2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football

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

2016 OVC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	0		10	–	1
UT Martin		6	–	2		7	–	5
Tennessee Tech		5	–	3		5	–	6
Eastern Illinois		4	–	4		6	–	5
Murray State		4	–	4		4	–	7
Tennessee State		4	–	3		7	–	4
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 FCS Poll

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

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. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Purdue

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2012	L 6–48

Pikeville

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Ball State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	1970	W 13–12

at Tennessee Tech

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–19	2015	W 48–17

Southeast Missouri State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–3	2015	W 27–10

at Tennessee State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–5	2015	W 45–21

Jacksonville State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–7	2015	W 34–0

at Tennessee–Martin

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–3	2015	L 35–42

Murray State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–26–4	2015	W 41–34 ^2OT

at Austin Peay

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–5	2015	W 51–13

Eastern Illinois

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–10	2015	L 7–21

Roster

2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`2`	Sanders, JaredJared Sanders	4.5 !Sr
QB	`4`	Coney, BennieBennie Coney	4.5 !Sr
RB	`5`	Murph, IsaiahIsaiah Murph	1.0 !Fr
RB	`6`	Enyenihi, HenryHenry Enyenihi	57.0 !Sr
QB	`7`	Boyle, TimTim Boyle	57.0 !Sr
QB	`7`	Mauk, MatyMaty Mauk	4.5 !Sr
WR	`8`	Green, BryanBryan Green	4.5 !Sr
WR	`9`	Markush, RyanRyan Markush	5.0 !Jr
WR	`11`	Creamer, NeikoNeiko Creamer	2.5 !So
QB	`14`	Swafford, TylerTyler Swafford	2.5 !So
QB	`15`	Scott, AustinAustin Scott	1.0 !Fr
QB	`16`	Smith, JamesJames Smith	1.0 !Fr
WR	`17`	Marcellus, JackyJacky Marcellus	3.5 !Jr
TE	`18`	Crimmins, DanDan Crimmins	4.5 !Sr
RB	`20`	Thomas, EthanEthan Thomas	3.0 !So
RB	`22`	Hopkins, KentayvusKentayvus Hopkins	3.5 !Jr
RB	`23`	McCleskey, DarylDaryl McCleskey	1.0 !Fr
RB	`30`	Patton, RalphRalph Patton	2.5 !So
WR	`33`	Beasley, ArienArien Beasley	3.0 !So
RB	`37`	Gustave, RaynaldyRaynaldy Gustave	2.5 !So
RB	`39`	Brooks, BoBo Brooks	4.5 !Sr
TE	`43`	Paul, DanDan Paul	2.5 !So
OL	`60`	Williams, LucasLucas Williams	1.0 !Fr
OL	`61`	Rasnick, LandonLandon Rasnick	4.5 !Sr
OL	`62`	Garretson, RyanRyan Garretson	4.5 !Sr
WR	`63`	Jones, StephenStephen Jones	1.0 !Fr
OL	`64`	Kowalewski, CammeronCammeron Kowalewski	2.5 !So
OL	`65`	Stephenson, ZZ Stephenson	3.0 !So
OL	`66`	Edwards, ChanceChance Edwards	3.5 !Jr
OL	`67`	Cavinee, NickNick Cavinee	1.0 !Fr
WR	`68`	Walker, AntwaunAntwaun Walker	1.0 !Fr
OL	`69`	Tate, DeondreDeondre Tate	1.0 !Fr
OL	`71`	Bardall, JacksonJackson Bardall	1.0 !Fr
OL, LS	`72`	Rawlins, JustinJustin Rawlins	2.5 !So
OL	`75`	Simpson, De'jourDe'jour Simpson	1.0 !Fr
OL	`77`	Murray, NathanNathan Murray	1.0 !Fr
OL	`78`	Myles, JustinJustin Myles	2.5 !So
OL	`79`	Adekoya, JustinJustin Adekoya	4.5 !Sr
WR	`80`	Williams, BrysonBryson Williams	3.5 !Jr
WR	`81`	Riddick, AaronAaron Riddick	1.5 !Fr
WR	`82`	Cabrera, AlexAlex Cabrera	1.0 !Fr
WR	`83`	Reid, BillyBilly Reid	4.5 !Sr
WR	`84`	Fogle, CameronCameron Fogle	3.5 !Jr
TE	`85`	Floyd, JonJon Floyd	4.5 !Sr
TE	`86`	Malone, TylerTyler Malone	3.5 !Jr
WR	`87`	Clark, MattMatt Clark	1.5 !Fr
WR	`88`	Borders, DevinDevin Borders	4.5 !Sr
TE	`89`	Schmerber, ClaytonClayton Schmerber	3.0 !So
WR		Brown, NathanNathan Brown	1.0 !Fr
WR		Daniel, ScottScott Daniel	5.0 !Jr
WR		Jones, DeriusDerius Jones	3.5 !Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Bethel, NigelNigel Bethel	5.0 !Jr
LB	`3`	Owens, ThomasThomas Owens	4.5 !Sr
LB	`5`	Williams, DwightDwight Williams	2.5 !So
DB	`10`	Whitfield, JordanJordan Whitfield	5.0 !Jr
DB	`12`	Floyd, CorneliusCornelius Floyd	5.0 !Jr
DB	`13`	Northington, KianteKiante Northington	4.5 !Sr
CB	`21`	Oce, LoganLogan Oce	3.5 !Jr
DB	`24`	Tucker, JaredJared Tucker	2.5 !So
DB	`25`	Moore, Tre'Tre' Moore	3.0 !So
DB	`26`	Whitmore, JamarcusJamarcus Whitmore	1.0 !Fr
DB	`27`	Miller, KhylilKhylil Miller	1.0 !Fr
DB	`29`	Bascom, BenBen Bascom	1.0 !Fr
DB	`31`	Jackson, A. J.A. J. Jackson	1.0 !Fr
CB	`32`	Solomon, BuckBuck Solomon	5.0 !Jr
LB	`34`	Boyd, DemontreDemontre Boyd	3.0 !So
DB	`35`	Comstock, T. J.T. J. Comstock	1.0 !Fr
DB	`36`	Alexander, OmariOmari Alexander	1.0 !Fr
RB	`39`	Grace, KobieKobie Grace	4.5 !Sr
DL	`40`	Graffree, PatrickPatrick Graffree	4.5 !Sr
DB	`41`	Reed, EricEric Reed	3.5 !Jr
CB	`42`	Baker, RhyanRhyan Baker	1.5 !Fr
DL	`44`	Patrick, AaronAaron Patrick	3.0 !So
LB	`45`	Glass, CoreyCorey Glass	3.0 !So
LB	`48`	Walden, Kamaree'Kamaree' Walden	2.5 !So
LB	`49`	Lowe, DamonDamon Lowe	1.0 !Fr
LB	`50`	Colton, DevanteDevante Colton	1.0 !Fr
LB	`51`	Locklear, QuintonQuinton Locklear	1.0 !Fr
LB	`52`	Humphrey, CapertonCaperton Humphrey	1.0 !Fr
LB	`53`	Canady, JeffreyJeffrey Canady	3.5 !Jr
DE	`55`	Evans, TaquanTaquan Evans	1.5 !Fr
DL	`56`	Smith, LaJuanLaJuan Smith	4.5 !Sr
DL	`70`	Foos, ConnorConnor Foos	1.0 !Fr
DL	`90`	Bennett, JosiahJosiah Bennett	5.0 !Jr
DL	`91`	Fleming, SheldonSheldon Fleming	3.5 !Jr
DL	`92`	Denault, DillonDillon Denault	1.0 !Fr
DL	`95`	Skidmore, KagenKagen Skidmore	5.0 !Jr
DE	`96`	Garcia, XavierXavier Garcia	57.0 !Sr
DL	`97`	Pitt, AveryAvery Pitt	4.5 !Sr
DL	`98`	Jean Louis, LuderLuder Jean Louis	5.0 !Jr
DL	`99`	Hodowanic, JeremyJeremy Hodowanic	1.0 !Fr
LB		Ervin, BrenttonBrentton Ervin	3.0 !So
DB		Hatcher, NateNate Hatcher	2.5 !So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`9`	Peege, BrandonBrandon Peege	1.5 !Fr
P	`19`	Krzuszczak, KeithKeith Krzuszczak	5.0 !Jr
K, P	`28`	Hayworth, SamuelSamuel Hayworth	1.5 !Fr
LS	`46`	Hoffman, BenBen Hoffman	1.0 !Fr
K	`47`	Hornsby, DylanDylan Hornsby	1.0 !Fr
LS	`58`	Howard, MattMatt Howard	3.5 !Jr
K	`76`	Williams, LucasLucas Williams	3.5 !Jr
WR	`93`	Burgy-VanHoose, ZackZack Burgy-VanHoose	4.5 !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

References

Eastern Kentucky Colonels football

Venues	Roy Kidd Stadium (1969–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Battle of the Bluegrass (WKU) Old Hawg Rifle (Morehead State)

Culture & lore	The Colonel "Rally Maroon and White" Eastern Kentucky University Marching Colonels

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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National championship seasons in bold

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