2016 Georgia State Panthers football team American college football season
The 2016 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Panthers were led by fourth-year head coach Trent Miles for the first 10 games of the year until he was fired on November 12, 2016 after a 2–8 record.[ 1] Tim Lappano for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at the Georgia Dome . The 2016 season was the Panthers' fourth in the Sun Belt Conference and seventh since starting football. This was also the Panthers final season in the Georgia Dome, as the stadium was demolished on November 20, 2017 following the opening of Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 26 of the same year.
Schedule
Georgia State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host Sun Belt foes Arkansas State , Georgia Southern , Louisiana–Monroe , and Texas State , and will travel to Appalachian State , Idaho , South Alabama , and Troy . Georgia State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Louisiana–Lafayette and New Mexico State .[ 2]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Ball State from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Tennessee–Martin (UT–Martin) from the Ohio Valley Conference , and two road games against Air Force from the Mountain West Conference and Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:00 p.m. Ball State * ASN L 21–3112,233 September 10 2:00 p.m. at Air Force * MWN L 14–4824,173 September 17 12:00 p.m. at No. 9 Wisconsin * BTN L 17–2379,883 October 1 12:00 p.m. at Appalachian State ASN L 3–1724,782 October 8 3:30 p.m. Texas State ESPN3 W 41–2113,179 October 15 3:30 p.m. at Troy ESPN3 L 21–3123,913 October 22 3:30 p.m. Tennessee–Martin * ESPN3 W 31–615,223 October 29 5:00 p.m. at South Alabama ESPN3 L 10–1311,565 November 3 7:30 p.m. Arkansas State ESPNU L 16–3113,363 November 12 2:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe ESPN3 L 23–3713,106 November 19 2:00 p.m. Georgia Southern ESPN3 W 30–2423,513 December 3 5:00 p.m. at Idaho ESPN3 L 12–3711,242 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
All ASN games werealso broadcast on ESPN3 . [ 3]
Personnel
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Coaching and support staff
Name
Position
Consecutive season at
Trent Miles Head coach 4th
Harold Etheridge
Associate head coach, offensive line
4th
Luke Huard
Offensive coordinator , quarterback 1st
Jesse Minter
Defensive coordinator 4th
Jeff Jagodzinski Assistant coach
4th
Larry Knight
Assistant coach, outside linebackers
2nd
Tim Lappano Assistant coach, wide receivers
3rd
Eric Lewis
Assistant coach, secondary, special teams coordinator
2nd
Rick Minter Assistant coach, defensive line
1st
P.J. Volker
Assistant coach, linebackers / recruiting coordinator
4th
Ben McLane
Graduate assistant , offense1st
Chris O'Leary
Graduate assistant, defense
1st
Reid Sanders
Graduate assistant, offense
1st
John McDonell
Senior offensive analyst
1st
Dusty Bennett
Director of football operations
2nd
Scott Holsopple
Head strength and conditioning coach
1st
Bob Murphy
Associate AD, sports medicine and nutrition
1st
Liam Smith
Director of player personnel
1st
Nicholas Vogt
Equipment manager
4th
Reference: [ 4]
Roster
2016 Georgia State Panthers Football
Quarterback
7 Conner Manning –
10 Ruggiero DeLuca –
11 Aaron Winchester –
12 Emiere Scaife –
16 Joshua Shim – freshman (6'0, 205) Running back
1 Kendrick Dorn –
5 Tra Barnett – freshman (5'10, 170)
8 Taz Bateman – junior (5'8, 185)
17 Glenn Smith – junior (6'1, 185)
23 Darius Stubbs – freshman (5'10, 188)
24 Anthony Valverde –
25 Kyler Neal –
28 Demarcus Kirk –
36 Khai Anderson – sophomore (5'10, 185)
43 Deandre Bowman – freshman (5'10, 175)
48 Maurice Lauchner – junior (5'9, 195) Wide receiver
4 Jawan Nobles – freshman (6'3, 180)
6 Jonathan Ifedi – freshman (6'0, 195)
14 Devin Gentry – freshman (5'10, 180)
15 Todd Boyd – junior (5'11, 180)
18 Penny Hart – sophomore (5'8, 185)
19 Robert Davis – senior (6'3, 220)
80 Matlin Marshall – freshman (5'9, 188)
81 Marquan Greene – sophomore (5'10, 180)
82 Brett Sheehan –
83 Mattavius Scott – senior (6'2, 206)
85 Eric Elder – freshman (6'0, 177)
86 Bryson Duckworth – freshman (6'4, 212) Tight end
45 Keith Rucker – senior (6'3, 235)
46 Jacob Nesmith –
84 Bill Teknipp –
88 Ari Werts – sophomore (6'4, 225) Placekicker
94 Barry Brown – freshman (6'4, 175)
96 Shavi Bash – junior (6'3, 185)
Offensive lineman
51 Malik Besseck – OL – freshman (6'4, 275)
56 Alex Stoehr – OL – junior (6'2, 300)
57 Zeke Pernell – OL – freshman (6'5, 265)
61 Mitch Word – OL –
63 Davis Moore – OL –
64 Akil Hawkins – OL –
65 Shamarious Gilmore – OL – freshman (6'3, 275)
69 Lucas Johnson – OL – sophomore (6'4, 285)
72 Gabe Mobley – OL –
73 Nick Meyer – OL – freshman (6'5, 270)
74 Sebastian Willer – OT –
75 Michael Ivory – OT –
76 Hunter Atkinson – OT –
77 Tyler Simonsen – OL –
78 Madison Bell – OL –
78 Dom Roldan – OL – Defensive lineman
5 Mackendy Cheridor – DE –
30 Javonte Lain – DE – freshman (6'2, 220)
50 Jamal Paxton – DL –
52 Tevin Jones – DE – senior (6'4, 270)
53 Terry Thomas – DL – freshman (6'3, 255)
55 Carnell Hopson – DE – senior (6'2, 268)
58 Juan Orozco – DL –
62 Will Cunningham – DL –
90 Nich Long – DL –
91 Julien Laurent – DL –
92 DeQueszman Kelley – DL –
95 Marterious Allen – DE – sophomore (6'2, 240)
97 Jalen Lawrence – NG – senior (6'1, 285)
99 Clifford Amazan – DL – freshman (6'2, 315) Punter
93 Brandon Wright –
98 Jeff Hollingsworth – freshman (5'7, 170)
Linebacker
3 Ed Curney – sophomore (5'11, 220)
4 Alonzo McGee –
11 Kaleb Ringer –
13 Charlie Patrick – freshman (6'0, 220)
27 Andrew Everett –
32 Malik Ricks – junior (6'1, 230)
33 James Traylor – junior (6'3, 220)
34 Niemus Bryant –
38 Jameel Spencer – senior (6'1, 230)
39 Chase Middleton – sophomore (6'2, 225)
42 Trey Payne –
44 Michael Shaw –
47 Payton Moore – freshman (6'2, 225)
57 Justin Otiwu –
69 Deshaun Faltz – Defensive back
2 Bobby Baker – S –
7 Robert Dowling – CB – senior (5'10, 185)
9 Cedric Stone – CB – freshman (5'10, 175)
10 Chandon Sullivan – CB – junior (5'11, 185)
12 Deion Wilkins – DB –
14 Cloves Campbell – DB – senior (6'1, 205)
16 Jerome Smith – CB –
20 Bryan Williams – S –
21 Antreal Allen – CB – junior (5'11, 180)
22 Trey Chapman – DB – freshman (5'11, 180)
24 Kwon Williams – S – freshman (6'0, 202)
26 Anthony Davis – CB –
26 Kendrec Grady – S – freshman (6'2, 209)
28 David West – DB –
29 B.J. Clay – CB – junior (6'0, 180)
30 Kyndall Phillips – DB –
31 Ronald Peterkin – S –
35 Leander Howard – DB –
37 Trent Hill – S – senior (5'10, 185)
40 Remy Lazarus – DB – Long snappers
54 Daniel Zeigler –
66 Seth-Patrick Holman – sophomore (5'11, 185)
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Game summaries
Ball State
Total
Cardinals
7
7
3
14
31
Panthers
7
7
0
7
21
At Air Force
Total
Panthers
7
7
0
0
14
Falcons
10
17
14
7
48
At Wisconsin
Total
Panthers
0
0
10
7
17
No. 9 Badgers
6
0
7
10
23
At Appalachian State
Total
Panthers
0
0
0
3
3
Mountaineers
0
0
7
10
17
Texas State
Total
Bobcats
14
0
7
0
21
Panthers
0
24
17
0
41
At Troy
Total
Panthers
0
0
14
7
21
Trojans
3
3
11
14
31
UT Martin
Total
Skyhawks
0
3
0
3
6
Panthers
7
3
14
7
31
At South Alabama
Total
Panthers
3
0
7
0
10
Jaguars
0
3
0
10
13
Arkansas State
Total
Red Wolves
0
10
7
14
31
Panthers
0
3
7
6
16
Total
Warhawks
2
7
21
7
37
Panthers
0
7
13
3
23
Georgia Southern
Total
Eagles
7
10
0
7
24
Panthers
20
0
10
0
30
At Idaho
Total
Panthers
6
6
0
0
12
Vandals
14
10
10
3
37
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