2016 Miami Hurricanes football team

American college football season

2016 Miami Hurricanes football

Russell Athletic Bowl champion
Russell Athletic Bowl, W 31–14 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 20
Record	9–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Thomas Brown (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Manny Diaz (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Hard Rock Stadium
Seasons← 2015 2017 →

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson xy$#	7	–	1	14	–	1
No. 21 Louisville x	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 8 Florida State	5	–	3	10	–	3
NC State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Wake Forest	3	–	5	7	–	6
Boston College	2	–	6	7	–	6
Syracuse	2	–	6	4	–	8
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
North Carolina	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 20 Miami (FL)	5	–	3	9	–	4
Pittsburgh	5	–	3	8	–	5
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	9	–	4
Duke	1	–	7	4	–	8
Virginia	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
# – College Football Playoff champion $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Hurricanes' 91st season of football and 13th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Mark Richt and played their home games at Hard Rock Stadium. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 5–3 in the ACC to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they defeated West Virginia, 31-14.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	Florida A&M*		Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN+	W 70–3	60,703
September 10	6:00 pm	Florida Atlantic*	No. 25	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN+	W 38–10	57,123
September 17	12:00 pm	at Appalachian State*	No. 25	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN	W 45–10	34,658
October 1	12:00 pm	at Georgia Tech	No. 14	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN2	W 35–21	53,047
October 8	8:00 pm	No. 23 Florida State	No. 10	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 19–20	65,685
October 15	3:30 pm	North Carolina	No. 16	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ABC/ESPN2	L 13–20	58,731
October 20	7:30 pm	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 16–37	63,507
October 29	3:30 pm	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 27–30	80,795
November 5	12:30 pm	Pittsburgh		Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	W 51–28	51,796
November 12	2:00 pm	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	RSN	W 34–14	39,867
November 19	12:30 pm	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 27–13	56,263
November 26	3:30 pm	Duke		Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	W 40–21	57,396
December 28	5:30 pm	vs. No. 14 West Virginia*		Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL (Russell Athletic Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–14	48,625
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Mark Richt	Head coach	1st	Miami (1982)
Manny Diaz	Defensive coordinator/linebackers	1st	Florida State (1995)
Thomas Brown	Offensive coordinator/running backs	1st	Georgia (2008)
Craig Kuligowski	Defensive line	1st	Toledo (1991)
Jon Richt	Quarterbacks	1st	Mars Hill (2012)
Ron Dugans	Wide receivers	1st	Florida State (2002)
Stacy Searels	Offensive line	1st	Auburn (1990)
Todd Hartley	Special teams coordinator/tight ends	1st	Georgia (2008)
Mike Rumph	Cornerbacks	1st	Miami (2002)
Ephraim Banda	Safeties	1st	Incarnate Word (2004)

Support staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma Mater
Gus Felder	Strength & conditioning	1st	Penn State (2002)
Mike Zuckerman	Graduate assistant	2nd	Miami (2012)
Alex Devine	Graduate assistant	1st	Mississippi State (2015)

Roster

2016 Miami Hurricanes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`1`	Mark Walton	So
RB	`2`	Joseph Yearby	Jr
WR	`3`	Stacy Coley	Sr
RB	`7`	Gus Edwards	Jr
WR	`8`	Braxton Berrios	Jr
WR	`9`	Malcolm Lewis	Sr
QB	`11`	Jack Allison	Fr
QB	`12`	Malik Rosier	So
QB	`14`	Vincent Testaverde	So
QB	`15`	Brad Kaaya	Jr
QB	`16`	Evan Shirreffs	Fr
WR	`18`	Lawrence Cager	So
QB	`19`	Tucker Beirne	Fr
QB	`20`	Michael Welch	Jr
TE	`23`	Chris Herndon	Jr
RB	`24`	Travis Homer	Fr
RB	`28`	Crispian Atkins	So
FB	`30`	Kevin Carroll	Sr
WR	`31`	Malik Mayweather	So
RB	`32`	Trayone Gray	Jr
FB	`34`	Zackary Lawler	So
WR	`35`	Austin Pfenninger	Jr
FB	`36`	Marquez Williams	Sr
FB	`37`	Cesar Castillo	So
DB	`38`	Danny Dominguez	So
FB	`41`	Wyatt Chickillo	Jr
RB	`43`	T. J. Callan	So
FB	`44`	Cory Giordano	Fr
WR	`45`	Chad Allen	Fr
WR	`46`	O'Juan Carney	Fr
WR	`47`	Jake Romp	So
OL	`52`	K. C. McDermott	Jr
OL	`54`	Hunter Knighton	Jr
OL	`59`	Justin Goldberg	So
OL	`62`	Hayden Mahoney	Fr
OL	`63`	Danny Isidora	Sr
OL	`66`	Sunny Odogwu	Jr
OL	`67`	Alex Gall	Sr
OL	`68`	Nick Linder	Jr
OL	`70`	George Brown Jr.	Fr
OL	`73`	Trevor Darling	Jr
OL	`74`	Tyler Gauthier	So
OL	`76`	Tre Johnson	Fr
OL	`77`	Jahair Jones	So
OL	`78`	Tyree St. Louis	So
OL	`79`	Bar Milo	Fr
WR	`80`	Dayall Jones	So
WR	`81`	Darrell Langham	So
WR	`82`	Ahmmon Richards	Fr
WR	`84`	Dionte Mullins	Fr
TE	`85`	Jovani Haskins	Fr
TE	`86`	David Njoku	So
TE	`87`	Michael Irvin II	Fr
TE	`88`	Malik Curry	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`4`	Jaquan Johnson	So
DL	`5`	Standish Dobard	Sr
DB	`6`	Jamal Carter	Sr
DL	`7`	Kendrick Norton	So
DL	`9`	Chad Thomas	Jr
DB	`12`	Malek Young	Fr
DL	`19`	Scott Patchan	Fr
DB	`20`	Robert Knowles	Fr
DB	`21`	Terrance Henley	So
DB	`22`	Sheldrick Redwine	So
LB	`23`	Terry McCray	So
DB	`24`	Josh Johnson	Jr
DB	`25`	Adrian Colbert	Sr
DB	`26`	Rayshawn Jenkins	Sr
DB	`27`	Ryan Mayes	So
DB	`28`	Mike Jackson Sr.	So
DB	`29`	Corn Elder	Sr
DB	`30`	Romeo Finley	Fr
DL	`31`	Demetrius Jackson	So
DB	`32`	Tyler Murphy	So
DL	`33`	Trent Harris	Jr
LB	`34`	Charles Perry	So
DB	`36`	Teddy Stavetski	So
DB	`37`	Jeff James Jr.	Fr
DB	`38`	Cedrick Wright	Fr
LB	`40`	Gage Batten	Sr
LB	`44`	Eddie Dunn	So
LB/FB	`47`	Dewayne Washington II	Fr
LB	`49`	Shawn Walker	Fr
LB	`52`	Jamie Gordinier	Fr
LB	`53`	Zach McCloud	Fr
LB	`55`	Shaquille Quarterman	Fr
LB	`56`	Michael Pinckney	Fr
LB	`57`	Mike Smith	So
LB	`58`	Darrion Owens	So
LB	`59`	Jared Hardie	Fr
DL	`80`	R. J. McIntosh	So
DL	`90`	Tyreic Martin	Fr
DL	`91`	Gerald Willis	So
DL	`92`	Courtel Jenkins	Jr
DL	`93`	Pat Bethel	Fr
DL	`94`	Ryan Fines	Fr
DL	`95`	Anthony Moten	Jr
DL	`99`	Joe Jackson	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K/P	`15`	Michael Badgley	Jr
P/K	`16`	Justin Vogel	Sr
LS	`39`	Jordan Butler	So
P	`43`	Jack Spicer	Fr
LS	`55`	Frank Gabriel	Sr
LS	`57`	Sam York	So
LS	`61`	Jacob Munoz	Fr
K	`85`	Marco Baeza	So
K	`98`	Diego Marquez	Jr

Head coach

Mark Richt

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	0	3	0	0	3
Hurricanes	14	14	42	0	70

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	3	7	0	10
#25 Hurricanes	0	14	10	14	38

At Appalachian State

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

At Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Hurricanes	7	21	7	0	35
Yellow Jackets	0	14	7	0	21

Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Seminoles	0	3	14	3	20
#10 Hurricanes	3	10	0	6	19

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	10	10	0	0	20
#16 Hurricanes	0	3	7	3	13

At Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	3	6	7	0	16
Hokies	3	13	14	7	37

At Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	0	7	10	10	27
Fighting Irish	17	3	0	10	30

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	14	0	7	28
Hurricanes	17	10	7	17	51

At Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	7	10	10	7	34
Cavaliers	7	7	0	0	14

At NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	3	0	14	10	27
Wolfpack	0	3	7	3	13

Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	7	21
Hurricanes	10	6	17	7	40

West Virginia–Russell Athletic Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Mountaineers	7	0	7	0	14
Hurricanes	0	21	10	0	31

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	25	25	15	14	10	16	RV	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	20
Coaches	RV	RV	25	19	14	10	17	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	23
CFP	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

2017 NFL Draft

Main article: 2017 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Team
David Njoku	Tight end	1	29	Cleveland Browns
Rayshawn Jenkins	Safety	4	113	Los Angeles Chargers
Corn Elder	Cornerback	5	152	Carolina Panthers
Danny Isidora	Offensive Guard	5	180	Minnesota Vikings
Brad Kaaya	Quarterback	6	215	Detroit Lions
Stacy Coley	Wide receiver	7	219	Minnesota Vikings
Adrian Colbert	Defensive back	7	229	San Francisco 49ers
Marquez Williams	Fullback	7	240	Jacksonville Jaguars

References

v t e Miami Hurricanes football
Venues	Miami Orange Bowl (1937–2007) Hard Rock Stadium (2008–present)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Florida Cup Florida Florida State Louisville Nebraska Virginia Tech
Culture and lore	1998 UCLA game 2011 athletics scandal Band of the Hour Catholics vs. Convicts FIU–Miami brawl Hail Flutie Miami 4–3 defense Quarterback U Sebastian the Ibis Whammy in Miami Wide Right I Wide Right II Confusion Bowl
Documentaries	Catholics vs. Convicts The U
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Early years (1926 to 1978)	Miami Hurricanes football (1926 to 1978)
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