2016 San Diego Toreros football team

The 2016 San Diego Toreros football team represented the University of San Diego during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dale Lindsey and played their home games at Torero Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 10–2, 8–0 in PFL play to be crowned PFL champions and earned the PFL's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Cal Poly in the first round, before losing in the second round to North Dakota State.

2016 San Diego Toreros football
Pioneer Football League champion
ConferencePioneer Football League
Ranking
STATSNo. 19
FCS CoachesNo. 21–T
2016 record10–2 (8–0 PFL)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTanner Engstrand (10th season)
Defensive coordinatorSteve Irvin (6th season)
Home stadiumTorero Stadium
(Capacity: 5,792)
2016 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 19 San Diego $^  8 –0     10 –2  
Dayton  7 –1     9 –2  
Drake  6 –2     7 –4  
Marist  5 –3     5 –6  
Jacksonville  4 –3     5 –5  
Campbell  3 –4     5 –5  
Morehead State  3 –5     4 –7  
Valparaiso  3 –5     4 –7  
Butler  2 –6     4 –7  
Stetson  2 –6     4 –7  
Davidson  0 –8     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmWestern New Mexico*
W.TVW 27–02,567
September 104:00 pmat Cal Poly*
GoPolyL 16–386,251
September 244:00 pmDayton
  • Torero Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W.TVW 34–222,119
October 110:00 amat Butler
BAAW 44–102,408
October 81:00 pmDavidson
  • Torero Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W.TVW 52–32,827
October 1510:30 amat Drake
BVW 38–71,740
October 221:00 pmValparaiso
  • Torero Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W.TVW 49–102,222
October 2910:00 amat Marist
RFNW 27–31,604
November 54:00 pmUniversidad De Las Americas Puebla‡*
  • Torero Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W.TVW 49–251,786
November 121:00 pmStetson
  • Torero Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W.TVW 42–72,288
November 199:00 amat Campbell
BSNW 57–214,121
November 264:00 pmat No. 21 Cal Poly*No. 24
ESPN3W 35–213,356
December 312:30 pmat No. 4 North Dakota State*No. 24
ESPN3L 7–4518,305

Roster
2016 San Diego Toreros football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 6 Blake Martin  Jr
QB 7 Reid Sinnett  Fr
WR 8 Justin Priest Jr
WR 9 Nate Loya  So
QB 10 Alex Farina Fr
QB 15 Mason Randall Fr
WR 16 Grant Hill So
QB 18 Anthony Lawrence  So
FB 24 Kyle Pawuk  Fr
NB 32 Scott Lewis Fr
RB 34 Jordan Charles Fr
RB 35 Griffin Intrieri  Fr
TE 42 Zack Holland Jr
FB 44 Zach Nelson  Fr
OL 53 Jake Arlotti  So
OL 55 Miles McArdle Jr
OL 56 Trevor Provencio So
OL 57 Jake Michaels  Fr
OL 60 Nolan Bisogno Fr
OL 61 Preston Orellana Fr
OL 63 Aidan Valencia Fr
OL 65 Tanner Wilkey  Fr
OL 68 Joe Hurney Jr
OL 71 Spencer Seeley  Jr
OL 73 Marcus Goforth Fr
OL 75 Daniel Cooney  So
OL 79 Ricky Laureano Jr
WR 83 Brant Berglund  Jr
TE 85 Ross Dwelley  Jr
WR 86 Jacob Arnell Sr
WR 87 Michael Bandy Fr
WR 89 Michael Keating Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 14 Jacob Bergstrom Fr
CB 17 Kishan Patel  Jr
CB 19 Bryan Kelly  Fr
S 20 Jack Michael  Fr
S 21 Colton Giorgi Jr
CB 23 Cameron Record Fr
CB 25 David Tolbert Fr
CB 27 Arrion Archie So
S 28 Ray Clark Jr
LB 30 Brian Doyle Fr
CB 33 Daniel Tolbert Fr
LB 37 K. J. Mahoney  So
S 40 Riley Reyes Fr
CB 47 Brady McMillan Fr
LB 58 Marcus Vaivao So
NB 59 Max Michaels Jr
DL 62 Chris Reese Fr
DL 67 Shey Newton Fr
DL 72 Jared Pu'u-Robinson Fr
DL 74 Nick Friedel Fr
DL 76 Kevin Glajchen Fr
S 82 Kaene Soto  Fr
DL 90 Jake Wittwer  So
DL 91 Aaron Laut  So
DE 95 Jonathan Petersen  Jr
DL 96 Creighton Morfitt  Fr
DL 99 Connor Spencer  So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 12 Tim Hemmersmeier Fr
K 39 Patrick Murray Jr
K, P 48 Jack Flatau  Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Western New Mexico
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 0 0 0 0
Toreros 3 7 10 7 27
See also: Western New Mexico Mustangs

at Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 0 13 0 3 16
Mustangs 10 7 14 7 38
See also: 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Dayton
1 2 3 4 Total
Flyers 0 7 7 8 22
Toreros 7 0 14 13 34
See also: 2016 Dayton Flyers football team

at Butler
1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 14 3 7 20 44
Bulldogs 0 0 3 7 10
See also: 2016 Butler Bulldogs football team

Davidson
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 0 3 3
Toreros 28 14 10 0 52
See also: 2016 Davidson Wildcats football team

at Drake
1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 7 17 14 0 38
Bulldogs 0 0 0 7 7
See also: 2016 Drake Bulldogs football team

Valparaiso
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 3 0 0 7 10
Toreros 14 14 14 7 49
See also: 2016 Valparaiso Crusaders football team

at Marist
1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 7 6 0 14 27
Red Foxes 0 3 0 0 3
See also: 2016 Marist Red Foxes football team

Universidad De Las Americas Puebla
1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecas 7 0 10 8 25
Toreros 7 28 0 14 49
See also: Aztecas UDLAP
  • This was an exhibition game and had no effect on San Diego's overall record.

Stetson
1 2 3 4 Total
Hatters 7 0 0 0 7
Toreros 7 21 7 7 42
See also: 2016 Stetson Hatters football team

at Campbell
1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 7 16 20 14 57
Fighting Camels 7 7 7 0 21
See also: 2016 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Toreros 14 0 7 14 35
#21 Mustangs 0 7 7 7 21


Second Round–North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Toreros 0 0 7 0 7
#4 Bison 7 14 7 17 45
See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 19 
Coaches RV RV NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 21–T

References
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