2016 LSU Tigers football team

The 2016 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers play their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by 12th year head coach Les Miles for the first four games of the year before he was fired on September 25 along with offensive coordinator Cam Cameron.[1] Miles was replaced by interim head coach Ed Orgeron, who was later promoted to head coach on November 26, 2016. They finished the season 8–4, 5–3 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Western Division. They were invited to the Citrus Bowl where they defeated Louisville.

2016 LSU Tigers football
Citrus Bowl champion
Citrus Bowl, W 29–9 vs. Louisville
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 13
2016 record	8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Les Miles (4 games; fired 9/25; 12th season) Ed Orgeron (interim)
Offensive coordinator	Cam Cameron (4 games; 4th season) Steve Ensminger (interim)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Dave Aranda (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium (Capacity: 102,321)

2016 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 14 Florida x		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 22 Tennessee		4	–	4					9	–	4
Georgia		4	–	4					8	–	5
Kentucky		4	–	4					7	–	6
South Carolina		3	–	5					6	–	7
Vanderbilt		3	–	5					6	–	7
Missouri		2	–	6					4	–	8
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 24 Auburn		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 13 LSU		5	–	3					8	–	4
Texas A&M		4	–	4					8	–	5
Arkansas		3	–	5					7	–	6
Mississippi State		3	–	5					6	–	7
Ole Miss*		0	–	6					0	–	7
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ole Miss vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

LSU announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. Because of scheduling issues, the 2016 schedule consisted of 7 home, 3 away and 1 neutral site games in the regular season. The Tigers were to host SEC foes Alabama, Mississippi State, Missouri, and Ole Miss, and travel to Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, and Texas A&M.[2]

The Tigers competed against the Missouri Tigers for the first time since the 1978 Liberty Bowl, and won 42-7. The team traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin to compete against Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference at Lambeau Field. LSU hosted two non–conference games against Jacksonville State from the Ohio Valley Conference and Southern Miss from Conference USA. LSU was scheduled to play South Alabama from the Sun Belt Conference, but it was canceled after the Florida game was rescheduled due to Hurricane Matthew.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:30 p.m.	vs. Wisconsin*	No. 5	Lambeau Field Green Bay, WI (College GameDay)	ABC	L 14–16	73,128
September 10	6:30 p.m.	Jacksonville State*	No. 21	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	W 34–13	98,389
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	No. 20	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 23–20	99,910
September 24	5:00 p.m.	at Auburn	No. 18	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	ESPN	L 13–18	87,451
October 1	6:30 p.m.	Missouri		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	W 42–7	102,071
October 15	6:30 p.m.	Southern Miss*		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	W 45–10	102,164
October 22	8:00 p.m.	No. 23 Ole Miss	No. 25	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–21	101,720
November 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	No. 15	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry) (College GameDay)	CBS	L 0–10	102,321
November 12	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas	No. 19	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (Golden Boot)	ESPN	W 38–10	75,156
November 19^[a]	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 Florida	No. 16	Tiger Stadium[3][4] Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	SECN	L 10–16	102,043
November 24	6:30 p.m.	at No. 22 Texas A&M	No. 25	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 54–39	102,961
December 31	10:00 a.m.	vs. No. 15 Louisville*	No. 19	Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL (Citrus Bowl)	ABC	W 29–9	46,063
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

^{^[a]} The October 8 game between LSU and Florida was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.[5] The game was eventually rescheduled for November 19 at Tiger Stadium, replacing the previously scheduled game against South Alabama.

Schedule Source:[6]

Roster

2016 LSU Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Trey LaForge  Fr RB 4 Nick Brossette So RB 5 Derrius Guice So QB 6 Brandon Harris Jr RB 7 Leonard Fournette Jr QB 8 Caleb Lewis So WR 10 Stephen Sullivan Fr WR 11 Dee Anderson Fr QB 12 Justin McMillan  Fr QB 14 Lindsey Scott Jr. Fr WR 15 Malachi Dupre Jr QB 16 Danny Etling Jr QB 17 Tiger Scheyd So WR 19 Derrick Dillon Fr WR 25 Drake Davis Fr RB 27 Lanard Fournette  Fr RB 28 Darrel Williams Jr WR 29 Louis Landrum Fr WR 30 Michael Ostrom So WR 31 Justin Jones Fr WR 32 Jalen Williams Fr RB 34 Reshaud Henry Jr WR 39 Russell Gage Jr FB 41 David Ducre So FB 44 John David Moore Jr FB 47 Bry'Kiethon Mouton So FB 48 Ronnie Lamarque Fr OL 54 Rory Luke  Fr OL 58 Jibrail Abdul-Aziz So G 63 K. J. Malone Jr C 64 Will Clapp So OL 65 Jakori Savage Fr T 66 Toby Weathersby So OL 67 Michael Smith Fr OL 68 Chidi Okeke  Fr OL 69 Turner Simmers So OL 71 Donavaughn Campbell Fr C 72 Andy Dodd Jr G 73 Adrian Magee  Fr OL 74 Willie Allen Fr G 75 Maea Teuhema So G 76 Josh Boutte Sr C, G 77 Ethan Pocic Sr G 78 Garrett Brumfield So OL 79 Lloyd Cushenberry Fr TE 80 Jamal Pettigrew Fr TE 81 Colin Jeter Sr WR 82 D. J. Chark Jr WR 83 Travin Dural Sr TE 84 Foster Moreau So TE 85 Caleb Roddy Fr WR 86 Jazz Ferguson So TE 88 Jacory Washington So TE 89 DeSean Smith Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Donte Jackson So CB 2 Kevin Toliver II So CB 8 Saivion Smith Fr S 9 Rickey Jefferson Sr CB 12 Micah Dickens Jr DB 13 Dwayne Thomas Sr DB 15 Tony Westly Jr CB 17 Xavier Lewis  Fr CB 18 Tre'Davious White Sr CB 21 Ed Paris Jr DB 22 Kristian Fulton Fr S 23 Corey Thompson Sr LB 24 Devin White Fr DB 25 T. J. Lemoine Fr S 26 John Battle So DB 27 Brandon Surtain Sr DB 29 Greedy Williams Fr DB 30 Eric Monroe Fr DB 31 Cameron Lewis Fr DB 32 Leyton Lavigne So S 33 Jamal Adams Jr LB 35 Devin Voorhies Jr LB 40 Duke Riley Sr DB 41 Abraham Wallace So LB 43 Ray Thornton Fr DL 44 Clifton Escort II Fr LB 45 Michael Divinity Fr DE 46 Tashawn Bower Sr LB 47 Chance Barney Jr LB 48 Donnie Alexander Jr DE 49 Arden Key So LB 50 Layton Garnett Fr LB 51 Jonathan Rucker Jr LB 52 Kendell Beckwith Sr LB 53 Ben Nola Fr DL 54 Justin Kairdolf Fr NT 55 Travonte Valentine So LB 56 M. J. Patterson Jr DT 57 Davon Godchaux Jr LB 58 Hunter Burns Sr DE 59 Jordan Harper Sr DL 60 Marcus Roberts Sr DL 85 Jamil Abdul-Aziz Fr DE 87 Sci Martin Fr DT 90 Rashard Lawrence Fr DT 91 Christian LaCouture Sr DE 92 Lewis Neal Sr DE 93 Andre Anthony Fr DE 93 Seth Newsome Fr DE 94 Isaiah Washington So DT 95 Ed Alexander Fr DE 96 Glen Logan Fr DT 97 Frank Herron Jr DE 98 Deondre Clark Jr DT 99 Greg Gilmore Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 34 Connor Culp Fr K 35 Jack Gonsoulin  Fr P 36 Cameron Gamble Jr P 38 Josh Growden Fr K 42 Colby Delahoussaye Sr P 46 Zach Von Rosenberg Fr LS 50 Blake Ferguson Fr LS 59 John Ballis Sr	Head coach Ed Orgeron Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	5 (1)	21	20	18	RV	RV	RV	25	19	15	19	16	25	21	19	13
Coaches	6	22	22	17	RV	RV	25	23	19	14	19	14	RV	21	20	14
CFP	Not released									13	24	16	NR	21	20	Not released

Season summary

vs. Wisconsin

#5 LSU Tigers (0–0) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	0	0	14	0	14
Wisconsin	0	6	7	3	16

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

• Date: September 3, 2016
• Game time: 2:40 p.m.
• Game weather: Mostly sunny, 75 °F (24 °C)
• Game attendance: 77,823
• Referee: Mike Defee
• TV announcers (ABC): Steve Levy, Brian Griese, and Todd McShay
• Box Score

Game information

Second quarter WIS – Rafael Gaglianone 30-yard field goal, 4:13. Wisconsin 3–0. Drive: 9 plays, 24 yards, 4:12. WIS – Rafael Gaglianone 48-yard field goal, 0:54. Wisconsin 6–0. Drive: 5 plays, 15 yards, 0:55. Third quarter WIS – Corey Clement 5-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 10:55. Wisconsin 13–0. Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 1:56. LSU – Tre'Davious White 21-yard interception return (Colby Delahoussaye kick), 5:28. Wisconsin 13–7. LSU – Travin Dural 10-yard pass from Brandon Harris (Colby Delahoussaye kick), 4:21. LSU 14–13. Drive: 2 plays, 41 yards, 0:18. Fourth quarter WIS – Rafael Gaglianone 47-yard field goal, 3:47. Wisconsin 16–14. Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 4:27. Top passers LSU – Brandon Harris – 12/21, 131 yards, TD, 2 INT WIS – Bart Houston – 19/31, 205 yards, 2 INT Top rushers LSU – Leonard Fournette – 23 rushes, 138 yards WIS – Corey Clement – 21 rushes, 86 yards, TD Top receivers LSU – Travin Dural – 5 receptions, 50 yards, TD WIS – Troy Fumagalli – 7 receptions, 100 yards

References

1. "LSU fires coach Les Miles four games into his 12th season". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
2. "2016 SEC Football Schedule Released" (Press release). Louisiana State University Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
3. "LSU vs Florida Rescheduled After Hurricane Matthew". Bleacher Report. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
4. "Football to Host Florida Nov. 19 in Tiger Stadium". LSUSports.net. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
5. "SEC: LSU-Florida Football Postponed" (Press release). Louisiana State University Department of Athletics. October 6, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
6. "2016 LSU Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 5, 2015.