 CP Dano Graves 10–yard run (Casey Sublette kick) NEV 24–17
4 01:20 CP Dano Graves 1–yard run (Casey Sublette kick) TIE 24–24
OT 15:00 CP Casey Sublette 37–yard field goal CP 27–24
OT 15:00 NEV James Butler 5–yard run NEV 30–27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
6–3
1998
NEV, 63–0
at Notre Dame
Nevada at Notre Dame
1
2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack
0
0 3 7
10
• No. 18 Fighting Irish
0
25 14 0
39
Scoring summary 2 12:57 ND Justin Yoon 21–yard field goalND 3–0
2 10:35 ND C. J. Sanders 7–yard pass from DeShone Kizer ND 9–0
2 10:30 ND Team 0–yard safety ND 11–0
2 08:23 ND Kevin Stepherson 4–yard pass from DeShone Kizer (Justin Yoon kick) ND 18–0
2 00:35 ND Tarean Folston 2–yard run (Justin Yoon kick)ND 25–0
3 08:30 ND DeShone Kizer 2–yard run (Justin Yoon kick) ND 32–0
3 03:54 NEV Brent Zuzo 27–yard field goal ND 32–3
3 00:38 ND Dexter Williams 1–yard run (Justin Yoon kick)ND 39–3
4 03:19 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 6–yard run (Brent Zuzo kick) ND 39–10
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
2009
ND, 35–0
Buffalo
Buffalo at Nevada
1
2 3 4 Total
Bulls
0
0 7 7
14
• Wolf Pack
7
17 7 7
38
Date: September 17, 2016Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 6:05 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 16 minutesGame attendance: 20,457Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Clear • Wind: WNW 6 MPH Referee: David AlvarezTV announcers (MWN /Twitter ): Ari Wolfe , Darius Walker and Shae Peppler (sideline)
Scoring summary 1 09:19 NEV Tyler Stewart 9–yard run (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 7–0
2 14:52 NEV Brent Zuzo 23–yard field goal NEV 10–0
2 06:50 NEV James Butler 2–yard run (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 17–0
2 01:13 NEV James Butler 4–yard run (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 24–0
3 09:01 NEV James Butler 1–yard run (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 31–0
3 03:01 UB Jordan Johnson 57–yard pass from Tyree Jackson (Adam Mitcheson kick) NEV 31–7
4 11:51 NEV Wyatt Demps 2–yard pass from Tyler Stewart (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 38–7
4 08:50 UB Jordan Johnson 12–yard run (Adam Mitcheson kick) NEV 38–14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–0
2015
NEV, 24–21
at Purdue
Nevada at Purdue
1
2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack
7
7 0 0
14
• Boilermakers
0
10 7 7
24
Date: September 24, 2016Location: Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN Game start: 12:01 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 3 minutesGame attendance: 41,607Game weather: Temperature: 68 °F (20 °C) • Weather: Mostly Cloudy • Wind: E 7 MPH Referee: Mike CannonTV announcers (ESPNews ): Mike Couzens and Dan Hawkins
Scoring summary 1 05:00 NEV Hasaan Henderson 15–yard pass from Tyler Stewart (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 7–0
2 13:10 PUR J. D. Dellinger 36–yard field goal NEV 7–3
2 05:56 NEV James Butler 6–yard pass from Tyler Stewart (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 14–3
2 01:20 PUR Bilal Marshall 48–yard pass from David Blough (J. D. Dellinger kick) NEV 14–10
3 08:03 PUR Markell Jones 5–yard run (J. D. Dellinger kick)PUR 17–14
4 01:17 PUR Brycen Hopkins 51–yard pass from David Blough (J. D. Dellinger kick)PUR 24–17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Hawaii
Nevada at Hawaii
1
2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack
0
3 0 14
17
• Rainbow Warriors
3
14 21 0
38
Date: October 1, 2016Location: Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI Game start: 6:08 p.m. Elapsed time: 3 hours and 19 minutesGame attendance: 23,593Game weather: Temperature: 78 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: ENE 13 MPH Referee: Scott CampbellTV announcers (MWN /Oceanic PPV ): Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano and Scott Robbs (sideline)
Scoring summary 1 05:23 UH Rigoberto Sanchez 27–yard field goalUH 3–0
2 08:43 UH Steven Lakalaka 4–yard run (Rigoberto Sanchez kick) UH 10–0
2 02:28 NEV Brent Zuzo 31–yard field goal UH 10–3
2 00:48 UH Metuisela 'Unga 16–yard pass from Dru Brown (Rigoberto Sanchez kick) UH 17–3
3 13:48 UH John Ursua 5–yard run (Rigoberto Sanchez kick)UH 24–3
3 06:10 UH Metuisela 'Unga 8–yard pass from Dru Brown (Rigoberto Sanchez kick) UH 31–3
3 01:02 UH Kaiwi Chung 1–yard run (Rigoberto Sanchez kick) UH 38–3
4 10:09 NEV Wyatt Demps 9–yard pass from Tyler Stewart (Brent Zuzo kick) UH 38–10
4 05:02 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 2–yard run (Brent Zuzo kick) UH 38–17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
12–8
2015
NEV, 30–20
Fresno State
Fresno State at Nevada
1
2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs
6
0 7 9
22
• Wolf Pack
7
14 0 6
27
Date: October 8, 2016Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 4:04 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutesGame attendance: 22,411Game weather: Temperature: 78 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: N/AReferee: Kevin MarTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Trey Bender and Jay Taylor
Scoring summary 1 09:13 FS Kody Kroening 44–yard field goal FS 3–0
1 04:48 NEV Wyatt Demps 36–yard pass from Andrew Celis (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 7–3
1 00:00 FS Kody Korening 25–yard field goal NEV 7–6
2 04:22 NEV Tyler Stewart 4–yard run (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 14–6
2 00:12 NEV Wyatt Demps 3–yard pass from Tyler Stewart (Brent Zuzo kick) NEV 21–6
3 01:26 FS Jared Rice 1–yard pass from Chason Virgil (Kody Kroening kick) NEV 21–13
4 13:37 FS Kody Kroening 35–yard field goal NEV 21–16
4 07:56 NEV Wyatt Demps 8–yard pass from Tyler Stewart (Brent Zuzo kick failed) NEV 27–16
4 05:08 FS Dontel James 5–yard run (Chason Virgil pass failed) NEV 27–22
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
19–27–1
2015
NEV, 30–16
at San Jose State
Nevada at San Jose State
1
2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack
0
0 3 7
10
• Spartans
0
7 0 7
14
Date: October 15, 2016Location: CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA Game start: 7:37 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 17 minutesGame attendance: 15,161Game weather: Temperature: 66 °F (19 °C) • Weather: Rain • Wind: S 11 MPH Referee: David AlvarezTV announcers (CBSSN ): Rich Waltz , Eric Davis and Cassie McKinney (sideline)
Scoring summary 2 11:20 SJSU Kenny Potter 3–yard run (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 7–0
3 00:31 NEV Spencer Pettit 28–yard field goal SJSU 7–3
4 06:52 NEV James Butler 46–yard pass from Tyler Stewart (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 10–7
4 00:50 SJSU Kenny Potter 3–yard run (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 14–10
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
19–8–2
2015
NEV, 37–34OT
Wyoming
Wyoming at Nevada
1
2 3 4 Total
• Cowboys
7
14 14 7
42
Wolf Pack
0
13 14 7
34
Date: October 22, 2016Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:41 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 35 minutesGame attendance: 18,877Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Cool • Wind: SSE 7 MPH Referee: Kevin HassellTV announcers (ESPN2 ): Dave Lamont and Tom Ramsey
Scoring summary 1 06:58 WYO Brian Hill 56–yard field (Cooper Rothe kick)WYO 7–0
2 14:05 NEV Spencer Pettit 45–yard field goal WYO 7–3
2 10:01 WYO Brian Hill 2–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 14–3
2 06:47 NEV Ty Gangi 17–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) WYO 14–10
2 01:23 WYO Josh Allen 1–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick)WYO 21–10
2 00:25 NEV Spencer Pettit 44–yard field goal WYO 21–13
3 08:44 WYO Josh Allen 4–yard pass from Austin Conway (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 28–13
3 06:27 NEV James Butler 9–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) WYO 28–20
3 04:15 WYO Brian Hill 20–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 35–20
3 01:03 NEV Jarred Gipson 27–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) WYO 35–27
4 02:52 WYO Josh Allen 7–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 42–27
4 00:40 NEV James Butler 0–yard fumble recovery (Spencer Pettit kick) WYO 42–34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–3
2015
WYO, 28–21
at New Mexico
Nevada at New Mexico (Battle of the Wolves)
1
2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack
0
14 0 12
26
• Lobos
7
7 14 7
35
Date: November 5, 2016Location: University Stadium Albuquerque, NM Game start: 8:26 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 55 minutesGame attendance: 17,290Game weather: Temperature: 55 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Overcast/Rain • Wind: 5 MPH • Note: Game was delayed by lightning after halftime for 1 hour and 49 minutes.Referee: Kevin BoitmannTV announcers (ESPNU ): Roy Philpott and Brian Kinchen
Scoring summary 1 09:45 NM Richard McQuarley 3–yard run (Jason Sanders kick) NM 7–0
2 13:36 NEV James Butler 9–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 7–7
2 06:13 NEV Wyatt Demps 12–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 14–7
2 02:17 NM Tyrone Owens 25–yard run (Jason Sanders kick) TIE 14–14
3 05:50 NM Lamar Jordan II 4–yard pass from Austin Apodaca (Jason Sanders kick)NM 21–14
3 01:16 NM Emmanuel Harris 44–yard pass from Austin Apodaca (Jason Sanders kick) NM 28–14
4 13:19 NEV Brandon Scott 19–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick blocked) NM 28–20
4 11:31 NEV Ahki Muhammad 57–yard pass from Ty Gangi (pass failed) NM 28–26
4 02:54 NM Austin Apodaca 4–yard run (Jason Sanders kick) NM 35–26
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–2–1
2015
NEV, 35–17
San Diego State
San Diego State at Nevada
1
2 3 4 Total
• Aztecs
10
16 13 7
46
Wolf Pack
7
0 2 7
16
Scoring summary 1 12:32 SDSU Rashaad Penny 40–yard (John Baron II kick)SDSU 7–0
1 07:32 NEV Hasaan Henderson 0–yard fumble recovery (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 7–7
1 02:03 SDSU John Baron II 28–yard field goal SDSU 10–7
2 10:19 SDSU Donnel Pumphrey 3–yard run (John Baron II kick)SDSU 17–7
2 05:53 SDSU Mikah Holder 6–yard run pass from Christian Chapman (John Baron II kick blocked) SDSU 23–7
2 00:03 SDSU John Baron II 31–yard field goal SDSU 26–7
3 04:43 SDSU David Wells 17–yard pass from Christian Chapman (John Baron II kick blocked) SDSU 32–7
3 04:43 NEV E. J. Muhammad 98–yard PAT return SDSU 32–9
3 02:50 SDSU Rashaad Penny 72–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 39–9
4 14:06 NEV Wyatt Demps 40–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) SDSU 39–16
4 07:34 SDSU Juwan Washington 45–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 46–16
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–5
2015
SDSU, 31–14
Utah State
Utah State at Nevada
1
2 3 4 Total
Aggies
7
10 10 10
37
• Wolf Pack
3
7 7 21
38
Date: November 19, 2016Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 1:04 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 17 minutesGame attendance: 13,390Game weather: Temperature: 59 °F (15 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: S 15 MPH Referee: Mike DefeeTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Trey Bender and Jay Taylor
Scoring summary 1 03:37 NEV Spencer Pettit 35–yard field goal NEV 3–0
1 01:02 USU Kent Myers 37–yard run (Brock Warren kick) USU 7–3
2 09:52 USU Dominik Eberle 43–yard field goal USU 10–3
2 05:25 USU Kent Myers 2–yard run (Brock Warren kick) USU 17–3
2 00:38 NEV Wyatt Demps 1–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) USU 17–10
3 13:54 USU Rayshad Lewis 59–yard run (Brock Warren kick) USU 24–10
3 09:09 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 7–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) USU 24–17
3 03:11 USU Dominik Eberle 20–yard field goal USU 27–17
4 11:53 NEV James Butler 15–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) USU 27–24
4 11:03 USU Tonny Lindsey Jr. 68–yard run (Brock Warren kick) USU 34–24
4 07:50 USU Dominik Eberle 22–yard field goal USU 37–24
4 07:19 NEV Elijah Mitchell 0–yard fumble recovery (Spencer Pettit kick) USU 37–31
4 00:05 NEV Ty Gangi 6–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 38–37
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
17–6
2015
USU, 31–27
at UNLV
Nevada at UNLV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series )
1
2 3 4 Total
• Wolf Pack
10
17 3 15
45
Rebels
0
10 0 0
10
Scoring summary 1 10:48 NEV Ty Gangi 19–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 7–0
1 07:14 NEV Spencer Pettit 25–yard field goal NEV 10–0
2 14:50 NEV James Butler 33–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 17–0
2 12:22 UNLV Kurt Palandech 27–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) NEV 17–7
2 06:58 NEV Spencer Pettit 32–yard field goal NEV 20–7
2 02:05 NEV James Butler 14–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 27–7
2 00:00 UNLV Evan Pantels 47–yard field goal NEV 27–10
3 09:16 NEV Spencer Pettit 38–yard field goal NEV 30–10
4 11:02 NEV James Butler 3–yard run (Hasaan Henderson pass) NEV 38–10
4 02:31 NEV James Butler 13–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 45–10
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
25–16[n 1]
2015
UNLV, 23–17
Roster
Notes
References
Venues
Evans Field (1896–1905)
Mackay Field and Stadium (I) (1915–1965)
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