2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	West Division
2016 record	9–3 (6–2 The American)
Head coach	Philip Montgomery (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Philip Montgomery (2nd year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Brian Norwood (2nd year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bill Young (4th year)
Home stadium	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 23 Temple xy$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 25 South Florida x		7	–	1					10	–	2
UCF		4	–	4					6	–	6
Cincinnati		1	–	7					4	–	8
Connecticut		1	–	7					3	–	9
East Carolina		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy		7	–	1					9	–	3
Tulsa		6	–	2					9	–	3
Memphis		5	–	3					8	–	4
Houston		5	–	3					9	–	3
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 As of December 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represents the University of Tulsa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Hurricane play their home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and compete in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They are led by second-year head coach Philip Montgomery.

Schedule

Tulsa announced its 2016 football schedule on February 9, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Golden Hurricane will host AAC foes Cincinnati, East Carolina, SMU, and Tulane, and will travel to Houston, Memphis, Navy, and Central Florida (UCF).^[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two of which are home games against North Carolina A&T from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and San Jose State from the Mountain West Conference, and two road game against Fresno State from the Mountain West Conference and travel to Ohio State.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	San Jose State*	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	CBSSN	W 45–10	18,748
September 10	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 3–48	104,410
September 17	1:00 p.m.	No. 18 (FCS) North Carolina A&T*	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN3	W 58–21	16,111
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Fresno State*	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	MW Net/Twitter	W 48–41 ^2OT	23,273
October 7	7:00 p.m.	SMU	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN2	W 43–40 ^OT	20,089
October 15	7:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 31–38	38,221
October 22	2:45 p.m.	Tulane	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNU	W 50–27	22,349
October 29	7:00 p.m.	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNews	W 59–30	36,894
November 5	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNews	W 45–24	17,557
November 12	11:00 a.m.	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 40–42	36,397
November 19	7:00 p.m.	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPNews	W 35–20	35,141
November 25	7:30 p.m.	Cincinnati	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN2	W 40–37 ^OT	18,550
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game notes

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	0	3	10
Golden Hurricane	24	14	7	0	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2004	TULSA, 34–24

at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	3	0	0	0	3
#4 Buckeyes	3	17	14	14	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 (FCS) Aggies	0	0	7	14	21
Golden Hurricane	24	24	10	0	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Golden Hurricane	0	21	7	13	0	7	48
Bulldogs	21	10	3	7	0	0	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2012	TULSA, 27–26

SMU

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mustangs	14	6	7	10	3	40
Golden Hurricane	10	13	7	7	6	43

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–13	2015	TULSA, 40–32

at Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	3	14	0	14	31
#13 Cougars	10	7	7	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–22	2015	HOU, 38–24

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	7	0	13	7	27
Golden Hurricane	14	17	9	10	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–22	2015	TULSA, 38–24

at Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	14	21	10	14	59
Tigers	7	17	6	0	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–16	2015	MEM, 66–42

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	7	0	10	7	24
Golden Hurricane	14	10	14	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–7	2015	ECU, 30–17

at Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	10	10	7	13	40
Midshipmen	14	14	0	14	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2015	NAVY, 44–21

at UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	7	7	21	0	35
Knights	8	6	0	6	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–3	2015	TULSA, 44–30

Cincinnati

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–14–2	2015	CIN, 49–38

Roster

2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Stewart, JoshJosh Stewart Fr WR 2 Lucas, KeevanKeevan Lucas Sr RB 4 Brewer, D'AngeloD'Angelo Brewer Jr WR 5 Umblance, BrodrickBrodrick Umblance Jr TE 6 Minter, ChrisChris Minter So WR 7 Louie, BishopBishop Louie Jr QB 9 Evans, DaneDane Evans RSr QB 10 President, ChadChad President So WR 11 Carter, NigelNigel Carter Jr QB 12 Rubley, RyanRyan Rubley RJr QB 13 Skipper, LukeLuke Skipper Fr QB 15 Gottsch, SamuelSamuel Gottsch RSo WR 16 Anderson, JarionJarion Anderson RFr TE 18 Fitzwater, DavidDavid Fitzwater Fr QB 19 Hefley III, WillWill Hefley III RFr RB 20 Flanders, JamesJames Flanders RSr RB 21 Simon, RowdyRowdy Simon RJr RB 22 Thomas, JavonJavon Thomas RFr WR 23 Brown, JordanJordan Brown Fr RB 24 Taylor II, CoreyCorey Taylor II Fr RB 25 Warren, RamadiRamadi Warren RSo RB 27 Harvey, MatthewMatthew Harvey Fr WR 29 Hobbs, JustinJustin Hobbs RSo RB 30 Taylor, RaymondRaymond Taylor RSr TE 33 Riederer, RobRob Riederer RJr WR 41 McKinnis, AndrewAndrew McKinnis Fr C 51 Browning, BlakeBlake Browning RFr C 53 Uhles, ZacZac Uhles RJr OT 58 Wright, WillieWillie Wright RSo OL 63 Newfield, JohnJohn Newfield Fr OT 65 Ivy Jr., ChrisChris Ivy Jr. RFr OT 66 Plagg, EvanEvan Plagg RJr G 67 Wyatt, TristanTristan Wyatt RFr G 68 Bucktrot, TillerTiller Bucktrot Fr OT 70 Greathouse, ClayClay Greathouse Fr G 72 Bowling, TylerTyler Bowling RSo C 74 Miller, ChandlerChandler Miller RSo G 75 Pagonis, AlexAlex Pagonis Sr OT 76 Muhammad, WaahidWaahid Muhammad Fr OT 77 Johnson, IsaacIsaac Johnson RSo OT 78 Belcher, BlakeBlake Belcher RSr G 79 Frederick, RowdyRowdy Frederick Fr WR 80 Smith, RandallRandall Smith RJr WR 84 Gragg, AveryAvery Gragg RFr WR 86 Snelling, DavidDavid Snelling RFr WR 87 Fields, ColemanColeman Fields Fr WR 88 Atkinson, JoshJosh Atkinson RSr TE 89 Prince, PaytonPayton Prince RSo	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Hill, KeanuKeanu Hill RJr CB 2 Thomas, KerwinKerwin Thomas RJr LB 4 Revels III, RobertRobert Revels III Fr LB 5 Quickel, TimTim Quickel RSo LB 6 Cannon, DiamonDiamon Cannon RFr CB 7 Celistan, JohnellJohnell Celistan Sr DT 8 Brubaker, JesseJesse Brubaker RJr CB 9 Robinson II, ReggieReggie Robinson II RFr S 10 Bunch, MannyManny Bunch Fr CB 11 Wadley, KeidrienKeidrien Wadley RFr LB 12 Thomas, MichealMicheal Thomas RSr S 13 Mitchell, JordanJordan Mitchell Jr DE 15 Gipson, TrevisTrevis Gipson RFr CB 16 Norris, MontrayMontray Norris Fr S 21 Whitfield, McKinleyMcKinley Whitfield So S 22 Brady, JeremyJeremy Brady RSr CB 23 Barrow, WillWill Barrow Sr LB 24 Reeves, TreyvonTreyvon Reeves Fr LB 28 Suits, CraigCraig Suits RJr S 30 Williams, CristianCristian Williams RFr LB 32 Allen, DJDJ Allen Fr S 37 Murphy, GageGage Murphy Jr LB 38 Linscott, MattMatt Linscott RSr LB 40 Martin, TrentTrent Martin RSr LB 42 Edmiston, CooperCooper Edmiston Fr LB 43 Sherwood, ConnerConner Sherwood RSr LB 44 Wilson Jr., PeteraPetera Wilson Jr. Jr LB 46 Harrell III, ForrestForrest Harrell III RFr LB 47 Landon, BlakeBlake Landon Fr LB 48 Simon, RyleeRylee Simon RFr LB 50 Ferguson, BrandenBranden Ferguson Fr LB 52 von Borstel, ThomasThomas von Borstel RFr DT 54 Robinson, ShemarrShemarr Robinson Fr LB 55 Hickman, MattMatt Hickman RSr DE 57 Wooden, BeauBeau Wooden Fr LB 59 Gooden, C.J.C.J. Gooden RJr DT 71 Pugh, JacobJacob Pugh Fr DE 85 Shindelar, KoltonKolton Shindelar RJr DE 88 Nelson, JimmyJimmy Nelson Fr DE 90 Davis, FrankieFrankie Davis RJr DE 91 Hanks, JakeJake Hanks RJr DE 93 Williams, JohnnieJohnnie Williams Fr DT 95 Carman, HaydenHayden Carman RSr DE 96 Mouton, MylesMyles Mouton RSo DT 97 Stevenson, TyariseTyarise Stevenson Fr DE 98 Smith, JeremyJeremy Smith Jr DT 99 Uwaezuoke, JerryJerry Uwaezuoke RSr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 19 Jones, RedfordRedford Jones RJr P 26 Parks, DaltonDalton Parks Sr K 35 Klinghagen, DrewDrew Klinghagen RFr K 39 Soper, PrestonPreston Soper RJr LS 46 Shores, SpencerSpencer Shores RFr K 49 Lacey, TristanTristan Lacey RSo LS 60 Lott, TyTy Lott RJr LS 62 Hill, RobertRobert Hill Fr K 90 Walker, NathanNathan Walker RSo	Head coach Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State) Coordinators/assistant coaches Brian Norwood (Hawaiʻi) Associate Head Coach, Co-Defensive Coordinator, Safeties Bill Young (Oklahoma State) Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line Jermial Ashley (Kansas) Defensive Line Coach Mike Bloesch (Houston) Offensive Line Coach Aaron Fletcher (Texas A&M–Commerce) Cornerbacks Coach Joseph Gillespie (Angelo State) Linebackers Coach Justin Hill (Rice) Running Backs Coach Calvin Lowry (Penn State) Receivers Coach Beau Trahan (Texas) Quarterbacks Coach Jordan Najvar (Baylor) Offensive Quality Control Luke Olson (Southern Nazarene) Defensive Quality Control Clint Rountree (Tulsa) Director of High School Relations Kyle Grooms (Tulsa) Director of Football Operations Ravi Savitala (UC Santa Cruz) Assistant Director of Football Operations & Recruiting Dan Bitson (Tulsa) Director of Player Personnel & Development D.J. Welte (Arkansas State) Director of Football Video Operations Mike Hicks Defensive Analyst Paul Cherry Defensive Graduate Assistant Cody Morrison Offensive Graduate Assistant Tom Ososkie Director of Scouting Grant Lester Offensive Analyst Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 2016

References

1. "TULSA ANNOUNCES 2016 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE" (Press release). University of Tulsa Department of Athletics. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
2. "2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 16, 2016.