2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football
2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	East Division
Record	4–8 (1–7 The American)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Zac Taylor (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Robert Prunty (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Nippert Stadium; (Capacity: 40,000)

The 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bearcats were led by fourth-year head coach Tommy Tuberville, played their home games at Nippert Stadium, and were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division. For the first time since 2010, the Bearcats were not eligible for a bowl game.

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings

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 1	7:00 p.m.	UT Martin*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN3	W 28–7	28,520
September 10	Noon	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 38–20	33,068
September 15	7:30 p.m.	No. 6 Houston	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	L 16–40	40,015
September 24	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Victory Bell)	ESPNews	W 27–20	38,112
October 1	7:00 p.m.	South Florida	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	L 20–45	35,108
October 8	11:30 a.m.	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	L 9–20	24,169
October 22	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	W 31–19	32,022
October 29	3:30 p.m.	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	CBSSN	L 13–34	29,763
November 5	3:30 p.m.	BYU*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	L 3–20	37,522
November 12	12:00 p.m.	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 3–24	30,346
November 18	8:00 p.m.	Memphis	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Rivalry)	CBSSN	L 7–34	25,796
November 25	8:30 p.m.	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN2	L 37–40 ^OT	18,550
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries

UT–Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	7	0	0	0	7
Bearcats	0	6	8	14	28

At Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	7	14	3	14	38
Boilermakers	0	7	0	13	20

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Cougars	7	3	2	28	40
Bearcats	7	3	0	6	16

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	7	3	10	0	20
Bearcats	3	7	7	10	27

South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	10	14	14	7	45
Bearcats	6	14	0	0	20

At UConn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	9	0	0	9
Huskies	0	7	10	3	20

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	3	0	10	6	19
Bearcats	7	7	10	7	31

At Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	13	0	0	13
Owls	10	7	3	14	34

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	3	7	7	3	20
Bearcats	3	0	0	0	3

At UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	3	0	0	3
Knights	10	0	7	7	24

Memphis

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

At Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bearcats	17	7	7	3	3	37
Golden Hurricane	7	7	7	13	6	40

Roster

2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Kahlil Lewis	So
RB	`5`	Mike Boone	Jr
WR	`6`	Tshumbi Johnson	Jr
RB	`7`	Tion Green	Sr
QB	`8`	Hayden Moore	So
QB	`10`	Jake Sopko	Fr
QB	`11`	Gunner Kiel	Sr
QB	`12`	Ross Trail	Fr
WR	`13`	Avery Johnson	Jr
QB	`14`	Sam Fette	Fr
WR	`15`	Brayden Beard	Fr
WR	`17`	Jamil Kamara	So
TE	`18`	Tyler Cogswell	Jr
WR	`19`	Tyrin Summers	Fr
WR	`21`	Devin Gray	Jr
RB	`22`	Deionte Buckley	Jr
RB	`25`	Chad Banschbach	Jr
WR	`26`	Jerron Rollins	Fr
RB	`26`	Hunter Gillespie	Fr
RB	`32`	Gerrid Doaks	Fr
RB	`34`	Joshuwa Holloman	Fr
RB	`35`	Taylor Boose	Fr
TE	`39`	Doug Bates	Fr
OL	`51`	Delonte Murray	Sr
OL	`52`	Reed Armagost	Fr
OL	`53`	Tyler McGarr	Fr
OL	`54`	Keith Minor	So
OL	`55`	Alex Heil	Fr
OL	`57`	Morgan James	Fr
OL	`59`	Deyshawn Bond	Sr
OL	`60`	Zach Bycznski	Fr
OL	`64`	Will Steur	Jr
OL	`65`	Idarius Ray	Sr
OL	`66`	David Niehaus	Sr
OL	`68`	Grant Schmidt (I)	Fr
OL	`71`	Korey Cunningham	Jr
OL	`72`	Garrett Campbell	Jr
OL	`73`	Ryan Leahy	Sr
OL	`74`	Kendall Calhoun	Jr
OL	`76`	Evan Mallory	Fr
OL	`77`	John Kurtz	So
OL	`78`	Morgan James	So
OL	`79`	Ryan Stout	So
WR	`80`	Malick Mbodj	Fr
TE	`81`	D. J. Dowdy	Sr
WR	`82`	Braxton Neal	Fr
TE	`83`	Josiah Deguara	Fr
WR	`84`	Nate Cole	Sr
WR	`85`	Thomas Geddis	Fr
WR	`86`	Rashad Medaris (I)	Fr
TE	`87`	Bruno Labelle	Fr
WR	`88`	Marcel Paul	Fr
WR	`88`	Jeremiah Williams	So
TE	`89`	Jake Elfers	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`2`	Tyrell Gilbert	So
LB	`3`	Christian Angulo	Fr
S	`4`	Zach Edwards	Sr
S	`5`	Mike Tyson	Sr
CB	`9`	Linden Stephens	Jr
S	`10`	Alex Thomas	So
CB	`13`	Grant Coleman	Jr
CB	`14`	J. J. Pinckey	Jr
LB	`17`	Collin Widecan	Fr
S	`19`	Davin Pierce	Fr
S	`20`	Carter Jacobs	Jr
LB	`23`	Eric Wilson	Sr
S	`24`	Malik Clements	So
DB	`29`	Bryce Beard	Fr
CB	`30`	Chris Murray	Jr
CB	`31`	Marquis Smith	Fr
CB	`32`	James Wiggins	Fr
LB	`33`	Jaylyin Minor	Jr
S	`35`	Anthony Legend	So
S	`36`	Sheldon Doss	Fr
LB	`37`	Matthew Draper	Fr
DE	`40`	Ty Sponseller	Fr
LB	`41`	Joel Dublanko	Fr
LB	`42`	Antonio Kinard	Sr
DE	`43`	Michael Pitts	Fr
DE	`44`	Marquise Copeland	So
LB	`45`	Bryce Jenkinson	So
NB	`46`	Perry Young	Fr
DE	`47`	Landon Brazile	So
LB	`48`	Kevin Mouhon	So
OLB	`49`	Tyquan Statham	Fr
DT	`50`	Sione Tongamoa	Sr
DE	`51`	Kimoni Fitz	Fr
LB	`53`	Franklin Bruscianelli	Sr
DE	`55`	Caleb Ashworth	Fr
DE	`56`	Mark Wilson	Jr
DT	`75`	Chris Ferguson	So
DL	`77`	Beau Harmon	Jr
DT	`90`	Hakeem Allonce	Sr
DT	`91`	Marcus Brown	Fr
DE	`92`	Curtis Brooks	Fr
DE	`93`	Elijah Ponder	Fr
DT	`94`	Chris Burton	Jr
DE	`95`	Bryan Wright	Fr
DT	`96`	Cortez Broughton	So
DT	`97`	Norman Oglesby	Fr
DT	`98`	Lyndon Johnson	Sr
DE	`99`	Alex Pace	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`16`	Andrew Gantz	Jr
P	`26`	Sam Geraci	Jr
LS	`31`	Kyle Curtis	Jr
K	`34`	Josh Pasley	Sr
LS	`41`	Jon Vincent	Jr
LS	`57`	Cody Armstrong	Fr
K	`58`	Garrett Rigby	Fr

Head coach

Tommy Tuberville (4th season)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Robert Prunty – Associate head coach/co-defensive coordinator/defensive line
Jeff Koonz – Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers
Zac Taylor – Assistant head coach / special teams coordinator & tight ends
Mike Gillhamer – Secondary
J.B. Grimes – Offensive line
Nick Grimes – Tight ends/H-Backs
Kenny Ingram – Defensive tackles
Ty Linder – Special Teams coordinator/running backs
Blake Rolan – Wide receivers

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Depth chart

As of September 27, 2016[2]

Defense

FS
Zach Edwards
Carter Jacobs
⋅

WLB	MLB	SLB
Antonio Kinard	Eric Wilson	Mike Tyson
Perry Young	Jaylyin Minor	Chris Murphy
⋅	⋅	⋅

SS
Tyrell Gilbert
Malik Clements
⋅

CB
Grant Coleman
Davin Pierce
⋅

DE	DT	DT	DE
Kimoni Fitz	Cortez Broughton	Alex Pace	Mark Wilson
Kevin Mouhon	Chris Burton OR Sione Tongamoa	Marquise Copeland	Landon Brazile
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

CB
Linden Stephens
Alex Thomas
⋅

Offense

WR
Kahlil Lewis
Jerron Rollins OR Thomas Geddis
⋅

WR
Nate Cole
Brayden Beard
⋅

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Ryan Stout	Idarius Ray	Deyshawn Bond	Ryan Leahy	Korey Cunningham
Reed ArmagostOR Kendal Calhoun	Keith Minor OR Evan Mallory	David Niehaus	Will Steur	Morgan James
⋅	⋅	Garrett Campbell	⋅	⋅

TE
D.J. Dowdy
Tyler Cogswell
⋅

WR
Devin Gray
Avery Johnson
⋅

QB
Hayden Moore
Ross Trail
Gunner Kiel

Special teams
PK Andrew Gantz
PK Josh Pasley
P Sam Geraci
P Andrew Gantz
KR Mike Boone OR Tion Green OR Kahlil Lewis OR Brayden Beard
PR Brayden Beard OR Devin Gray
LS Jon Vincent
H Sam Geraci

RB
Mike Boone OR Tion Green
Chad Banschbach
Deionte Buckley

Awards and milestones

All-AAC
Player	Position	Team
Eric Wilson	LB	1
Cortez Broughton	DT	2
Reference:[3]

Players in the 2017 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Mike Tyson	S	6	187	Seattle Seahawks

References

"2016 Cincinnati Bearcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
"2016 UC Football Game Notes" (PDF). GoBearcats.com. CBSi. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
"American Athletic Conference Media Guide" (PDF). American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 6, 2018.

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[1] "2016 Cincinnati Bearcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

[2] "2016 UC Football Game Notes" (PDF). GoBearcats.com. CBSi. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.

[AAC-Media_Guide-3] "American Athletic Conference Media Guide" (PDF). American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 6, 2018.