2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	North Division
	South Division
	Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
	^ – College Football Playoff participant; $ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football
2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	South Division
2016 record	5–7 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Todd Graham (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Chip Lindsey (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Keith Patterson (3rd season)
Base defense	Hybrid attacking
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium; (Capacity: 56,232)
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Todd Graham and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium. They were a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They started the season 5-1, and needed to win one more game to become bowl eligible. However, they lost each of their last six games and did not qualify to play in a bowl game. The low point came in their season finale against in-state rival Arizona. With bowl eligibility on the line, the Sun Devils gave up 511 rushing yards in their 56-35 loss. They finished the season 5–7, 2–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the South Division.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 pm	No. 18 (FCS) Northern Arizona*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	P12N	W 44–13	45,300
September 10	7:00 pm	Texas Tech*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FS1	W 68–55	44,511
September 16	6:30 pm	at UTSA*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	ESPN2	W 32–28	29,035
September 24	7:00 pm	California	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ESPN2	W 51–41	49,295
October 1	5:30 pm	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FOX	L 20–41	71,214
October 8	7:30 pm	UCLA	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ESPN2	W 23–20	48,509
October 15	5:00 pm	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	L 16–40	48,588
October 22	7:00 pm	Washington State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 32–37	50,582
October 29	1:00 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 35–54	53,898
November 10	7:30 pm	No. 13 Utah	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FS1	L 26–49	48,220
November 19	4:30 pm	at No. 7 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	L 18–44	65,467
November 25	7:30 pm	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (rivalry/Territorial Cup)	ESPN	L 35–56	50,197
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:^[1]

Personnel[]

2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`18`	Shawn Akina	Fr
TE	`84`	JD Alexander	Fr
OG	`59`	Quinn Bailey	So
RB	`7`	Kalen Ballage	Jr
RB	`35`	Jacom Brimhall	Jr
TE	`81`	Jared Bubek	Fr
OT	`88`	Cohl Cabral	Fr
WR	`21`	Terrell Chatman	Fr
WR	`38`	Chaz Collins	Fr
OL	`66`	Brock Corbin	Fr
FB	`22`	Mark Cosgrove	Jr
OL	`72`	Cade Cote	Fr
WR	`81`	Frank Darby	Fr
TE	`80`	Raymond Epps	Jr
WR	`89`	Frederick Gammage	Sr
WR	`32`	Trent Gilbert	Fr
OT	`57`	Evan Goodman	Sr
WR	`88`	Daniel Groebner	Sr
WR	`38`	Manuel Harris	Fr
WR	`1`	N'Keal Harry	Fr
WR	`82`	Jalen Harvey	So
TE	`87`	Tommy Hudson	Fr
WR	`29`	John Humphrey	Fr
OG	`54`	Conor Humphreys	So
RB	`32`	Gll'Scott Jackson	Fr
WR	`19`	Ellis Jefferson	Jr
OL		Daniel Jeffrey	Fr
WR	`86`	Ryan Jenkins	Jr
OG	`76`	Sam Jones	So
TE	`83`	Kody Kohl	Sr
RB		Brandon LaMarche	Fr
RB	`23`	Jason Lewis
OG	`98`	Alex Losoya	So
TE	`88`	Grant Martinez	Jr
C	`75`	Tyler McClure	Jr
C	`65`	A.J. McCollum	Jr
C	`77`	Stephon McCray	Sr
OG	`71`	Steven Miller	Fr
OG	`78`	Marshal Nathe	Fr
WR	`17`	Ryan Newsome	So
QB	`3`	Bryce Perkins	Fr
TE	`82`	Josh Pokraka	So
RB	`22`	Nick Ralston	Fr
RB	`31`	Gabriel Rees	So
RB	`4`	Demario Richard	Jr
OT	`58`	Tyson Rising	Jr
OT	`51`	Zach Robertson	Fr
WR	`6`	Cameron Smith	Jr
WR	`34`	Jack Smith	Fr
WR	`84`	Jeremy Smith	Fr
QB	`7`	Dillon Sterling-Cole	Fr
OL		Michael Tate	Fr
RB	`24`	Tre Turner	Fr
OT	`79`	Mason Walter	Fr
QB	`2`	Brady White	Fr
WR	`12`	Tim White	Sr
QB	`5`	Manny Wilkins	So
TE	`9`	Jay Jay Wilson	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`21`	Chad Adams	Jr
ILB	`31`	Marcus Ball	Jr
DE	`96`	Jalen Bates	Fr
LB	`49`	Richie Becerra	Jr
DE	`97`	Edmond Boateng	Sr
LB	`3`	DJ Calhoun	Jr
CB	`16`	Maurice Chandler	Jr
OLB	`4`	Koron Crump	Jr
DL	`93`	Emanuel Dayries	So
CB	`15`	Bryson Echols	Sr
ILB	`58`	Salamo Fiso	Sr
ILB	`37`	Coltin Gerhart	So
DB	`10`	Deion Guignard	So
CB	`8`	Gump Hayes	Sr
LB	`53`	Parker Higgins	Fr
DL	`94`	Christian Hill	Jr
DL	`55`	Jordan Hoyt	Jr
S	`18`	James Johnson	Jr
OLB	`44`	A.J. Latu	Jr
NG	`41`	Ami Latu	Sr
DB	`14`	Eric Lauderdale	Sr
OLB	`39`	Malik Lawal	Fr
NG	`45`	George Lea	Fr
CB	`7`	Chase Lucas	Fr
LB	`51`	Brandon Matthews	Sr
LB	`52`	Drew McIntyre	Fr
DB	`43`	Caleb McShanag	Fr
LB	`43`	Carlos Mendoza	Sr
S	`28`	Laiu Moeakiola	Sr
LB	`48`	Frank Ogas	Jr
CB	`25`	Kareem Orr	So
S	`13`	Armand Perry	So
S	`17`	J'Marcus Rhodes	Jr
CB	`6`	Robbie Robinson	Fr
S	`35`	Owen Rogers	So
ILB	`2`	Christian Sam	Jr
DT	`90`	Tashon Smallwood	Jr
LB	`46`	Colbe Smelser	Jr
NG	`91`	Corey Smith	Jr
S	`30`	Dasmond Tautalatasi	So
ILB	`20`	Khaylan Thomas	So
LB	`47`	Matthew Thompson	Sr
DT	`92`	Tramel Topps	Sr
ILB	`23`	Tyler Whiley	So
DE	`1`	JoJo Wicker	So
S	`5`	Kyle Williams	Fr
DT	`95`	Renell Wren	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`63`	Mitchell Fraboni	Jr
PK	`5`	Zane Gonzalez	Sr
P	`26`	Matt Haack	Sr
LS	`64`	Riley John	Fr
PK	`43`	John O'Brien	So
P	`36`	Michael Sleep-Dalton	So
P	`45`	Greg Thomas	So

Head coach

Todd Graham

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Oct-31

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	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

Game summaries[]

Northern Arizona[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 (FCS) Lumberjacks	0	3	3	7	13
Sun Devils	7	10	3	24	44

Texas Tech[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	14	20	7	14	55
Sun Devils	9	28	14	17	68

at UTSA[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	3	9	3	17	32
Roadrunners	14	0	14	0	28

California[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	7	17	3	14	41
Sun Devils	3	7	10	31	51

at USC[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	6	0	0	14	20
Trojans	7	20	14	0	41

UCLA[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	0	3	10	7	20
Sun Devils	3	0	17	3	23

at Colorado[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	7	3	3	3	16
Buffaloes	7	16	10	7	40

Washington State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	17	14	6	37
Sun Devils	7	7	7	11	32

at Oregon[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	14	0	8	13	35
Ducks	17	13	3	21	54

Utah[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Utes	0	21	7	21	49
Sun Devils	13	7	6	0	26

at Washington[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	0	0	3	15	18
#6 Huskies	3	21	6	14	44

at Arizona[]

Territorial Cup: Arizona State Sun Devils (5–6) at Arizona Wildcats (2–9)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona St	7	7	14	7	35
Arizona	7	21	14	14	56

at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Date: November 25, 2016
Game time: 7:30 p.m. MST
Game weather: Clear, 65 °F (18 °C)
Game attendance: 50,197
Referee: Terry Leyden
TV announcers (ESPN): Dave LaMont, Ray Bentley, and Quint Kessenich
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

ARIZ – Brandon Dawkins 71-yard run (Josh Pollack kick), 13:48. Arizona 7–0. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:12.
ASU – Koron Crump 42-yard fumble return (Zane Gonzalez kick), 7:49. Tie 7–7.

Second quarter

ARIZ – Brandon Dawkins 10-yard run (Josh Pollack kick), 14:18. Arizona 14–7. Drive: 6 plays, 67 yards, 1:56.
ARIZ – Nate Phillips 64-yard pass from Brandon Dawkins (Josh Pollack kick), 10:08. Arizona 21–7. Drive: 2 plays, 63 yards, 0:40.
ARIZ – Zach Green 1-yard run (Josh Pollack kick), 7:07. Arizona 28–7. Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards, 1:33.
ASU – Tim White 21-yard pass from Manny Wilkins (Zane Gonzalez kick), 0:34. Arizona 28–14. Drive: 13 plays, 94 yards, 4:20.

Third quarter

ASU – Kalen Ballage 2-yard run (Zane Gonzalez kick), 11:14. Arizona 28–21. Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 3:38.
ARIZ – Samajie Grant 9-yard run (Josh Pollack kick), 9:52. Arizona 35–21. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:22.
ASU – N'Keal Harry 16-yard pass from Manny Wilkins (Zane Gonzalez kick), 7:29. Arizona 35–28. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards, 2:17.
ARIZ – Zach Green 1-yard run (Josh Pollack kick), 5:41. Arizona 42–28. Drive: 4 plays, 83 yards, 1:34.

Fourth quarter

ARIZ – Samajie Grant 2-yard run (Josh Pollack kick), 11:45. Arizona 49–28. Drive: 3 plays, 70 yards, 1:29.
ASU – Frederick Gammage 7-yard pass from Manny Wilkins (Zane Gonzalez kick), 8:29. Arizona 49–35. Drive: 9 plays, 76 yards, 3:06.
ARIZ – Samajie Grant 63-yard run (Josh Pollack kick), 7:45. Arizona 56–35. Drive: 2 plays, 73 yards, 0:39.

Top passers

ASU – Manny Wilkins – 43/58, 372 yards, 3 TD, INT
ARIZ – Brandon Dawkins – 3/8, 77 yards, TD

Top rushers

ASU – Manny Wilkins – 23 rushes, 79 yards
ARIZ – Brandon Dawkins – 12 rushes, 183 yards, 2 TD

Top receivers

ASU – Frederick Gammage – 12 receptions, 116 yards, TD
ARIZ – Nate Phillips – 2 receptions, 68 yards, TD

References[]

^ "2016 Arizona State Sun Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 20, 2016.

[1] "2016 Arizona State Sun Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 20, 2016.

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v t Arizona State Sun Devils football
Venues	Normal Field (1897–1926) Irish Field (1927–1935) Goodwin Stadium (1936–1957) Sun Devil Stadium (1958–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona (Territorial Cup)
Culture & lore	Sparky the Sun Devil "Maroon & Gold" Marching band Stomp the Bus
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907–1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football

Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
2016 record	5–7 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Todd Graham (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Chip Lindsey (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Keith Patterson (3rd season)
Base defense	Hybrid attacking
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 56,232)
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^		8	–	1		12	–	2
Washington State		7	–	2		8	–	5
No. 12 Stanford		6	–	3		10	–	3
California		3	–	6		5	–	7
Oregon State		3	–	6		4	–	8
Oregon		2	–	7		4	–	8
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x		8	–	1		10	–	4
No. 3 USC		7	–	2		10	–	3
No. 23 Utah		5	–	4		9	–	4
Arizona State		2	–	7		5	–	7
UCLA		2	–	7		4	–	8
Arizona		1	–	8		3	–	9
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll