2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	East Division
2016 record	2–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Chris Ash (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Drew Mehringer (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Power spread
Defensive coordinator	Jay Niemann (1st year)
Base defense	Multiple
Captain	Chris Muller (5th year)
Captain	Derrick Nelson (5th year)
Captain	Darius Hamilton (5th year)
Captain	Julian Pinnix-Odrick (5th year)
Home stadium	High Point Solutions Stadium (Capacity: 52,454)

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 5 Penn State xy$		8	–	1		11	–	2
No. 2 Ohio State x		8	–	1		11	–	1
No. 6 Michigan		7	–	2		10	–	2
Indiana		4	–	5		6	–	6
Maryland		3	–	6		6	–	6
Michigan State		1	–	8		3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9		2	–	10
West Division
No. 8 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2		10	–	3
No. 24 Nebraska		6	–	3		9	–	3
No. 21 Iowa		6	–	3		8	–	4
Minnesota		5	–	4		8	–	4
Northwestern		5	–	4		6	–	6
Illinois		2	–	7		3	–	9
Purdue		1	–	8		3	–	9
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Scarlet Knights' third season as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and a member of the East Division. The team was led by Chris Ash, who is in his first season. Rutgers played its home games at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. They finished the season 2–10, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division. They have accepted an invitation to play in the Toilet Bowl against Kansas on December 31, 2016.

Schedule

Rutgers announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Scarlet Knights will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Penn State, and will travel to Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Ohio State.^[1]

The team will host two of the three non–conference games which are against Howard Bison from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, the New Mexico Lobos from the Mountain West Conference, and Washington Huskies from the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12).

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:00 PM	at No. 14 Washington*	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	L 13–48	58,460
September 10	12:00 PM	Howard*	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	BTN	W 52–14	45,245
September 17	12:00 PM	New Mexico*	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNews	W 37–28	39,680
September 24	12:00 PM	Iowa	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN2	L 7–14	44,061
October 1	12:00 PM	at No. 2 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	L 0–58	105,830
October 8	7:00 PM	No. 4 Michigan	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN2	L 0–78	53,292
October 15	12:00 PM	Illinois	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNews	L 7–24	42,640
October 22	12:00 PM	at Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	ESPNU	L 32–34	46,096
November 5	12:00 PM	Indiana	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	BTN	L 27–33	37,345
November 12	12:00 PM	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 0–49	73,701
November 19	8:00 PM	No. 9 Penn State	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	BTN	L 0–39	51,366
November 26	12:00 PM	at Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD (Rivalry)	ESPNews	L 13–31	30,220
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

at Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	0	3	0	10	13
Huskies	24	10	14	0	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Howard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	14	0	0	0	14
Scarlet Knights	7	7	21	17	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2014	RUTG, 38–25

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	21	0	0	7	28
Scarlet Knights	7	21	3	6	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	7	0	7	14
Scarlet Knights	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	0	0	0	0	0
#2 Buckeyes	6	24	21	7	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2015	OSU, 49–7

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Wolverines	14	29	14	21	78
Scarlet Knights	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	MICH, 49–16

Following its loss to Ohio State, Rutgers was annihilated by Michigan 78–0. The game was supposed to be a strikeout, but due to the overwhelming amount of Michigan fans in attendance, the stripes were barely noticeable.

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	0	7	10	7	24
Scarlet Knights	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2006	RUTG, 33–0

at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	3	7	13	9	32
Golden Gophers	21	0	10	3	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	13	0	13	7	33
Scarlet Knights	10	7	7	3	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2015	RUTG, 55–52

at Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	0	0	0	0	0
Spartans	21	14	14	0	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2015	MSU, 31–24

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Nittany Lions	6	3	16	14	39
Scarlet Knights	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–24	2015	PSU, 28–3

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	0	7	6	0	13
Tarrapins	14	7	7	3	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–6	2015	UMD, 46–41

Roster

2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Grant, JanarionJanarion Grant	57.0 !Sr
WR	`2`	Mitchell, AhmirAhmir Mitchell	1.0 !Fr
WR	`3`	Harris, JawuanJawuan Harris	1.5 !Fr
RB	`4`	Sneed, TreyTrey Sneed	1.0 !Fr
QB	`5`	Laviano, ChrisChris Laviano	3.5 !Jr
WR	`6`	Jabbie, MohamedMohamed Jabbie	1.0 !Fr
RB	`7`	Martin, RobertRobert Martin	5.0 !Jr
RB	`8`	Hicks, JoshJosh Hicks	5.0 !Jr
QB	`11`	Rettig, HaydenHayden Rettig	3.5 !Jr
QB	`12`	Allen, ZachZach Allen	3.5 !Jr
WR	`13`	Agudosi, CarltonCarlton Agudosi	4.5 !Sr
QB	`14`	Oden, TylinTylin Oden	1.0 !Fr
QB	`15`	Clements, JackJack Clements	1.5 !Fr
WR	`16`	Parker, ChristopherChristopher Parker	1.5 !Fr
QB	`17`	Rescigno, GiovanniGiovanni Rescigno	2.5 !So
QB	`18`	Dare, MichaelMichael Dare	1.5 !Fr
QB	`19`	Anthony, TroyTroy Anthony	57.0 !Sr
RB	`20`	Carter, DevanDevan Carter	3.5 !Jr
WR	`21`	Garvin, JelaniJelani Garvin	1.0 !Fr
WR	`22`	Taylor, PrincePrince Taylor	1.0 !Fr
WR	`23`	Bailey, DacovenDacoven Bailey	1.0 !Fr
RB	`24`	Snorweah, CharlesCharles Snorweah	1.5 !Fr
WR	`26`	Bah, AhmedAhmed Bah	1.0 !Fr
WR	`27`	Ceneus, McDerbyMcDerby Ceneus	1.0 !Fr
RB	`28`	Pugh, AslanAslan Pugh	1.0 !Fr
RB	`32`	Goodwin, JustinJustin Goodwin	57.0 !Sr
WR	`41`	Koprowski, ThomasThomas Koprowski	1.0 !Fr
TE	`42`	Arcidiacono, NickNick Arcidiacono	57.0 !Sr
TE	`43`	Behr, GeorgeGeorge Behr	2.5 !So
WR	`46`	McDuffie, DavanteDavante McDuffie	5.0 !Jr
OL	`54`	Seymour, KamaalKamaal Seymour	1.0 !Fr
OL	`55`	Maietti, MichaelMichael Maietti	1.0 !Fr
OL	`60`	Miller, DorianDorian Miller	3.5 !Jr
OL	`61`	Lonsdorf, MikeMike Lonsdorf	1.0 !Fr
OL	`63`	Onulak, JimJim Onulak	1.0 !Fr
OL	`64`	Pyrame, SkiySkiy Pyrame	1.5 !Fr
OL	`65`	Cole, TariqTariq Cole	2.5 !So
OL	`66`	Krimin, NickNick Krimin	1.0 !Fr
OL	`69`	Nelson, DerrickDerrick Nelson (C)	4.5 !Sr
OL	`70`	Muller, ChrisChris Muller (C)	4.5 !Sr
OL	`71`	Applefield, MarcusMarcus Applefield	2.5 !So
OL	`72`	Taylor, MannyManny Taylor	1.5 !Fr
OL	`73`	Jackson, JonahJonah Jackson	1.5 !Fr
OL	`74`	Howson, SamSam Howson	1.0 !Fr
OL	`75`	Venesky, ZachZach Venesky	1.5 !Fr
OL	`77`	Denman, J. J.J. J. Denman	4.5 !Sr
OL	`79`	Heeman, ZackZack Heeman	2.5 !So
WR	`80`	Schoen, AlexAlex Schoen	3.5 !Jr
TE	`81`	Flanagan, MattMatt Flanagan	3.5 !Jr
WR	`82`	Perry, NtwademelaNtwademela Perry	2.5 !So
WR	`83`	Blunt, RashadRashad Blunt	1.5 !Fr
WR	`84`	Tsimis, JohnJohn Tsimis	3.5 !Jr
TE	`86`	Griffin-Stewart, NakiaNakia Griffin-Stewart	1.5 !Fr
WR	`87`	Matthews, VanceVance Matthews	4.5 !Sr
WR	`88`	Patton, AndreAndre Patton	57.0 !Sr
TE	`89`	Washington, JeromeJerome Washington	3.0 !So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`2`	Hester, KiyKiy Hester	2.5 !So
LB	`5`	James, RonnieRonnie James	3.0 !So
DL	`7`	Lumor, ElormElorm Lumor	1.0 !Fr
DB	`9`	Hampton, SaquanSaquan Hampton	2.5 !So
DB	`10`	Austin, BlessuanBlessuan Austin	3.0 !So
DB	`11`	Wharton, IsaiahIsaiah Wharton	2.5 !So
DL	`12`	Nash, MylesMyles Nash	3.5 !Jr
LB	`14`	Manning, SolomonSolomon Manning	1.0 !Fr
LB	`15`	Morris, TrevorTrevor Morris	3.0 !So
DB	`17`	Gray, K. J.K. J. Gray	1.0 !Fr
DB	`18`	Hayes, DamonDamon Hayes	1.0 !Fr
DB	`20`	Parker, MarcusMarcus Parker	4.5 !Sr
DB	`21`	Douglas, RossRoss Douglas	3.5 !Jr
DL	`22`	Lambert, QuanzellQuanzell Lambert	4.5 !Sr
DB	`25`	Adams, JariusJarius Adams	3.0 !So
LB	`26`	Roberts, DeonteDeonte Roberts	3.0 !So
DB	`27`	Marfo, KobeKobe Marfo	3.0 !So
LB	`28`	Clayton, NajeeNajee Clayton	3.0 !So
DB	`29`	Stevens, LawrenceLawrence Stevens	1.0 !Fr
LB	`30`	Hunt, AndreAndre Hunt	3.5 !Jr
DB	`31`	Cioffi, AnthonyAnthony Cioffi	57.0 !Sr
LB	`33`	Jones, GregGreg Jones	4.5 !Sr
LB	`34`	Abdur-Ra'oof, TalibTalib Abdur-Ra'oof	2.5 !So
LB	`35`	Margolis, EricEric Margolis	2.5 !So
LB	`36`	Taylor, T. J.T. J. Taylor	3.5 !Jr
LB	`37`	Anthony, MaxMax Anthony	1.5 !Fr
LB	`38`	Brady, JimJim Brady	1.0 !Fr
DB	`39`	Anya, SandySandy Anya	3.5 !Jr
DB	`40`	Chase, BrianBrian Chase	1.5 !Fr
LB	`40`	Marquez, KevinKevin Marquez	57.0 !Sr
DB	`43`	Walker, D'WonD'Won Walker	1.5 !Fr
LB	`44`	Maddox-Williams, TyreekTyreek Maddox-Williams	1.0 !Fr
DB	`45`	Rogers, DylanDylan Rogers	1.0 !Fr
LB	`47`	Johnson, IsaiahIsaiah Johnson	57.0 !Sr
LB	`49`	Russell, BrandonBrandon Russell	2.5 !So
DL	`50`	Turner, JuliusJulius Turner	1.0 !Fr
DL	`51`	Joseph, SebastianSebastian Joseph	3.5 !Jr
DL	`53`	Pinnix-Odrick, JulianJulian Pinnix-Odrick (C)	4.5 !Sr
LB	`55`	Rosa, AustinAustin Rosa	1.5 !Fr
LB	`56`	Battle, RashawnRashawn Battle	1.0 !Fr
DL	`58`	Turay, KemokoKemoko Turay	3.5 !Jr
DL	`59`	Davis, DarnellDarnell Davis	3.5 !Jr
DL	`67`	Roman, KennethKenneth Roman	1.5 !Fr
DL	`75`	Hamilton, DariusDarius Hamilton (C)	4.5 !Sr
DL	`90`	Carter, Ron'DellRon'Dell Carter	1.5 !Fr
DL	`92`	Wiafe, EricEric Wiafe	2.5 !So
DL	`93`	Griggs, JasonJason Griggs	1.0 !Fr
DL	`95`	Bateky, JonJon Bateky	3.0 !So
DL	`96`	Previlon, WillingtonWillington Previlon	1.5 !Fr
DL	`98`	Hogan, JimmyJimmy Hogan	2.5 !So
DL	`99`	Wilkins, KevinKevin Wilkins	2.5 !So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`62`	Sportelli, MatthewMatthew Sportelli	1.0 !Fr
LS	`85`	Lucy, AlanAlan Lucy	5.0 !Jr
P	`94`	Cintron, MichaelMichael Cintron	2.5 !So
PK	`97`	Smolar, JaredJared Smolar	1.0 !Fr
PK	`98`	Bonagura, DavidDavid Bonagura	3.5 !Jr
P	`99`	Gleeson, TimTim Gleeson	4.5 !Sr
P	`99`	Haggerty, GavinGavin Haggerty	1.5 !Fr

Head coach

Chris Ash

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Drew Mehringer (Offensive Coordinator)
Jay Niemann (Defensive Coordinator)
Vince Okruch (Special Teams Coordinator)
A. J. Blazek (Offensive Line)
Shane Burnham (Defensive Line)
Bill Busch (Defensive Backs)
Aaron Henry (Assistant Defensive Backs)
Zak Kuhr (Running Backs)
Jafar Williams (Wide Receivers)
Kenny Parker (Head Football Strength and Conditioning)
Sean Barowski (Defensive Assistant)
Collin Bauer (Defensive Assistant)
David Galante (Offensive Assistant)
Mark Rosenbaum (Offensive Assistant)

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 23, 2016

Awards and honors

Weekly

Weekly Awards
Player	Award	Date Awarded	Ref.
Janarion Grant	Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week	September 5, 2016	^[3]

All-Conference

All-Big Ten^[4]^[5]
Player	Selection
Tariq Cole	Honorable Mention (Coaches)
Blessuan Austin	Honorable Mention (Media)

References

↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2016-2017 Football Schedules" (Press release). Rutgers University Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
↑ "2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. September 12, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
↑ "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
↑ "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 1, 2016.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights football

Venues	College Field (1869–1890) Neilson Field (1891–1938) Rutgers Stadium (1938–1992) Giants Stadium (1993) High Point Solutions Stadium (1994–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Maryland

Culture & lore	Marching band First American football game (painting)

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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