2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Demario Warren (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Justin Walterscheid
Co-defensive coordinator	Ryan Hunt (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Solomona Tapasa (1st season)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum
Seasons ←  2015 2017 →

2016 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 12 North Dakota +^		8	–	0					9	–	3
No. 25 Weber State ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 24 Cal Poly ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Southern Utah		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5					6	–	5
Montana State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	8
UC Davis		2	–	6					3	–	8
Sacramento State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Demario Warren ^[1] and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their fifth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 0–24	45,945
September 10	6:00 pm	Southeastern Louisiana*	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 28–23	7,010
September 24	6:00 pm	No. 25 Portland State	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 45–31	10,306
October 1	2:30 pm	at No. 11 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	WBS	L 20–43	26,092
October 8	6:00 pm	UC Davis	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 24–3	8,107
October 15	12:00 pm	at No. 22 North Dakota	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	Midco SN	L 23–45	10,506
October 22	6:00 pm	Weber State	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT ( Beehive Bowl)	WBS	L 36–37	8,511
October 29	2:35 pm	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Eversport.tv	W 52–27	4,667
November 5	12:00 pm	Montana State	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 38–21	7,342
November 12	1:00 pm	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 7–37	59,302
November 19	3:00 pm	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ ( Grand Canyon Rivalry)	NAU-TV, FSAZ	W 48–21	5,626
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

At Utah

Southern Utah at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 0 0 0 0 • Utes 3 14 0 7 24 Date: September 1 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 6:07 MDT Elapsed time: 3:06 Game attendance: 45,945 Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Partly cloudy, winds S 11 mph Referee: Land Clark • Umpire: Matt Jordan • Linesman: Bob Day • Line judge: Jeff Robinson • Back judge: Justin Nelson • Field judge: John Morton • Side judge: Bernie Hulscher • Center judge: John Love TV announcers ( P12): Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson Sources: [2]

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP SUU Utah 1 10:38 9 67 4:22 Utah 26-yard field goal by Andy Phillips 0 3 2 3:41 9 53 4:49 Utah Troy McCormick 4-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good 0 10 2 1:11 4 37 1:00 Utah Tim Patrick 2-yard touchdown reception from Troy Williams, Andy Phillips kick good 0 17 4 9:27 2 57 0:37 Utah Tim Patrick 57-yard touchdown reception from Troy Williams, Andy Phillips kick good 0 24 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 0 24

Game Stats:

• Passing: SUU: McCoy Hill 6-12-0--42, Tannon Pedersen 0-6-1--0; Utah: Troy Williams 20-35-0--272, Tyler Huntley 3-4-0--26.
• Rushing: SUU: Malik Brown 10-49, Ty Rutledge 1-33, Hill 8-26, Raysean Pringle 5-13, James Felila 3-9, Isaiah Diego-Wi 1-0, Pedersen 4-(-14); Utah: Troy McCormick 12-55, Joe Williams 12-49, Armand Shyne 8-19, T. Williams 5-15.
• Receiving: SUU: Mike Sharp 1-14, Steven Wroblews 1-12, Rutledge 1-9, Logan Parker 1-6, Felila 1-4, Pringle 1-(-3); Utah: Tim Patrick 5-105, Rae Singleton 2-56, Troy McCormick 3-55, Tyrone Smith 3-31, Evan Moeai 1-18, Walla Gonzales 1-11, Demari Simpkins 1-8, Siaosi Wilkins 1-8, Terrell Burgess 1-7, Kyle Fulks 2-1, Joe Williams 3-(-2)
• Interceptions: Utah: Marcus Williams 1-0.

Southeastern Louisiana

Southeastern Louisiana at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Lions 10 7 0 6 23 • Thunderbirds 7 7 7 7 28 Date: September 10 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Game start: 6:00 MDT Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 7,010 Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), Sunny TV announcers (Watch Big Sky): Art Challis, Devin Dixon Sources:

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP SLU SUU 1 12:51 5 75 2:09 SLU Brandon Acker 19-yard touchdown reception from Justin Alo, Jonathan Tatum kick good 7 0 1 9:45 10 60 3:06 SUU Brady Measom 6-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Tyler, Keita Calhoun kick good 7 7 1 0:45 8 40 2:21 SLU 24-yard field goal by Jonathan Tatum 10 7 2 12:14 4 69 1:47 SLU Rasheed Harrell 5-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Tatum kick good 17 7 2 8:33 11 87 3:41 SUU Ty Rutledge 3-yard touchdown run, Keita Calhoun kick good 17 14 3 7:57 7 53 2:15 SUU Brady Measom 10-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Tyler, Keita Calhoun kick good 17 21 4 9:27 9 69 2:39 SUU Mike Sharp 16-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Tyler, Keita Calhoun kick good 17 28 4 3:33 12 75 5:54 SLU Juwan Dickey 20-yard touchdown reception from Justin Alo, 2-point pass failed 23 28 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 23 28

Game Stats:

• Passing: SLU: Justin Alo 18-31-2--275; SUU: Patrick Tyler 18-28-0--188, Mike Sharp 1-1-0--34, Ty Rutledge 0-1-0--0.
• Rushing: SLU: Kaelyn Henderson 5-46, Julius Maracalin 6-40, Rasheed Harrell 7-36, Alo 7-13, Darius Durall 7-13, Jake Ingarfia 1-(-2), Micah Thomas 1-(-3) ; SUU: Malik Brown 32-146, Raysean Pringle 6-30, James Felia 4-17, Tate Lewis 1-10, Tyler 6-8, Rutledge 3-6, Team 2-(-2).
• Receiving: SLU: Brandon Acker 8-146, Juwan Dickey 5-88, Juwaan Rogers 3-39, Joe Pack 1-4, Javon Conner 1-(-2); SUU: Brady Measom 6-58, Mike Sharp 4-64, Steven Wroblews 4-59, Logan Parker 2-23, Desean Holmes 2014, Rutledge 1-4.
• Interceptions: SUU: Mike Needham 1-4, Tyler Collett 1-0.

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Vikings	3	7	14	7	31
Thunderbirds	7	24	7	7	45

At Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	7	0	6	20
#11 Grizzlies	9	13	14	7	43

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	3	0	0	3
Thunderbirds	0	21	3	0	24

At North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	14	3	6	0	23
#22 Fighting Hawks	7	21	3	14	45

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	6	8	23	37
Thunderbirds	14	9	13	0	36

At Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	10	21	14	52
Bengals	7	6	7	7	27

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	0	7	21
Thunderbirds	0	14	10	14	38

At BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	7	0	0	7
Cougars	14	17	0	6	37

At Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	14	14	20	0	48
Lumberjacks	14	7	0	0	21

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV
Coaches	23	23	21	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV

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