2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in eighth place.

2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2016 record	3–8 (2–6 OVC)
Head coach	Mark Elder (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Kurt Maddix (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Angelo Mirando (1st season)
Home stadium	Roy Kidd Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)

2016 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	0					10	–	2
UT Martin		6	–	2					7	–	5
Tennessee Tech		5	–	3					5	–	6
Tennessee State		4	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Illinois		4	–	4					6	–	5
Murray State		4	–	4					4	–	7
SE Missouri State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Eastern Kentucky		2	–	6					3	–	8
Austin Peay		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:00 pm	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPNews	L 24–45	32,074
September 8	7:00 pm	Pikeville*	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	W 55–14	11,400
September 17	3:00 pm	at Ball State*	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN3	L 14–41	10,902
October 1	7:00 pm	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	L 30–33 ^OT	7,165
October 8	6:00 pm	Southeast Missouri State	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	W 31–16	10,001
October 15	7:00 pm	at Tennessee State	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN3	L 28–35	21,053
October 22	3:00 pm	No. 2 Jacksonville State	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	L 7–24	11,600
October 29	3:00 pm	at Tennessee–Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN	OVCDN	L 3–33	3,025
November 5	1:00 pm	Murray State	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	L 28–41	4,200
November 12	5:00 pm	at Austin Peay	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN	OVCDN	W 67–30	5,816
November 19	1:00 pm	Eastern Illinois	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	L 0–24	3,100
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	8	10	0	6	24
Boilermakers	21	7	0	17	45

Pikeville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	14	0	0	14
Colonels	7	17	24	7	55

at Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	0	0	14	14
Cardinals	14	13	7	7	41

at Tennessee Tech

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Colonels	6	7	7	7	3	30
Golden Eagles	7	10	3	7	6	33

Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	3	3	3	7	16
Colonels	0	14	10	7	31

at Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	3	10	15	28
Tigers	14	21	0	0	35

Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Gamecocks	0	14	3	7	24
Colonels	0	0	7	0	7

at Tennessee–Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	3	0	0	0	3
Skyhawks	7	14	6	6	33

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	0	7	21	13	41
Colonels	8	10	2	8	28

at Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	11	28	7	21	67
Governors	0	14	13	3	30

Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	7	10	24
Colonels	0	0	0	0	0

Roster

2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Jared Sanders  Sr QB 4 Bennie Coney  Sr RB 5 Isaiah Murph Fr RB 6 Henry Enyenihi Sr QB 7 Tim Boyle Sr QB 7 Maty Mauk  Sr WR 8 Bryan Green  Sr WR 9 Ryan Markush Jr WR 11 Neiko Creamer  So QB 14 Tyler Swafford  So QB 15 Austin Scott Fr QB 16 James Smith Fr WR 17 Jacky Marcellus  Jr TE 18 Dan Crimmins  Sr RB 20 Ethan Thomas So RB 22 Kentayvus Hopkins  Jr RB 23 Daryl McCleskey Fr RB 30 Ralph Patton  So WR 33 Arien Beasley So RB 37 Raynaldy Gustave  So RB 39 Bo Brooks  Sr TE 43 Dan Paul  So OL 60 Lucas Williams Fr OL 61 Landon Rasnick  Sr OL 62 Ryan Garretson  Sr WR 63 Stephen Jones Fr OL 64 Cammeron Kowalewski  So OL 65 Z Stephenson So OL 66 Chance Edwards  Jr OL 67 Nick Cavinee Fr WR 68 Antwaun Walker Fr OL 69 Deondre Tate Fr OL 71 Jackson Bardall Fr OL, LS 72 Justin Rawlins  So OL 75 De'jour Simpson Fr OL 77 Nathan Murray Fr OL 78 Justin Myles  So OL 79 Justin Adekoya  Sr WR 80 Bryson Williams  Jr WR 81 Aaron Riddick  Fr WR 82 Alex Cabrera Fr WR 83 Billy Reid  Sr WR 84 Cameron Fogle  Jr TE 85 Jon Floyd  Sr TE 86 Tyler Malone  Jr WR 87 Matt Clark  Fr WR 88 Devin Borders  Sr TE 89 Clayton Schmerber So WR Nathan Brown Fr WR Scott Daniel Jr WR Derius Jones  Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Nigel Bethel Jr LB 3 Thomas Owens  Sr LB 5 Dwight Williams  So DB 10 Jordan Whitfield Jr DB 12 Cornelius Floyd Jr DB 13 Kiante Northington  Sr CB 21 Logan Oce  Jr DB 24 Jared Tucker  So DB 25 Tre' Moore So DB 26 Jamarcus Whitmore Fr DB 27 Khylil Miller Fr DB 29 Ben Bascom Fr DB 31 A. J. Jackson Fr CB 32 Buck Solomon Jr LB 34 Demontre Boyd So DB 35 T. J. Comstock Fr DB 36 Omari Alexander Fr RB 39 Kobie Grace  Sr DL 40 Patrick Graffree  Sr DB 41 Eric Reed  Jr CB 42 Rhyan Baker  Fr DL 44 Aaron Patrick So LB 45 Corey Glass So LB 48 Kamaree' Walden  So LB 49 Damon Lowe Fr LB 50 Devante Colton Fr LB 51 Quinton Locklear Fr LB 52 Caperton Humphrey Fr LB 53 Jeffrey Canady  Jr DE 55 Taquan Evans  Fr DL 56 LaJuan Smith  Sr DL 70 Connor Foos Fr DL 90 Josiah Bennett Jr DL 91 Sheldon Fleming  Jr DL 92 Dillon Denault Fr DL 95 Kagen Skidmore Jr DE 96 Xavier Garcia Sr DL 97 Avery Pitt  Sr DL 98 Luder Jean Louis Jr DL 99 Jeremy Hodowanic Fr LB Brentton Ervin So DB Nate Hatcher  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 9 Brandon Peege  Fr P 19 Keith Krzuszczak Jr K, P 28 Samuel Hayworth  Fr LS 46 Ben Hoffman Fr K 47 Dylan Hornsby Fr LS 58 Matt Howard  Jr K 76 Lucas Williams  Jr WR 93 Zack Burgy-VanHoose  Sr	Head coach Mark Elder Coordinators/assistant coaches Terry Heffernan (Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line) Kurt Mattix (Defensive Coordinator) Angelo Mirando (Offensive Coordinator) Shannon Morrison (Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs) Chase Gibson (Linebackers) Kevin Koger (Wide Receivers) Greg Meyer (Special Teams/Running Backs) Walter Stewart (Defensive Line) Tommy Zagorski (Tight Ends/Offensive Tackles) Patrick Parrilli (Offensive Quality Control) Eric Norris (Offensive Quality Control) Robert Belle (Defensive Quality Control) Billy High (Defensive Quality Control) Spencer Patterson (Special Teams Quality Control) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: October 28, 2016

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