2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team

The 2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team represents Northwest Missouri State University in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. The Bearcats play their home games on the newly renovated[1] Mel Tjeerdsma Field in Bearcat Stadium in Maryville, Missouri, as they have done since 1917.[2] 2016 is the 100th season in school history.[3] The Bearcats are led by sixth-year head coach, Adam Dorrel.[4] Northwest Missouri State is a charter member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, joining in 1924.[5]

2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Champions
ConferenceMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
2016 record15–0 (10–0 MIAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCharlie Flohr (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorRich Wright (6th season)
Home stadiumBearcat Stadium (capacity: 6,500)
2016 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 NW Missouri St. $^  11 0     15 0  
No. 10 Emporia State ^  10 1     11 2  
No. 21 Central Missouri ^  9 2     9 3  
Fort Hays State  7 4     8 4  
Pittsburg State  7 4     7 4  
Washburn  7 4     7 5  
Missouri Western  4 7     4 7  
Central Oklahoma  3 8     3 8  
Lindenwood  3 8     3 8  
Missouri Southern  2 9     2 9  
Northeastern State  2 9     2 9  
Nebraska–Kearney  1 10     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Preseason

The Bearcats entered the 2016 season as the defending NCAA Division II National Champions, after finishing the 2015 season with a 15–0 record overall and in conference play.[6] On August 2, 2016 at the MIAA Football Media Day, the Bearcats were chosen to finish in 1st place in both the Coaches Poll and in the Media Poll.[7][8]

Sporting News released their Top-25 on May 25, 2016, landing Northwest Missouri State at #1.[9] On June 15, 2016, Lindy's NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 released its poll ranking Northwest Missouri State at #1.[10]

On August 15, the American Football Coaches Association released the Preseason Division II Poll,[11] landing Northwest Missouri State at #1.[12]

On August 22, D2football.com released its Top 25 poll, ranking Northwest Missouri State 1st.[13]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Along with Dorrel, there are 12 assistants.

Name Position Seasons at
NWMSU
Alma Mater
Adam DorrelHead Coach6Northwest Missouri State (1998)
Rich WrightAssist. Head Coach – Defensive Coordinator6Dana College (1995)
Charlie FlohrAssist. Head Coach – Offensive Coordinator11Dakota State (2002)
Joel OsbornAssist. Head Coach – WR/Recruiting Coordinator6Northwest Missouri State (2009)
Chad BostwickAssist. Head Coach – Linebackers6Northwest Missouri State (2005)
Brandon ClaytonAssist. Head Coach – Defensive backs2Northwest Missouri State (2009)
Ryan GentAssist. Head Coach – Tight Ends/Running backs3Iowa State (2013)
Ross SharpDirector of Player Personnel3Northwest Missouri State (2014)
Scott ReillyGraduate Assistant – Offensive Line3Northwest Missouri State (2016)
Andrew PittsGraduate Assistant – Defensive Backs1Northwest Missouri State (2016)
Justin MulloyGraduate Assistant – Quarterbacks1Minnesota (2014)
Brock ShermanGraduate Assistant – Defensive Line1Northwest Missouri State (2016)
Tucker PeveFootball Equipment Manager4Northwest Missouri State (2017)
Reference:[14]

Roster

2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Dre Washington Sr
WR 2 Jordan Bishop Jr
RB 7 Cameron Wilcox Jr
WR 8 George Sehl Sr
RB 10 Emanuel Jones So
WR 12 Randy Schmidt Jr
WR 13 Shawn Bane, Jr. So
QB 15 Jonathan Baker Jr
QB 16 Kyle Zimmerman Sr
QB 17 Zach Martin Jr
WR 18 Sha'Corey Foster So
WR 19 Cody Massey So
WR 22 Haden Bryant Jr
WR 25 Quincy Woods Fr
RB 26 Chase White So
RB 28 Phil Jackson II Sr
RB 32 Jordan Grove Jr
RB 34 Brody McMahon Fr
QB 37 Jayden Johnson Fr
FB 42 Clay Meinders Fr
TE 48 Clayton Wilson Jr
OL 53 Scott Gourley Jr
OL 58 Chase Thomas So
OL 59 Joey Ziegler Fr
OL 60 Myles Ehlke Jr
OL 62 Chase Sherman Sr
OL 64 Kyle Meyer Sr
OL 65 Tim Otting Fr
OL 66 Jamie Thieman Sr
OL 69 Max Moore So
OL 70 Trey Kothe So
OL 71 Anthony Enriquez Fr
OL 72 Sam Gull Jr
OL 74 Zach Flott So
OL 75 Jackson Morrison So
OL 76 Jacob Cacek Fr
OL 77 Jonathan Ortiz Fr
OL 78 Landon Kubicek Jr
OL 79 Ryan Huff Jr
WR 80 Shane Williams Jr
TE 81 Austen Eskew So
TE 82 Marqus Andrews Fr
WR 83 Darby Raines Jr
TE 84 Ryan SPelhaug Fr
TE 85 Jordan Klingman Fr
TE 86 Kyle Raunig Fr
TE 90 T.J. Schieber Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 3 Edward Richey Jr
LB 4 Jarrod Bishop Jr
S 5 Jack Young Sr
S 6 Kevin Berg Sr
CB 9 Marcus Jones Jr
DT 11 Collin Bevins Sr
CB 14 Chama Pierre So
CB 20 Anthony Lane So
CB 21 Wes Smith Jr
S 23 Najeem Hosein So
S 24 Trent Nally So
CB 27 Jack Richards So
S 29 Jake Marshall Fr
DB 31 Joe Straws Fr
LB 33 Brandon Minor Jr
LB 35 Breyon Dennis So
LB 36 Cole Bixler So
CB 38 J'Ravien Anderson Fr
LB 39 Cole Bonde Jr
DE 40 Spencer Phillips Fr
FS 41 Jacob Gassman Fr
LB 43 Jacob Vollstedt Sr
LB 44 Matt Connelly So
LB 45 Nick Hess So
LB 46 Eli Keller Fr
LB 47 Jamaal Brazil Fr
LB 51 Andy Hessler Fr
LB 54 Michael Sorfonden Fr
LB 55 Cole Forney  Sr
LB 56 Ben Althoff So
DE 57 Myles Scott Fr
DE 63 Mike Ehlke Fr
DT 68 Caleb Mather Jr
DE 73 Cass Weitl Sr
DL 91 Zach Pierce Fr
DE 92 Bobby Gruenloh Jr
DE 93 Curt Mueller Fr
DE 94 Keaton Hulett Jr
DT 98 Brent Morrow So
DT 99 Ben Spaeth Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 30 Ben Trewyn Sr
P 50 Anthony Babida Jr
LS 54 Michael Sorfonden Fr
K 88 Simon Mathiesen Sr
P 95 Matt Thorman So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-08-26

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmat No. 24 Emporia StateNo. 1W 41–146,821
September 87:00 pmWashburnNo. 1W 41–77,501
September 171:30 pmNebraska–KearneyNo. 1
  • Bearcat Stadium
  • Maryville, MO
W 52–148,550
September 246:00 pmat Missouri SouthernNo. 1W 45–215,267
October 15:00 pmNo. 22 Central MissouriNo. 1W 42–1715,349
October 82:00 pmat Central OklahomaNo. 1W 56–103,109
October 151:30 pmNortheastern StateNo. 1
  • Bearcat Stadium
  • Maryville, MO
W 74–297,296
October 221:30 pmat Lindenwood LionsNo. 1W 47–123,527
October 292:30 pmPittsburg StateNo. 1
  • Bearcat Stadium
  • Maryville, MO (Rivalry)
American Sports NetworkW 69–1010,283
November 52:00 pmat Fort Hays StateNo. 1W 28–73,325
November 121:30 pmMissouri WesternNo. 1
  • Bearcat Stadium
  • Maryville, MO (Rivalry)
W 44–37,542
November 261:00 p.m.No. 9 Emporia StateNo. 1
  • Bearcat Stadium
  • Maryville, MO
W 44–135,119
December 31:00 p.m.No. 5 HardingNo. 1
  • Bearcat Stadium
  • Maryville, MO
W 35–05,473
December 102:30 p.m.No. 5 Ferris StateNo. 1
  • Bearcat Stadium
  • Maryville, MO
W 35–20
December 173:00 p.m.No. 7 North AlabamaNo. 1ESPN2W 29–39,576

Source: [15]

Game summaries

Emporia State

Northwest Missouri State at Emporia State
1 234Total
#1 Northwest Missouri State 3 17147 41
#24 Emporia State 7 007 14

Washburn

Washburn at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
Washburn 0 700 7
#1 Northwest Missouri State 17 01410 41
  • Date: September 8
  • Location: Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, MO
  • Game start: 7:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:54
  • Game attendance: 7,501
  • Game weather: Overcast, 80°F
  • Referee: Sean Johnston

Nebraska–Kearney

Nebraska–Kearney at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
Nebraska–Kearney 7 070 14
#1 Northwest Missouri State 10 2877 52
  • Date: September 17
  • Location: Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, MO
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:01
  • Game attendance: 8,550
  • Game weather: Sunny, 70°F
  • Referee: Brian Moore

Missouri Southern

Northwest Missouri State at Missouri Southern
1 234Total
#1 Northwest Missouri State 0 28710 45
Missouri Southern 13 080 21
  • Date: September 24
  • Location: Fred G. Hughes Stadium, Joplin, MO
  • Game start: 6:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:58
  • Game attendance: 5,267
  • Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 85°F
  • Referee: Danny Harris

Central Missouri

Central Missouri at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
#22 Central Missouri 7 703 17
#1 Northwest Missouri State 7 14714 42
  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
  • Game start: 5:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:49
  • Game attendance: 15,349
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 70°F
  • Referee: Dwight Neibling

Central Oklahoma

Northwest Missouri State at Central Oklahoma
1 234Total
#1 Northwest Missouri State 14 28140 56
Central Oklahoma 0 1000 10
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Wantland Stadium, Edmond, OK
  • Game start: 2:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:55
  • Game attendance: 3,109
  • Game weather: Sunny, 70°F
  • Referee: Danny Harris

Northeastern State

Northeastern State at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
Northeastern State 6 9140 29
#1 Northwest Missouri State 21 25217 74
  • Date: October 15
  • Location: Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, MO
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:07
  • Game attendance: 7,296
  • Game weather: Overcast, 70°F
  • Referee: Sean Johnston

Lindenwood

Northwest Missouri State at Lindenwood
1 234Total
#1 Northwest Missouri State 14 17016 47
Lindenwood 6 006 12

Pittsburg State

Pittsburg State at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
Pittsburg State 0 370 10
#1 Northwest Missouri State 14 271414 69
  • Date: October 29
  • Location: Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, MO
  • Game start: 2:30 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:12
  • Game attendance: 10,283
  • Game weather: Sunny, 70°F
  • Referee: John Adams
  • Television network: American Sports Network

Fort Hays State

Northwest Missouri State at Fort Hays State
1 234Total
#1 Northwest Missouri State 14 0014 28
Fort Hays State 0 007 7
  • Date: November 5
  • Location: Lewis Field Stadium, Hays, KS
  • Game start: 2:00 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:02
  • Game attendance: 3,325
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 67°F
  • Referee: Craig Helser

Missouri Western

Missouri Western at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
Missouri Western 0 300 3
#1 Northwest Missouri State 10 71017 44
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, MO
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:50
  • Game attendance: 7,542
  • Game weather: Sunny, 50°F
  • Referee: Dwight Neibling

With their win over Missouri Western, the Bearcats clinched their fourth straight conference title.[16]

Emporia State

Emporia State at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
#9 Emporia State 0 1300 13
#1 Northwest Missouri State 17 14310 44
  • Date: November 26
  • Location: Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, MO
  • Game start: 1:00 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:50
  • Game attendance: 5,119
  • Game weather: Sunny and clear, 51°F
  • Referee: Craig Hesler

Entering postseason as the No. 1 team, the Bearcats earn a bye during the first week of playoffs and will play the winner of the Emporia State and Minnesota–Duluth game.[17]

Harding

Harding at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
#5 Harding 0 000 0
#1 Northwest Missouri State 10 12310 35
  • Date: December 3
  • Location: Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, MO
  • Game start: 1:00 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:22
  • Game attendance: 5,473
  • Game weather: Clear and cool, 40°F
  • Referee: Bob Rose

Ferris State

Ferris State at Northwest Missouri State
1 234Total
#15 Ferris State 0 000 0
#1 Northwest Missouri State 0 000 0
  • Date: December 10
  • Location: Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, MO
  • Game start: 2:30 pm CST

References

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  2. "Northwest Missouri State University – Bearcat Stadium". May 7, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  3. "2016 Northwest Missouri State Football Quick Facts" (PDF). August 1, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  4. "Adam Dorrel biography". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  5. White, Kevin (June 27, 2013). "Rich History of Bulldog Athletics in MIAA". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  6. "Northwest Missouri State beats Shepherd 34-7, wins Division II national championship". December 19, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
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  10. "Emporia State University Athletics - Emporia State Football Ranked #12 in Lindy's Preseason Rankings". June 15, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  11. "Northwest Missouri State No. 1 in Preseason AFCA Poll". August 15, 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  12. Weast, Donald (August 15, 2016). "Emporia State Football Ranked in AFCA Top 25 to Start Season" (Press release). Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  13. "Top 25 Poll". D2football.com. August 22, 2015. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
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  15. "Northwest Missouri State University – 2016 Football Schedule". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
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  17. MIAA Scoreboard (November 13, 2016). "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Three MIAA Teams Make NCAA Division II Football National Tournament Field". Themiaa.com. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
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