2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Conference

2016 record

6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)

Head coach

Offensive coordinator

Justin Walterscheid

Co-defensive coordinator

Ryan Hunt

Co-defensive coordinator

Solomona Tapasa

Home stadium

Eccles Coliseum
(Capacity: 8,500)

Seasons

« 2015

2017 »

2016 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Eastern Washington +^		8	–	0		12	–	2
#12 North Dakota +^		8	–	0		9	–	3
#25 Weber State ^		6	–	2		7	–	5
#24 Cal Poly ^		5	–	3		7	–	5
Southern Utah		5	–	3		6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4		6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4		5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5		6	–	5
Montana State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6		3	–	8
UC Davis		2	–	6		3	–	8
Sacramento State		2	–	6		2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7		2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Southern Utah at Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	0	0	0	0
• Utes	3	14	0	7	24

Date: September 1
Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT
Game start: 6:07 MDT
Elapsed time: 3:06
Game attendance: 45,945
Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Partly cloudy, winds S 11 mph
Referee: Land Clark • Umpire: Matt Jordan • Linesman: Bob Day • Line judge: Jeff Robinson • Back judge: Justin Nelson • Field judge: John Morton • Side judge: Bernie Hulscher • Center judge: John Love
TV announcers (P12): Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson

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Southeastern Louisiana at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	10	7	0	6	23
• Thunderbirds	7	7	7	7	28

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The 2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Demario Warren and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their fifth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

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