2016 LSU Tigers football team

2016 LSU Tigers football
2016 LSU Tigers football
Citrus Bowl champion
Citrus Bowl, W 29–9 vs. Louisville
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 13
Record	8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Les Miles (12th season; first 4 games); Ed Orgeron (interim, final 8 games);
Offensive coordinator	Cam Cameron (4th season, first 4 games); Steve Ensminger (interim)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Dave Aranda (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers play their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by 12th year head coach Les Miles for the first four games of the year. Miles was fired on September 25, along with offensive coordinator Cam Cameron.^[1] Miles was replaced by interim head coach Ed Orgeron, who was later promoted to head coach on November 26, 2016. They finished the season 8–4, 5–3 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Western Division. They were invited to the Citrus Bowl where they defeated Louisville.

2016 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 14 Florida x	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 22 Tennessee	4	–	4	9	–	4
Georgia	4	–	4	8	–	5
Kentucky	4	–	4	7	–	6
South Carolina	3	–	5	6	–	7
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	6	–	7
Missouri*	2	–	6	4	–	8
Western Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 24 Auburn	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 13 LSU	5	–	3	8	–	4
Texas A&M	4	–	4	8	–	5
Arkansas	3	–	5	7	–	6
Mississippi State	3	–	5	6	–	7
Ole Miss*	2	–	6	5	–	7
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ole Miss and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:30 p.m.	vs. Wisconsin*	No. 5	Lambeau Field Green Bay, WI (College GameDay)	ABC	L 14–16	73,128
September 10	6:30 p.m.	No. 5 (FCS) Jacksonville State*	No. 21	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	W 34–13	98,389
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	No. 20	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 23–20	99,910
September 24	5:00 p.m.	at Auburn	No. 18	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry, SEC Nation)	ESPN	L 13–18	87,451
October 1	6:30 p.m.	Missouri		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	W 42–7	102,071
October 15	6:30 p.m.	Southern Miss*		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	W 45–10	102,164
October 22	8:00 p.m.	No. 23 Ole Miss	No. 25	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–21	101,720
November 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	No. 13	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry, College GameDay)	CBS	L 0–10	102,321
November 12	6:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Arkansas	No. 24	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	ESPN	W 38–10	75,156
November 19^[a]	12:00 p.m.	No. 23 Florida	No. 16	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry, SEC Nation)	SECN	L 10–16	102,043
November 24	6:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 54–39	102,961
December 31	10 a.m.	vs. No. 13 Louisville*	No. 20	Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL (Citrus Bowl)	ABC	W 29–9	46,063
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 1 released prior to game All times are in Central time

^{^[a]}The October 8 game between LSU and Florida was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.^[2] The game was eventually rescheduled for November 19 at Tiger Stadium, replacing the previously scheduled game against South Alabama.

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Roster

2016 LSU Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Trey LaForge	Fr
RB	`4`	Nick Brossette	So
RB	`5`	Derrius Guice	So
QB	`6`	Brandon Harris	Jr
RB	`7`	Leonard Fournette	Jr
QB	`8`	Caleb Lewis	So
WR	`10`	Stephen Sullivan	Fr
WR	`11`	Dee Anderson	Fr
QB	`12`	Justin McMillan	Fr
QB	`14`	Lindsey Scott Jr.	Fr
WR	`15`	Malachi Dupre	Jr
QB	`16`	Danny Etling	Jr
QB	`17`	Tiger Scheyd	So
WR	`19`	Derrick Dillon	Fr
WR	`25`	Drake Davis	Fr
RB	`27`	Lanard Fournette	Fr
RB	`28`	Darrel Williams	Jr
WR	`29`	Louis Landrum	Fr
WR	`30`	Michael Ostrom	So
WR	`31`	Justin Jones	Fr
WR	`32`	Jalen Williams	Fr
RB	`34`	Reshaud Henry	Jr
WR	`39`	Russell Gage	Jr
FB	`41`	David Ducre	So
FB	`44`	John David Moore	Jr
FB	`47`	Bry'Kiethon Mouton	So
FB	`48`	Ronnie Lamarque	Fr
OL	`54`	Rory Luke	Fr
OL	`58`	Jibrail Abdul-Aziz	So
G	`63`	K. J. Malone	Jr
C	`64`	Will Clapp	So
OL	`65`	Jakori Savage	Fr
OT	`66`	Toby Weathersby	So
OL	`67`	Michael Smith	Fr
OL	`68`	Chidi Okeke	Fr
OL	`69`	Turner Simmers	So
OL	`71`	Donavaughn Campbell	Fr
C	`72`	Andy Dodd	Jr
G	`73`	Adrian Magee	Fr
OL	`74`	Willie Allen	Fr
G	`75`	Maea Teuhema	So
G	`76`	Josh Boutte	Sr
C, G	`77`	Ethan Pocic	Sr
G	`78`	Garrett Brumfield	So
OL	`79`	Lloyd Cushenberry	Fr
TE	`80`	Jamal Pettigrew	Fr
TE	`81`	Colin Jeter	Sr
WR	`82`	D. J. Chark	Jr
WR	`83`	Travin Dural	Sr
TE	`84`	Foster Moreau	So
TE	`85`	Caleb Roddy	Fr
WR	`86`	Jazz Ferguson	So
TE	`88`	Jacory Washington	So
TE	`89`	DeSean Smith	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Donte Jackson	So
CB	`2`	Kevin Toliver II	So
CB	`8`	Saivion Smith	Fr
S	`9`	Rickey Jefferson	Sr
CB	`12`	Micah Dickens	Jr
DB	`13`	Dwayne Thomas	Sr
DB	`15`	Tony Westly	Jr
CB	`17`	Xavier Lewis	Fr
CB	`18`	Tre'Davious White	Sr
CB	`21`	Ed Paris	Jr
DB	`22`	Kristian Fulton	Fr
S	`23`	Corey Thompson	Sr
LB	`24`	Devin White	Fr
DB	`25`	T. J. Lemoine	Fr
S	`26`	John Battle	So
DB	`27`	Brandon Surtain	Sr
DB	`29`	Greedy Williams	Fr
DB	`30`	Eric Monroe	Fr
DB	`31`	Cameron Lewis	Fr
DB	`32`	Leyton Lavigne	So
S	`33`	Jamal Adams	Jr
LB	`35`	Devin Voorhies	Jr
LB	`40`	Duke Riley	Sr
DB	`41`	Abraham Wallace	So
LB	`43`	Ray Thornton	Fr
DL	`44`	Clifton Escort II	Fr
LB	`45`	Michael Divinity	Fr
DE	`46`	Tashawn Bower	Sr
LB	`47`	Chance Barney	Jr
LB	`48`	Donnie Alexander	Jr
DE	`49`	Arden Key	So
LB	`50`	Layton Garnett	Fr
LB	`51`	Jonathan Rucker	Jr
LB	`52`	Kendell Beckwith	Sr
LB	`53`	Ben Nola	Fr
DL	`54`	Justin Kairdolf	Fr
NT	`55`	Travonte Valentine	So
LB	`56`	M. J. Patterson	Jr
DT	`57`	Davon Godchaux	Jr
LB	`58`	Hunter Burns	Sr
DE	`59`	Jordan Harper	Sr
DL	`60`	Marcus Roberts	Sr
DL	`85`	Jamil Abdul-Aziz	Fr
DE	`87`	Sci Martin	Fr
DT	`90`	Rashard Lawrence	Fr
DT	`91`	Christian LaCouture	Sr
DE	`92`	Lewis Neal	Sr
DE	`93`	Andre Anthony	Fr
DE	`93`	Seth Newsome	Fr
DE	`94`	Isaiah Washington	So
DT	`95`	Ed Alexander	Fr
DE	`96`	Glen Logan	Fr
DT	`97`	Frank Herron	Jr
DE	`98`	Deondre Clark	Jr
DT	`99`	Greg Gilmore	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`34`	Connor Culp	Fr
K	`35`	Jack Gonsoulin	Fr
P	`36`	Cameron Gamble	Jr
P	`38`	Josh Growden	Fr
K	`42`	Colby Delahoussaye	Sr
P	`46`	Zach Von Rosenberg	Fr
LS	`50`	Blake Ferguson	Fr
LS	`59`	John Ballis	Sr

Head coach

Ed Orgeron

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	5 (1)	21	20	18	RV	RV	RV	25	19	15	19	16	25	21	19	13
Coaches	6	22	22	17	RV	RV	25	23	19	14	19	14	RV	21	20	14
CFP	Not released									13	24	16	—	21	20	Not released

Season summary

Vs. Wisconsin

#5 LSU Tigers (0–0) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	0	0	14	0	14
Wisconsin	0	6	7	3	16

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: September 3, 2016
Game time: 2:40 p.m.
Game weather: Mostly sunny, 75 °F (24 °C)
Game attendance: 77,823
Referee: Mike Defee
TV announcers (ABC): Steve Levy, Brian Griese, and Todd McShay
Box Score

Game information

Second quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone 30-yard field goal, 4:13. Wisconsin 3–0. Drive: 9 plays, 24 yards, 4:12.
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone 48-yard field goal, 0:54. Wisconsin 6–0. Drive: 5 plays, 15 yards, 0:55.

Third quarter

WIS – Corey Clement 5-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 10:55. Wisconsin 13–0. Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 1:56.
LSU – Tre'Davious White 21-yard interception return (Colby Delahoussaye kick), 5:28. Wisconsin 13–7.
LSU – Travin Dural 10-yard pass from Brandon Harris (Colby Delahoussaye kick), 4:21. LSU 14–13. Drive: 2 plays, 41 yards, 0:18.

Fourth quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone 47-yard field goal, 3:47. Wisconsin 16–14. Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 4:27.

Top passers

LSU – Brandon Harris – 12/21, 131 yards, TD, 2 INT
WIS – Bart Houston – 19/31, 205 yards, 2 INT

Top rushers

LSU – Leonard Fournette – 23 rushes, 138 yards
WIS – Corey Clement – 21 rushes, 86 yards, TD

Top receivers

LSU – Travin Dural – 5 receptions, 50 yards, TD
WIS – Troy Fumagalli – 7 receptions, 100 yards

References

^ Smith, Erick (September 25, 2016). "LSU fires coach Les Miles four games into his 12th season". USA TODAY. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
^ Goldberg, Rob (October 13, 2016). "LSU vs. Florida Rescheduled After Hurricane Matthew: Date, Comments and Reaction". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
^ "2016 LSU Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

[x429-1] Smith, Erick (September 25, 2016). "LSU fires coach Les Miles four games into his 12th season". USA TODAY. Retrieved November 27, 2024.

[u290-2] Goldberg, Rob (October 13, 2016). "LSU vs. Florida Rescheduled After Hurricane Matthew: Date, Comments and Reaction". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 11, 2024.

[3] "2016 LSU Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

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