2016 San Diego Toreros football team

The 2016 San Diego Toreros football team represented the University of San Diego as a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Dale Lindsey, the Toreros compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning the PFL title. San Diego earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Toreros defeated Cal Poly in the first round before losing in the second round to North Dakota State. The team played home games at Torero Stadium in San Diego.

2016 San Diego Toreros football
PFL champion
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 7–45 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Pioneer Football League
Ranking
STATS	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. T–21
Record	10–2 (8–0 PFL)
Head coach	Dale Lindsey (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tanner Engstrand (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Irvin (4th season)
Home stadium	Torero Stadium

2016 Pioneer Football League standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 19 San Diego $^		8	–	0					10	–	2
Dayton		7	–	1					9	–	2
Drake		6	–	2					7	–	4
Marist		5	–	3					5	–	6
Jacksonville		4	–	3					5	–	5
Campbell		3	–	4					5	–	5
Morehead State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Valparaiso		3	–	5					4	–	7
Butler		2	–	6					4	–	7
Stetson		2	–	6					4	–	7
Davidson		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	Western New Mexico*		Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	TheW.tv	W 27–0	2,567
September 10	4:00 pm	at Cal Poly*		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	GoPoly	L 16–38	6,251
September 24	4:00 pm	Dayton		Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	TheW.tv	W 34–22	2,119
October 1	10:00 am	at Butler		Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	BAA	W 44–10	2,408
October 8	1:00 pm	Davidson		Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	TheW.tv	W 52–3	2,827
October 15	10:30 am	at Drake		Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	BV	W 38–7	1,740
October 22	1:00 pm	Valparaiso		Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	TheW.tv	W 49–10	2,222
October 29	10:00 am	at Marist		Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY	RFN	W 27–3	1,604
November 5	4:00 pm	Universidad De Las Americas Puebla‡*		Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	TheW.tv	W 49–25	1,786
November 12	1:00 pm	Stetson		Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	TheW.tv	W 42–7	2,288
November 19	9:00 am	at Campbell		Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	BSN	W 57–21	4,121
November 26	4:00 pm	at No. 21 Cal Poly*	No. 24	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	W 35–21	3,356
December 3	12:30 pm	at No. 4 North Dakota State*	No. 24	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	L 7–45	18,305
*Non-conference game Homecoming ‡Exhibition game that does not effect overall record Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	19
Coaches	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	21–T

Game summaries

Western New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	0	0	0
Toreros	3	7	10	7	27

See also: Western New Mexico Mustangs

At Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	0	13	0	3	16
Mustangs	10	7	14	7	38

See also: 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Dayton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flyers	0	7	7	8	22
Toreros	7	0	14	13	34

See also: 2016 Dayton Flyers football team

At Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	14	3	7	20	44
Bulldogs	0	0	3	7	10

See also: 2016 Butler Bulldogs football team

Davidson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	3	3
Toreros	28	14	10	0	52

See also: 2016 Davidson Wildcats football team

At Drake

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	17	14	0	38
Bulldogs	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2016 Drake Bulldogs football team

Valparaiso

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	3	0	0	7	10
Toreros	14	14	14	7	49

See also: 2016 Valparaiso Crusaders football team

At Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	6	0	14	27
Red Foxes	0	3	0	0	3

See also: 2016 Marist Red Foxes football team

Universidad De Las Americas Puebla

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecas	7	0	10	8	25
Toreros	7	28	0	14	49

See also: Aztecas UDLAP

• This was an exhibition game and had no effect on San Diego's overall record.

Stetson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hatters	7	0	0	0	7
Toreros	7	21	7	7	42

See also: 2016 Stetson Hatters football team

At Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	7	16	20	14	57
Fighting Camels	7	7	7	0	21

See also: 2016 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

Cal Poly—NCAA Division I First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Toreros	14	0	7	14	35
#21 Mustangs	0	7	7	7	21

Borth Dakota State—NCAA Division I Second Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Toreros	0	0	7	0	7
#4 Bison	7	14	7	17	45

See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team

Roster

2016 San Diego Toreros football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 6 Blake Martin  Jr QB 7 Reid Sinnett  Fr WR 8 Justin Priest Jr WR 9 Nate Loya  So QB 10 Alex Farina Fr QB 15 Mason Randall Fr WR 16 Grant Hill So QB 18 Anthony Lawrence  So FB 24 Kyle Pawuk  Fr NB 32 Scott Lewis Fr RB 34 Jordan Charles Fr RB 35 Griffin Intrieri  Fr TE 42 Zack Holland Jr FB 44 Zach Nelson  Fr OL 53 Jake Arlotti  So OL 55 Miles McArdle Jr OL 56 Trevor Provencio So OL 57 Jake Michaels  Fr OL 60 Nolan Bisogno Fr OL 61 Preston Orellana Fr OL 63 Aidan Valencia Fr OL 65 Tanner Wilkey  Fr OL 68 Joe Hurney Jr OL 71 Spencer Seeley  Jr OL 73 Marcus Goforth Fr OL 75 Daniel Cooney  So OL 79 Ricky Laureano Jr WR 83 Brant Berglund  Jr TE 85 Ross Dwelley  Jr WR 86 Jacob Arnell Sr WR 87 Michael Bandy Fr WR 89 Michael Keating Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 14 Jacob Bergstrom Fr CB 17 Kishan Patel  Jr CB 19 Bryan Kelly  Fr S 20 Jack Michael  Fr S 21 Colton Giorgi Jr CB 23 Cameron Record Fr CB 25 David Tolbert Fr CB 27 Arrion Archie So S 28 Ray Clark Jr LB 30 Brian Doyle Fr CB 33 Daniel Tolbert Fr LB 37 K. J. Mahoney  So S 40 Riley Reyes Fr CB 47 Brady McMillan Fr LB 58 Marcus Vaivao So NB 59 Max Michaels Jr DL 62 Chris Reese Fr DL 67 Shey Newton Fr DL 72 Jared Pu'u-Robinson Fr DL 74 Nick Friedel Fr DL 76 Kevin Glajchen Fr S 82 Kaene Soto  Fr DL 90 Jake Wittwer  So DL 91 Aaron Laut  So DE 95 Jonathan Petersen  Jr DL 96 Creighton Morfitt  Fr DL 99 Connor Spencer  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 12 Tim Hemmersmeier Fr K 39 Patrick Murray Jr K, P 48 Jack Flatau  Jr	Head coach Dale Lindsey Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster