2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Miami Beach Bowl champion
Miami Beach Bowl, W 55–10 vs. Central Michigan
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	West Division
2016 record	10–3 (6–2 The American)
Head coach	Philip Montgomery (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Philip Montgomery (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Brian Norwood (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bill Young (4th season)
Home stadium	Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)

The 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Hurricane played their home games at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They were led by second-year head coach Philip Montgomery. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in America Athletic play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Miami Beach Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan.

Before the season

Transfers out / departures

QB Jabe Burgess transferred to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in January 2016. RB Kyle McLaughlin transferred to Missouri Southern. OT Mildren Montgomery transferred to Texas Southern. WR Blake Kitrell transferred to Washburn. DB J. R. Reed transferred to Georgia.

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
December 19	1:30 p.m.	vs. Central Michigan*	Marlins Park Miami, FL (Miami Beach Bowl)	ESPN	W 55–10	15,262
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries

San Jose State

at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	3	0	0	0	3
• No. 4 Buckeyes	3	17	14	14	48

North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 (FCS) Aggies	0	0	7	14	21
• Golden Hurricane	24	24	10	0	58

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

SMU

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

at Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	3	14	0	14	31
• No. 13 Cougars	10	7	7	14	38

Tulane

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

at Memphis

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

East Carolina

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

at Navy

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

at UCF

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

Cincinnati

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

Central Michigan–Miami Beach Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	3	0	0	7	10
• Golden Hurricane	10	17	21	7	55

Roster

2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Josh Stewart	Fr
WR	`2`	Keevan Lucas	Sr
RB	`4`	D'Angelo Brewer	Jr
WR	`5`	Brodrick Umblance	Jr
TE	`6`	Chris Minter	So
WR	`7`	Bishop Louie	Jr
WR	`8`	Keenen Johnson	Fr
QB	`9`	Dane Evans	RSr
QB	`10`	Chad President	So
WR	`11`	Nigel Carter	Jr
QB	`12`	Ryan Rubley	RJr
QB	`13`	Luke Skipper	Fr
QB	`15`	Samuel Gottsch	RSo
WR	`16`	Jarion Anderson	RFr
TE	`18`	David Fitzwater	Fr
QB	`19`	Will Hefley III	RFr
RB	`20`	James Flanders	RSr
RB	`21`	Rowdy Simon	RJr
RB	`22`	Javon Thomas	RFr
WR	`23`	Jordan Brown	Fr
RB	`24`	Corey Taylor II	Fr
RB	`25`	Ramadi Warren	RSo
RB	`27`	Matthew Harvey	Fr
WR	`29`	Justin Hobbs	RSo
RB	`30`	Raymond Taylor	RSr
TE	`33`	Rob Riederer	RJr
WR	`41`	Andrew McKinnis	Fr
C	`51`	Blake Browning	RFr
C	`53`	Zac Uhles	RJr
OT	`58`	Willie Wright	RSo
OL	`63`	John Newfield	Fr
OT	`65`	Chris Ivy Jr.	RFr
OT	`66`	Evan Plagg	RJr
G	`67`	Tristan Wyatt	RFr
G	`68`	Tiller Bucktrot	Fr
OT	`70`	Clay Greathouse	Fr
G	`72`	Tyler Bowling	RSo
C	`74`	Chandler Miller	RSo
G	`75`	Alex Pagonis	Sr
OT	`76`	Waahid Muhammad	Fr
OT	`77`	Isaac Johnson	RSo
OT	`78`	Blake Belcher	RSr
G	`79`	Rowdy Frederick	Fr
WR	`80`	Randall Smith	RJr
WR	`84`	Avery Gragg	RFr
WR	`86`	David Snelling	RFr
WR	`87`	Coleman Fields	Fr
WR	`88`	Josh Atkinson	RSr
TE	`89`	Payton Prince	RSo

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`1`	Keanu Hill	RJr
CB	`2`	Kerwin Thomas	RJr
LB	`4`	Robert Revels III	Fr
LB	`5`	Tim Quickel	RSo
LB	`6`	Diamon Cannon	RFr
CB	`7`	Johnell Celistan	Sr
DT	`8`	Jesse Brubaker	RJr
CB	`9`	Reggie Robinson	RFr
S	`10`	Manny Bunch	Fr
CB	`11`	Keidrien Wadley	RFr
LB	`12`	Micheal Thomas	RSr
S	`13`	Jordan Mitchell	Jr
DE	`15`	Trevis Gipson	RFr
CB	`16`	Montray Norris	Fr
S	`21`	McKinley Whitfield	So
S	`22`	Jeremy Brady	RSr
CB	`23`	Will Barrow	Sr
LB	`24`	Treyvon Reeves	Fr
LB	`28`	Craig Suits	RJr
S	`30`	Cristian Williams	RFr
LB	`32`	DJ Allen	Fr
S	`37`	Gage Murphy	Jr
LB	`38`	Matt Linscott	RSr
LB	`40`	Trent Martin	RSr
LB	`42`	Cooper Edmiston	Fr
LB	`43`	Conner Sherwood	RSr
LB	`44`	Petera Wilson Jr.	Jr
LB	`46`	Forrest Harrell III	RFr
LB	`47`	Blake Landon	Fr
LB	`48`	Rylee Simon	RFr
LB	`50`	Branden Ferguson	Fr
LB	`52`	Thomas von Borstel	RFr
DT	`54`	Shemarr Robinson	Fr
LB	`55`	Matt Hickman	RSr
DE	`57`	Beau Wooden	Fr
LB	`59`	C.J. Gooden	RJr
DT	`71`	Jacob Pugh	Fr
DE	`85`	Kolton Shindelar	RJr
DE	`88`	Jimmy Nelson	Fr
DE	`90`	Frankie Davis	RJr
DE	`91`	Jake Hanks	RJr
DE	`93`	Johnnie Williams	Fr
DT	`95`	Hayden Carman	RSr
DE	`96`	Myles Mouton	RSo
DT	`97`	Tyarise Stevenson	Fr
DE	`98`	Jeremy Smith	Jr
DT	`99`	Jerry Uwaezuoke	RSr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`19`	Redford Jones	RJr
P	`26`	Dalton Parks	Sr
K	`35`	Drew Klinghagen	RFr
K	`39`	Preston Soper	RJr
LS	`46`	Spencer Shores	RFr
K	`49`	Tristan Lacey	RSo
LS	`60`	Ty Lott	RJr
LS	`62`	Robert Hill	Fr
K	`90`	Nathan 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

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

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[UoT16-1] "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.

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