2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

The 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bearcats were led by fourth-year head coach Tommy Tuberville, played their home games at Nippert Stadium, and were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division. For the first time since 2010, the Bearcats were not eligible for a bowl game.

2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
2016 record	4–8 (1–7 The American)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zac Taylor (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Robert Prunty (4th season)
Home stadium	Nippert Stadium (Capacity: 40,000)

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Temple xy$		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 19 South Florida x		7	–	1					11	–	2
UCF		4	–	4					6	–	7
Cincinnati		1	–	7					4	–	8
UConn		1	–	7					3	–	9
East Carolina		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
Tulsa		6	–	2					10	–	3
Memphis		5	–	3					8	–	5
Houston		5	–	3					9	–	4
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 Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Tennessee–Martin*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN3	W 28–7	28,520
September 10	Noon	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 38–20	33,068
September 15	7:30 p.m.	No. 6 Houston	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	L 16–40	40,015
September 24	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Victory Bell)	ESPNews	W 27–20	38,112
October 1	7:00 p.m.	South Florida	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	L 20–45	35,108
October 8	11:30 a.m.	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	L 9–20	24,169
October 22	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	W 31–19	32,022
October 29	3:30 p.m.	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	CBSSN	L 13–34	29,763
November 5	3:30 p.m.	BYU*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	L 3–20	37,522
November 12	12:00 p.m.	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPNU	L 3–24	30,346
November 18	8:00 p.m.	Memphis	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Rivalry)	CBSSN	L 7–34	25,796
November 25	8:30 p.m.	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN2	L 37–40 ^OT	18,550
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries

UT–Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	7	0	0	0	7
Bearcats	0	6	8	14	28

See also: 2016 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	7	14	3	14	38
Boilermakers	0	7	0	13	20

See also: 2016 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2013	UC, 42–7

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Cougars	7	3	2	28	40
Bearcats	7	3	0	6	16

See also: 2016 Houston Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–14	2015	HOU, 33–30

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	7	3	10	0	20
Bearcats	3	7	7	10	27

See also: 2016 Miami RedHawks football team and Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–59–7	2015	UC, 37–33

South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	10	14	14	7	45
Bearcats	6	14	0	0	20

See also: 2016 South Florida Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–5	2015	USF, 65–27

at UConn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	9	0	0	9
Huskies	0	7	10	3	20

See also: 2016 UConn Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–2	2015	CIN, 37–13

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	3	0	10	6	19
Bearcats	7	7	10	7	31

See also: 2016 East Carolina Pirates football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–12	2015	UC, 19–16

at Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	13	0	0	13
Owls	10	7	3	14	34

See also: 2016 Temple Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–10–1	2015	TEM, 34–26

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	3	7	7	3	20
Bearcats	3	0	0	0	3

See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2015	BYU, 38–24

at UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	3	0	0	3
Knights	10	0	7	7	24

See also: 2016 UCF Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	CIN, 52–7

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	14	7	0	34
Bearcats	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2016 Memphis Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–20	2015	MEM, 53–46

at Tulsa

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

See also: 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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

Roster

2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Kahlil Lewis So RB 5 Mike Boone Jr WR 6 Tshumbi Johnson  Jr RB 7 Tion Green  Sr QB 8 Hayden Moore  So QB 10 Jake Sopko Fr QB 11 Gunner Kiel  Sr QB 12 Ross Trail  Fr WR 13 Avery Johnson  Jr QB 14 Sam Fette  Fr WR 15 Brayden Beard  Fr WR 17 Jamil Kamara So TE 18 Tyler Cogswell  Jr WR 19 Tyrin Summers Fr WR 21 Devin Gray Jr RB 22 Deionte Buckley  Jr RB 25 Chad Banschbach  Jr WR 26 Jerron Rollins Fr RB 26 Hunter Gillespie Fr RB 32 Gerrid Doaks Fr RB 34 Joshuwa Holloman  Fr RB 35 Taylor Boose  Fr TE 39 Doug Bates Fr OL 51 Delonte Murray Sr OL 52 Reed Armagost  Fr OL 53 Tyler McGarr  Fr OL 54 Keith Minor  So OL 55 Alex Heil  Fr OL 57 Morgan James  Fr OL 59 Deyshawn Bond Sr OL 60 Zach Bycznski Fr OL 64 Will Steur  Jr OL 65 Idarius Ray Sr OL 66 David Niehaus Sr OL 68 Grant Schmidt (I) Fr OL 71 Korey Cunningham Jr OL 72 Garrett Campbell Jr OL 73 Ryan Leahy  Sr OL 74 Kendall Calhoun Jr OL 76 Evan Mallory  Fr OL 77 John Kurtz So OL 78 Morgan James So OL 79 Ryan Stout  So WR 80 Malick Mbodj Fr TE 81 D. J. Dowdy  Sr WR 82 Braxton Neal  Fr TE 83 Josiah Deguara  Fr WR 84 Nate Cole  Sr WR 85 Thomas Geddis Fr WR 86 Rashad Medaris (I) Fr TE 87 Bruno Labelle Fr WR 88 Marcel Paul Fr WR 88 Jeremiah Williams So TE 89 Jake Elfers  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Tyrell Gilbert  So LB 3 Christian Angulo  Fr S 4 Zach Edwards Sr S 5 Mike Tyson Sr CB 9 Linden Stephens Jr S 10 Alex Thomas  So CB 13 Grant Coleman  Jr CB 14 J. J. Pinckey   Jr LB 17 Collin Widecan Fr S 19 Davin Pierce Fr S 20 Carter Jacobs Jr LB 23 Eric Wilson  Sr S 24 Malik Clements So DB 29 Bryce Beard Fr CB 30 Chris Murray  Jr CB 31 Marquis Smith Fr CB 32 James Wiggins Fr LB 33 Jaylyin Minor Jr S 35 Anthony Legend  So S 36 Sheldon Doss  Fr LB 37 Matthew Draper  Fr DE 40 Ty Sponseller Fr LB 41 Joel Dublanko Fr LB 42 Antonio Kinard Sr DE 43 Michael Pitts Fr DE 44 Marquise Copeland So LB 45 Bryce Jenkinson So NB 46 Perry Young Fr DE 47 Landon Brazile  So LB 48 Kevin Mouhon  So OLB 49 Tyquan Statham Fr DT 50 Sione Tongamoa  Sr DE 51 Kimoni Fitz  Fr LB 53 Franklin Bruscianelli  Sr DE 55 Caleb Ashworth  Fr DE 56 Mark Wilson  Jr DT 75 Chris Ferguson  So DL 77 Beau Harmon Jr DT 90 Hakeem Allonce  Sr DT 91 Marcus Brown Fr DE 92 Curtis Brooks Fr DE 93 Elijah Ponder Fr DT 94 Chris Burton  Jr DE 95 Bryan Wright  Fr DT 96 Cortez Broughton  So DT 97 Norman Oglesby  Fr DT 98 Lyndon Johnson Sr DE 99 Alex Pace  Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 16 Andrew Gantz  Jr P 26 Sam Geraci  Jr LS 31 Kyle Curtis  Jr K 34 Josh Pasley  Sr LS 41 Jon Vincent  Jr LS 57 Cody Armstrong Fr K 58 Garrett Rigby Fr	Head coach Tommy Tuberville (4th season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Robert Prunty – Associate Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Jeff Koonz – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Zac Taylor – Assistant Head Coach / Special Teams Coordinator & Tight Ends Mike Gillhamer – Secondary J.B. Grimes – Offensive Line Nick Grimes – Tight Ends/H-Backs Kenny Ingram – Defensive Tackles Ty Linder – Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Blake Rolan – Wide Receivers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Depth chart

As of September 27, 2016[2]

Defense FS Zach Edwards Carter Jacobs ⋅ WLB MLB SLB Antonio Kinard Eric Wilson Mike Tyson Perry Young Jaylyin Minor Chris Murphy ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ SS Tyrell Gilbert Malik Clements ⋅ CB Grant Coleman Davin Pierce ⋅ DE DT DT DE Kimoni Fitz Cortez Broughton Alex Pace Mark Wilson Kevin Mouhon Chris Burton OR Sione Tongamoa Marquise Copeland Landon Brazile ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ CB Linden Stephens Alex Thomas ⋅ Offense WR Kahlil Lewis Jerron Rollins OR Thomas Geddis ⋅ WR Nate Cole Brayden Beard ⋅ LT LG C RG RT Ryan Stout Idarius Ray Deyshawn Bond Ryan Leahy Korey Cunningham Reed ArmagostOR Kendal Calhoun Keith Minor OR Evan Mallory David Niehaus Will Steur Morgan James ⋅ ⋅ Garrett Campbell ⋅ ⋅ TE D.J. Dowdy Tyler Cogswell ⋅ WR Devin Gray Avery Johnson ⋅ QB Hayden Moore Ross Trail Gunner Kiel Special Teams PK Andrew Gantz PK Josh Pasley P Sam Geraci P Andrew Gantz KR Mike Boone OR Tion Green OR Kahlil Lewis OR Brayden Beard PR Brayden Beard OR Devin Gray LS Jon Vincent H Sam Geraci RB Mike Boone OR Tion Green Chad Banschbach Deionte Buckley

Awards and milestones

American Athletic Conference honors

American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team

• Eric Wilson, LB

[3]

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Second Team

• Cortez Broughton, DL

[3]

Players in the 2017 NFL Draft

See also: 2017 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Mike Tyson	S	6	187	Seattle Seahawks

References

1. "2016 Cincinnati Bearcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
2. "2016 UC Football Game Notes" (PDF). GoBearcats.com. CBSi. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
3. "American Athletic Conference Media Guide" (PDF). American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 6, 2018.