2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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.

2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
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

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings

	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

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

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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 G 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 G 54 Conor Humphreys  So RB 32 Gll'Scott Jackson Fr WR 19 Ellis Jefferson  Jr OL Daniel Jeffrey Fr WR 86 Ryan Jenkins  Jr G 76 Sam Jones  So TE 83 Kody Kohl  Sr RB Brandon LaMarche Fr RB 23 Jason Lewis G 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 G 71 Steven Miller  Fr G 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 Kearse-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 DelVaughn Alexander Sam Bennett Graham Craig Jared Holley Chip Lindsey Jay Norvell Keith Patterson T. J. Rushing Drew Seumalo Joe Seumalo John Simon Shawn Slocum Chris Thomsen Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2016-Oct-31

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

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	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	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

See also: 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Texas Tech

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

See also: 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

At UTSA

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

See also: 2016 UTSA Roadrunners football team

California

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

See also: 2016 California Golden Bears football team

At USC

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

See also: 2016 USC Trojans football team

UCLA

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

See also: 2016 UCLA Bruins football team

At Colorado

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

See also: 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Washington State

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

See also: 2016 Washington State Cougars football team

At Oregon

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

See also: 2016 Oregon Ducks football team

Utah

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

See also: 2016 Utah Utes football team

At Washington

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

See also: 2016 Washington Huskies football team

At Arizona

See also: 2016 Arizona Wildcats football team, Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry, and State Farm Territorial Cup Series

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

Period	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