2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Sun Belt co-champion; Camellia Bowl champion
Camellia Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Toledo
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	10–3 (7–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Scott Satterfield (4th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Frank Ponce (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Shawn Clark (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Nate Woody (4th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Sun Belt Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Appalachian State +	7	–	1	10	–	3
Arkansas State +	7	–	1	8	–	5
Troy	6	–	2	10	–	3
Idaho	6	–	2	9	–	4
Louisiana–Lafayette	5	–	3	6	–	7
Georgia Southern	4	–	4	5	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe	3	–	5	4	–	8
South Alabama	2	–	6	6	–	7
Georgia State	2	–	6	3	–	9
New Mexico State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Texas State	0	–	8	2	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions

The 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Scott Satterfield. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to win a share of the Sun Belt championship with Arkansas State. They were invited to the Camellia Bowl where they defeated Toledo.

Schedule

Appalachian State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Sun Belt foes Georgia State, Idaho, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State, and will travel to Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, New Mexico State, and Troy. Appalachian State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Arkansas State and South Alabama.^[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Miami from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Old Dominion from Conference USA, and two road games against Akron from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Tennessee from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 p.m.	at No. 9 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (SEC Nation)	SECN	L 13–20 ^OT	100,074
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Old Dominion*	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ASN	W 31–7	23,374
September 17	Noon	No. 25 Miami (FL)*	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN	L 10–45	34,658
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Akron*	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ASN	W 45–38	15,381
October 1	Noon	Georgia State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ASN	W 17–3	24,782
October 12	8:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN2	W 24–0	16,960
October 22	3:30 p.m.	Idaho	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 37–19	26,931
October 27	7:30 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 34–10	23,474
November 5	3:30 p.m.	Texas State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 35–10	28,472
November 12	3:30 p.m.	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN3	L 24–28	25,782
November 19	2:30 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 42–17	18,699
November 26	4:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	ESPN3	W 37–7	5,366
December 17	5:30 p.m.	vs. Toledo*	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL (Camellia Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–28	20,257
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

At Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mountaineers	7	6	0	0	0	13
#9 Volunteers	3	0	3	7	7	20

Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	0	7	0	0	7
Mountaineers	14	10	0	7	31

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Hurricanes	21	3	7	14	45
Mountaineers	0	3	7	0	10

At Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	10	21	7	7	45
Zips	0	14	10	14	38

Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	0	3	3
Mountaineers	0	0	7	10	17

At Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	10	14	0	0	24
Ragin' Cajuns	0	0	0	0	0

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	6	3	10	19
Mountaineers	10	0	13	14	37

At Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	10	10	14	34
Eagles	10	0	0	0	10

Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	3	0	7	0	10
Mountaineers	7	21	7	0	35

At Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	14	3	7	24
Trojans	14	0	7	7	28

Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	3	7	0	7	17
Mountaineers	14	7	14	7	42

At New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	17	3	10	7	37
Aggies	0	7	0	0	7

Toledo–Camellia Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	7	7	14	3	31
Rockets	7	7	14	0	28

Roster

2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Ike Lewis	Jr
QB	`2`	Zeb Speir	Fr
WR	`3`	Deltron Hopkins	So
WR	`6`	Shaedon Meadors	Jr
QB	`7`	Jacob Huesman	Fr
RB	`8`	Josh Boyd	So
QB	`10`	J.P. Caruso	So
QB	`11`	Taylor Lamb	Jr
QB	`12`	Zac Thomas	Fr
WR	`13`	Dante Jones	Jr
RB	`14`	Marcus Cox	Sr
WR	`15`	Mock Adams	Fr
WR	`16`	Jaquil Capel	Sr
QB	`16`	Jake Easter	Fr
QB	`17`	Curtis Fitch	So
WR	`18`	Brad Absher	So
RB	`19`	Darrynton Evans	Fr
RB	`21`	Terrence Upshaw	Jr
RB	`25`	Jalin Moore	So
RB	`27`	Marcus Williams Jr.	Fr
TE	`30`	George Vinson	Jr
TE	`46`	Bill Cecil	Jr
OL	`50`	Beau Nunn	Jr
OL	`52`	Tobias Edge-Campbell	So
OL	`55`	Matt Williams	Fr
OL	`56`	Nate Haskins	Fr
OL	`58`	Ryan Neuzil	Fr
OL	`60`	Logan Wright	Fr
OL	`61`	Aidan Nesvisky	Fr
OL	`63`	Ivan Reyes	Fr
OL	`64`	Jake Appling	Fr
OL	`66`	Jamie Collmar	Sr
OL	`67`	Weston Gillespie	Fr
OL	`70`	Colby Gossett	Jr
OL	`73`	Cole Garrison	Fr
OL	`74`	Victor Johnson	Fr
OL	`75`	Parker Collins	Sr
OL	`76`	Madison Malone	So
OL	`78`	Chandler Greer	So
OL	`79`	Will Hardin	Fr
TE	`80`	Hunter Nunn	Jr
WR	`81`	Jalen Virgil	Fr
WR	`82`	Zy Letman	Jr
WR	`83`	Mykel Golden	Sr
WR	`84`	Crisjohn Roscoe	Fr
TE	`85`	Barrett Burns	Sr
TE	`86`	Levi Duffield	Jr
TE	`87`	Collin Reed	Fr
WR	`88`	T.J. Watkins	Fr
TE	`89`	Mitchell McClurg	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`3`	Alex Gray	Sr
DB	`4`	Mondo Williams	Sr
LB	`6`	Kennan Gilchrist	Sr
DB	`7`	Josh Thomas	So
DB	`9`	Austin Exford	So
DB	`10`	A. J. Howard	Jr
DB	`11`	Jeremy Level	Fr
DB	`12`	Brandon Pinckney	Jr
DB	`17`	Tae Hayes	So
DB	`18`	Shemar Jean-Charles	Fr
LB	`20`	Cameron Pack	Fr
DB	`20`	A'Darius Purifoy	Fr
DB	`22`	Clifton Duck	Fr
LB	`24`	Akeem Davis-Gaither	Fr
DB	`26`	K.J. Chamberlain	Fr
LB	`28`	Devan Stringer	Jr
DB	`29`	Devonte Harrison	Fr
LB	`31`	Rashaad Townes	Jr
LB	`33`	Edward Davis	Fr
DB	`34`	Desmond Franklin	Fr
LB	`35`	Toronto Thomas	Sr
DB	`36`	Kaiden Smith	Fr
LB	`37`	Teh'ron Fuller	So
LB	`39`	Miller Kirkpatrick	Fr
DL	`40`	Nate Norwood	Sr
DL	`42`	Tee Sims	Sr
LB	`44`	Anthony Flory	So
LB	`45`	Eric Boggs	Jr
DL	`47`	Okon Godwin	So
LB	`48`	Dezmin Reed	Sr
DL	`51`	Caleb Fuller	Jr
LB	`53`	Noel Cook	Fr
DL	`54`	Darian Small	Sr
LB	`59`	Jordan Fehr	Fr
DL	`68`	Brody Barrett	Fr
DL	`69`	Tommy Dawkins	Fr
DL	`72`	Tyson Fernandez	Sr
LB	`88`	John Law	Sr
DL	`90`	Chris Willis	Fr
DL	`91`	Caleb Spurlin	Fr
DL	`92`	MyQuon Stout	So
DL	`95`	Devin Papenheim	Fr
DL	`96`	Elijah Diarrassouba	Fr
DL	`97`	Matthew McClurg	Fr
DL	`99`	Baer Hunter	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`41`	Michael Rubino	Fr
K	`57`	Chandler Staton	Fr
K/P	`91`	Bentlee Critcher	Sr
LS	`93`	Elias McMurray	So
K	`94`	Rylee Critcher	Fr

Head coach

Scott Satterfield

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Nate Woody (defensive coordinator/outside linebackers)
Shawn Clark (co-offensive coordinator (run game)/offensive lineman)
Frank Ponce (co-offensive coordinator (pass game)/quarterbacks)
Bryan Brown (cornerbacks)
Stu Holt (running backs/special teams)
Mark Ivey (defensive line)
Dale Jones (inside linebackers)
Scot Sloan (secondary/recruiting coordinator)
Justin Watts (wide receivers)
Mike Sirignano (strength & conditioning)
Alex Farah (graduate assistant – offense)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 12, 2017

References

^ "Sun Belt Announces 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). Appalachian State University Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
^ "2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 12, 2016.