2016 Memphis Tigers football team

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

2016 Memphis Tigers football
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)
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

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.

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 the game All times are in Central time

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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
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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
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"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

Chris Ball (Defensive Coordinator)
Chip Long (Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends)
Darrell Dickey (Assistant Head Coach / Running Backs)
David Johnson^{[disambiguation needed]} (Wide Receivers)
Dan Lanning(Inside Linebackers / Recruiting Coordinator)
Joe Lorig (Special Teams Coordinator / Outside Linebackers)
Paul Randolph(Defensive Line)
Ryan Silverfield (Offensive Line)
(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[]

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

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2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
v t	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