2016 Utah Utes football team

The 2016 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by twelfth year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the South Division. They were invited to the Foster Farms where they defeated Indiana.

2016 Utah Utes football
Foster Farms Bowl champion
Foster Farms Bowl, W 26–24 vs. Indiana
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 23
Record	9–4 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Whittingham (12th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Aaron Roderick (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jim Harding (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Morgan Scalley (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles 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	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Southern Utah*		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 24–0	45,945
September 10	5:30 p.m.	BYU*		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War/Beehive Boot)	FOX	W 20–19	46,915
September 17	8:30 p.m.	at San Jose State*		CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA	CBSSN	W 34–17	16,041
September 23	7:30 p.m.	USC	No. 24	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	W 31–27	46,133
October 1	4:00 p.m.	at California	No. 18	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 23–28	46,618
October 8	8:00 p.m.	Arizona	No. 24	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	W 36–23	45,917
October 15	2:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	No. 21	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 19–14	32,093
October 22	2:00 p.m.	at UCLA	No. 19	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FOX	W 52–45	66,243
October 29	1:30 p.m.	No. 4 Washington	No. 17	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (College GameDay)	FS1	L 24–31	47,801
November 10	7:30 p.m.	at Arizona State	No. 15	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FS1	W 49–26	48,220
November 19	3:00 p.m.	Oregon	No. 12	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 28–30	46,327
November 26	5:30 p.m.	at No. 9 Colorado	No. 22	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	FOX	L 22–27	52,301
December 28	6:30 p.m.	vs. Indiana*	No. 19	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA (Foster Farms Bowl)	FOX	W 26–24	27,608
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 1 released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

2016 Utah Utes Football
Quarterback  1 Tyler Huntley – freshman (6'1, 190)  3 Troy Williams – junior (6'2, 200) 12 A.J. Cecil – sophomore (6'1, 190) 14 Andrew Lisk – freshman (6'1, 202) 15 Logan Bateman – freshman (6'1, 190) Tailback  2 Zack Moss – freshman (5'10, 206)  4 Troy McCormick – junior (5'9, 178)  7 Devonta'e Henry-Cole – freshman (5'8, 168) 23 Armand Shyne – sophomore (5'11, 214) 27 Marcel Manalo – freshman (5'11, 220) 28 Joe Williams – senior (5'11, 205) 30 James Gray – sophomore (5'9, 174) 32 Ty Murrell – freshman (5'8, 175) 35 Jordan Howard – freshman (5'10, 209) Mason Woodward – sophomore (5'9, 211) Quinn Meier – freshman (5'11, 175) Wide receiver  6 Kyle Fulks – junior (5'9, 178)  8 Alec Dana – sophomore (6'2, 186) 10 Riley Richmond – sophomore (5'7, 169) 11 Raelon Singleton – sophomore (6'3, 210) 12 Tim Patrick – senior (6'2, 210) 13 Monte Seabrook – junior (5'11, 184) 16 Cory Butler-Byrd – senior (5'10, 180) 17 Demari Simpkins – freshman (5'10, 184) 19 Tyler Cooperwood – senior (5'9, 163) 20 Lahi Kautai – sophomore (5'8, 195) 21 Tyrone Smith – sophomore (6'4, 205) 24 Kenric Young – junior (6'1, 189) 26 Terrell Burgess – freshman (6'0, 182) 29 Gage Cook – freshman (5'11, 192) 47 Caleb Repp – sophomore (6'5, 210) 80 Siaosi Mariner – freshman (6'5, 195) 81 Dimitri Salido – senior (6'0, 195) 83 Jameson Field – sophomore (5'11, 185) 84 Dakota Baker – freshman (6'2, 175) 85 Andrew Santiago – senior (6'0, 195) Tight end 13 Bapa Falemaka – freshman (6'3, 239) 18 Evan Moeai – senior (6'2, 230) 46 Tyler Bell – junior (6'4, 231) 82 Ken Hampel – senior (6'3, 250) 86 Wallace Gonzalez – sophomore (6'5, 255) 87 Siale Fakailoatonga – senior (6'4, 255) 88 Harrison Handley – junior (6'5, 250) 89 Chad Hekking – freshman (6'4, 240) 95 Trace Hobbs – freshman		Offensive lineman 52 Sam Tevi – senior (6'6, 305) 53 Tucker Scott – freshman (6'4, 288) 54 Isaac Asiata – senior (6'3, 323) 62 Aaron Amaana – sophomore (6'1, 332) 65 Paul Toala – sophomore (6'4, 324) 66 Kyle Lanterman – freshman (6'2, 280) 67 Nick Carman – freshman (6'3, 290) 68 J. J. Dielman – senior (6'5, 300) 69 Lo Falemaka – junior (6'5, 300) 70 Jackson Barton – sophomore (6'7, 310) 71 Daniel Heller – freshman (6'2, 290) 72 Garett Bolles – junior (6'6, 296) 73 Johnny Capra – freshman (6'6, 300) 74 Salesi Uhatafe – junior (6'5, 315) 75 Nick Nowakowski – senior (6'1, 295) 76 Scott Peck – freshman (6'6, 310) 77 Darrin Paulo – freshman (6'5, 310) 78 Jake Grant – freshman (6'3, 290) 79 Keven Dixon – freshman (6'5, 277) Defensive tackle 41 Hauati Pututau – freshman (6'4, 265) 45 Filipo Mokofisi – junior (6'3, 278) 53 Alani Havili-Katoa – sophomore (6'3, 290) 58 Vaha Vainuku – freshman (6'3, 290) 59 Pasoni Tasini – senior (6'3, 295) 64 Mark Kruger – freshman (6'2, 295) 90 Pitta Tonga – freshman (6'3, 250) 93 Lowell Lotulelei – junior (6'2, 310) 99 Leki Fotu – freshman (6'5, 276) Defensive end  8 Chris Hart – freshman (6'2, 245) 11 Kylie Fitts – senior (6'3, 295) 40 Kendall Huey – junior (6'3, 295) 49 Hunter Dimick – senior (6'3, 295) 50 Pita Taumoepenu – senior (6'3, 295) 52 Hayden Clegg – senior (6'3, 295) 56 Bradlee Anae – freshman (6'3, 229) 92 Maxs Tupai – freshman (6'2, 245) 96 Nick Heninger – freshman (6'2, 229) Trevor Horlacher – freshman Punter 33 Mitch Wishnowsky – sophomore (6'2, 220)		Linebacker  3 Donavan Thompson – freshman (5'10, 214)  9 Davir Hamilton – freshman (6'3, 208) 10 Sunia Tauteoli – junior (6'0, 220) 30 Cody Barton – sophomore (6'2, 232) 31 Evan Eggiman – junior (6'2, 215) 32 Sharrieff Shah Jr. – senior (6'1, 225) 34 Alex Whittingham – junior (5'10, 208) 37 Christian Drews – junior (6'1, 230) 38 Sam Whittingham – freshman (5'10, 210) 42 Marcus Sanders-Williams – senior (5'11, 236) 44 Jake Jackson – freshman (6'3, 230) 48 Gerrit Choate – freshman (5'11, 225) 55 David Luafatasaga – freshman (6'4, 232) 57 Justin Tatola – freshman (5'11, 211) Defensive back  1 Boobie Hobbs – junior (5'10, 180)  2 Philip Afia – freshman (6'1, 195)  5 Tavaris Williams – sophomore (5'11, 185)  6 Tyson Cisrow – freshman (5'10, 190)  7 Andre Godfrey – junior (5'10, 191) 10 Jason Thompson – senior (6'2, 208) 12 Justin Thomas – senior (5'8, 180) 13 Jordan Fogal – junior (5'10, 186) 14 Brian Allen – senior (6'3, 205) 15 Dominique Hatfield – senior (5'10, 175) 17 Conner Charles – freshman (5'11, 175) 18 Nygel King – freshman (6'0, 169) 20 Marcus Williams – junior (6'1, 195) 22 Chase Hansen – sophomore (6'3, 212) (+QB) 23 Julian Blackmon – freshman (6'1, 180) 25 Casey Hughes – sophomore (5'11, 195) 27 Nick Mika – sophomore (6'2, 190) 29 Reginald Porter – senior (5'11, 185) 33 Damian Greene – junior (5'8, 182) 35 Samson Nacua – freshman (6'3, 182) 36 MacKay Dunn – sophomore (5'10, 172) 43 Tyson Doman – freshman (6'0, 192) 46 Connor Haller – freshman Duressa Goesse – sophomore Kicker 39 Andy Phillips – senior (5'10, 210) 63 John Aloma – freshman 92 Hayes Hicken – freshman (5'11, 185) Long snappers 94 Chase Dominguez – senior (6'5, 240)

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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	24	18	24	21	19	17	16	13	11	21	RV	RV	23
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	23	18	24	21	18	16	16	12	11	20	24	23	21
CFP	Not released									16	15	12	22	20	19	Not released

Game summaries

Southern Utah

See also: 2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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:

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.

BYU

See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team, Holy War (BYU–Utah), and Beehive Boot

BYU at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 6 7 0 6 19 • Utes 7 7 3 3 20 Date: September 10 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 5:36 MDT Elapsed time: 3:47 Game attendance: 46,915 Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Sunny, winds WSW 7 mph Referee: Brad Van Vark • Umpire: Michael Cooper • Linesman: George Gusman • Line judge: Frank LeBlanc • Back judge: Brian Ernest • Field judge: Jason Ledet • Side judge: Gene Semko • Center judge: Brian Alos TV announcers (FOX): Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Shannon Spake Sources:

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP BYU Utah 1 14:44 Utah Interception returned 41 yards for touchdown by Sunia Tauteoli, Andy Phillips kick good 0 7 1 9:44 8 3 3:17 BYU 43-yard field goal by Jake Oldroyd 3 7 1 5:04 8 12 2:53 BYU 42-yard field goal by Jake Oldroyd 6 7 2 4:06 5 80 2:06 BYU Taysom Hill 39-yard touchdown run, Jake Oldroyd kick good 13 7 2 0:17 10 72 3:41 Utah Tim Patrick 21-yard touchdown reception from Troy Williams, Andy Phillips kick good 13 14 3 7:53 5 42 1:48 Utah 47-yard field goal by Andy Phillips 13 17 4 2:47 19 78 11:21 Utah 29-yard field goal by Andy Phillips 13 20 4 0:18 13 75 2:29 BYU Taysom Hill 7-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed 19 20 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 19 20

Game Stats:

• Passing: BYU: Taysom Hill 21-39-3--176, Mitch Juergens 1-1-0--9, Team 0-1-0--0; Utah: Troy Williams 14-23-3--194.
• Rushing: BYU: Hill 13-87, Jamaal Williams 12-58, Brayden El-Bakri 1-1, Algernon Brown 1-(-3); Utah: Troy McCormick 10-62, Zack Moss 12-58, Joe Williams 10-26, Troy Williams 7-13, Kyle Fulks 2-11, Team 1-(-1).
• Receiving: BYU: Juergens 8-52, Nick Kurtz 3-35, Moroni Laulu-Pututau 3-31, Jonah Trinnaman 2-27, Colby Pearson 2-10, Williams 1-10, Corbin Kaufusi 1-9, Aleva Hifo 1-7, Ului Lapuaho 1-4; Utah: Tyrone Smith 2-60, Tim Patrick 3-59, Rae Singleton 2-23, Evan Moeai 2-21, Harris Handley 2-21, Demari Simpkins 2-6, Joe Williams 1-4.
• Interceptions: BYU: Kai Nacua 2-0, Francis Bernard 1-0; Utah: Sunia Tauteoli 2-41, Reginald Porter 1-1.

At San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	6	14	7	7	34
Spartans	3	7	0	7	17

See also: 2016 San Jose State Spartans football team

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	7	10	7	3	27
#24 Utes	7	3	7	14	31

See also: 2016 USC Trojans football team

At California

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Utes	0	10	7	6	23
Golden Bears	14	0	7	7	28

See also: 2016 California Golden Bears football team

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	0	9	23
#24 Utes	3	9	17	7	36

See also: 2016 Arizona Wildcats football team

At Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Utes	9	3	0	7	19
Beavers	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team

At UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Utes	14	13	18	7	52
Bruins	21	0	14	10	45

See also: 2016 UCLA Bruins football team

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Huskies	7	7	7	10	31
#17 Utes	0	10	7	7	24

See also: 2016 Washington Huskies football team

At Arizona State

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

See also: 2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	3	0	7	20	30
#11 Utes	7	0	7	14	28

See also: 2016 Oregon Ducks football team

At Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Utes	7	0	6	9	22
#9 Buffaloes	7	6	7	7	27

See also: 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team and Rumble in the Rockies

Vs. Indiana (Foster Farms Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	7	10	0	7	24
Utes	10	7	6	3	26

See also: 2016 Indiana Hoosiers football team