2016 Memphis Tigers football team

The 2016 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by first-year head coach Mike Norvell and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers competed as a member of the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to Western Kentucky.

2016 Memphis Tigers football
Boca Raton Bowl, L 31–51 vs. Western Kentucky
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	West Division
2016 record	8–5 (5–3 The American)
Head coach	Mike Norvell (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Chip Long (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Ball (1st season)
Home stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 59,308)

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ESPN3	W 35–17	42,876
September 17	11:00 a.m.	Kansas*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ESPNU	W 43–7	34,448
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ESPNews	W 77–3	38,713
October 1	6:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Ole Miss*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 28–48	65,889
October 6	7:00 p.m.	Temple	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ESPN	W 34–27	34,743
October 14	7:00 p.m.	at Tulane	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	W 24–14	21,098
October 22	2:30 p.m.	at No. 24 Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 28–42	35,943
October 29	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ESPNews	L 30–59	36,894
November 5	3:00 p.m.	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	ESPNews	W 51–7	24,379
November 12	6:00 p.m.	South Florida	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	CBSSN	L 42–49	37,218
November 18	7:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	W 34–7	25,796
November 25	11:00 a.m.	No. 18 Houston	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ABC	W 48–44	36,527
December 20	6:00 p.m.	vs. Western Kentucky*	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida (Boca Raton Bowl)	ESPN	L 31–51	24,726
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries

Southeast Missouri State

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

Kansas

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

Bowling Green

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

at Ole Miss

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

Temple

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

at Tulane

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

at Navy

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

Tulsa

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

at SMU

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

South Florida

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

at Cincinnati

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

Houston

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

vs. Western Kentucky–Boca Raton Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	7	7	21
Hilltoppers	14	14	16	7	51

Personnel

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 Elliott 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 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) Ryan Silverfield (Offensive Line) Marcus Woodson (Defensive Backs) Jeff Kupper (Director, Football Operations) Brennan Ball (Graduate Assistant - 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

References

1. "2016 Memphis Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 18, 2016.