2016 California Vulcans football team

The 2016 California Vulcans football team represented California University of Pennsylvania during the 2016 NCAA Division II football season.

2016 California Vulcans football
PSAC champion PSAC West Division champion
NCAA Third Round
Conference	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
2016 record	11–1 (7–0 PSAC)
Head coach	Gary Dunn (1st season)
Home stadium	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium (Capacity: 6,500)

2016 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern
Kutztown xy		7	–	0					7	–	4
West Chester		6	–	1					8	–	3
Shippensburg		4	–	3					7	–	4
Bloomsburg		4	–	3					6	–	5
Lock Haven		4	–	3					4	–	7
East Stroudsburg		2	–	5					4	–	7
Millersville		1	–	6					2	–	9
Cheyney		0	–	7					1	–	10
Western
No. 7 California (PA) xy$^		7	–	0					11	–	1
No. 12 Indiana (PA) ^		6	–	1					10	–	2
Edinboro		5	–	2					9	–	2
Slippery Rock		3	–	4					7	–	4
Clarion		3	–	4					4	–	7
Seton Hill		2	–	5					5	–	6
Gannon		1	–	6					5	–	6
Mercyhurst		1	–	6					3	–	8
Championship: California (PA) 49, Kutztown 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The Vulcans recorded an 11–1 record overall and a 7–0 mark in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) games. The Vulcans were PSAC West and league champions and made it to the Third Round of the NCAA Division II football championship.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result
September 10	1:00 p.m.	at Cheyney*	No. 19	O'Shields Stevenson Stadium Cheyney, PA		W 79–3
September 17	1:00 p.m.	Millersville	No. 15	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA		W 61–0
September 24	3:00 p.m.	at Seton Hill	No. 13	Offutt Field Greensburg, PA		W 59–17
October 1	1:00 p.m.	Slippery Rock	No. 11	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA		W 52–26
October 8	7:00 p.m.	No. 5 IUP	No. 9	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA (Coal Bowl)	PCN	W 31–28
October 15	6:00 p.m	at Clarion	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Clarion, PA		W 48–20
October 22	3:00 p.m.	Gannon	No. 8	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA		W 35–14
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Mercyhurst	No. 3	Tullio Field Erie, PA		W 55–14
November 5	1:00 p.m.	No. 7 Edinboro	No. 1	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA		W 52–7
November 12	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Kutztown	No. 1	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA (PSAC Championship)	PCN	W 49–7
November 25	1:00 p.m.	No. 5 IUP	No. 1	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA (NCAA Second Round)	ESPNNews	W 44–23
December 3	1:00 p.m.	Shepard	No. 1	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA (NCAA Third Round)	ESPN3	L 30–41
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from DII Coaches Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2016 California Vulcans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Jimmy Wheeler So WR 6 Luke Smorey Jr WR 8 Tom Greene Jr WR 9 Garry Brown  Sr QB 12 Marcus Prather  Jr WR 14 Jordan Dandridge So QB 15 Michael Keir Jr QB 16 Darius Gibson  Fr TE 87 Paul Butler WR 88 Montell Britton Fr WR 89 Tyson Hill Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 2 Aaron Terry Sr DB 3 Brendan Edwards So LB 5 Brendan Blair  So CB 7 Arnel Farmer Jr. Sr DB 10 Jordan Bowman Sr DB 13 Bryant Harper Jr DB 20 Vondel Bell Jr LB 21 DeVonte Suber  Jr DB 22 Isaiah Scott So DB 26 Vincent Alimenti  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 97 Tristan Williams Fr K 99 Will Brazill Jr	Head coach Gary Dunn Coordinators/assistant coaches Mike Craig (Defensive Coordinator) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Season leaders

Offense

Rushing[1]

Player	G	Att.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
Nick Grissom	12	192	1,035	5.3	9
Jalen Bell	11	73	371	4.8	4
Jimmy Wheeler	9	40	282	6.7	1

Passing

Player	G	Att-Comp	Yds	TD	Int
Michael Keir	12	364-233	3,222	41	11
Marcus Prather	8	4-13	57	1	0

Receiving

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
Garry Brown	12	91	1,475	22
Tom Greene	11	51	717	6
Luke Smorey	12	35	446	6
Jordan Dandridge	11	20	222	2
Paul Butler	12	15	173	3

Defense

Only stats of players with 10 or more tackles

Player	Games	Tackles				Sacks	Fumbles				Pass defense
	GP	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Tot	Rec	Yds	FF		Int	Yds	PD
Luke Hrapchak	12	59	42	101	12.0	6.5	1	0	2		1	15	4
DeVonte Suber	12	36	25	61	6.5	3.0	0	0	0		0	0	3
Jawan Turner	12	23	26	49	12.0	6.5	3	42	4		0	0	4
Arnel Farmer Jr.	12	32	17	49	0	0	1	0	1		1	-1	3
Aaron Terry	12	29	15	44	6.0	0	1	0	1		3	80	6
Jordan Bowman	12	26	15	41	5.5	2.5	1	0	0		2	121	3
Justin Baker	12	14	22	36	5.0	2.5	0	0	1		0	0	0
Vondel Bell	12	30	5	35	1.0	0	0	0	0		2	78	7
Nigel Garnett	12	30	5	35	1.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2
Cameron Tarver	12	16	18	34	12.0	5.5	3	0	1		0	0	4
Malik Akins	12	12	21	33	4.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Jordan Lardani	12	15	15	30	16.0	9.5	0	0	3		0	0	3
Aaron Brown	12	16	11	27	1.0	0	0	0	0		1	5	5
Vincent Alimenti	12	18	8	26	2.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1
Brendan Blair	11	9	6	15	6.5	3.0	1	12	1		1	20	2
Anthony Camp	11	6	7	13	3.0	.5	0	0	0		0	0	0
Bryant Harper	12	6	7	13	1.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Corey Bopp	8	4	9	13	1.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Dymond Thomas	11	6	6	12	1.5	1.0	0	0	0		1	13	2
Brendan Edwards	8	6	4	10	0	0	0	0	0		1	13	1

Special teams

Punting

Player	GP	Yds	Avg	Lng
Ian Patterson	12	594	37.1	55
Michael Keir	11	527	37.6	47

Punt returns

Player	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Garry Brown	273	13.6	53	2
Aaron Terry	218	12.8	37	0

Kick returns

Player	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Garry Brown	416	29.7	98	1
Jalen Bell	196	21.8	69	0

References

1. "California (PA) 2016 stats (PDF)". Static.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.