The 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen were led by ninth-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo and played their home games at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Midshipmen competed as a member of the West Division of the American Athletic Conference, and were second year members of the conference. They finished the season 9–5 overall and 7–1 in American Athletic play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in The American Athletic Championship Game where they lost to Temple. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Louisiana Tech.
Before the season Spring practices Navy held spring practices during March and April 2016.
Schedule
Note: ‡ Game at East Carolina was originally scheduled for Thursday, October 13, but was postponed due to flooding from Hurricane Matthew; it was rescheduled to Saturday, November 19.
Personnel
Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atNavy Alma mater Ken Niumatalolo Head coach 18 Hawaii (1989) Ivin Jasper Offensive Coordinator / quarterbacks coach 17 Hawaii (1994) Dale Pehrson Defensive Coordinator / defensive line coach 21 Utah (1976) Chris Culton Offensive Line coach 14 Georgia Southern (2011) Justin Davis Outside Linebackers coach 10 Maine (2001) Lt. Col. Robert Green, USMC Outside Linebackers coach 4 Navy (1998) Ashley Ingram Running Game Coordinator / offensive line coach 9 North Alabama (1996) Steve Johns Inside Linebackers 9 Occidental College (1991) Dan O'Brien Secondary coach 3 Boston College (2005) Mike Judge Fullbacks coach 9 Springfield College (2005) Shaun Nua Defensive Line coach 5 BYU (2005) Danny O'Rourke Special Teams Coordinator / Slotbacks coach 15 West Georgia (2000) Napoleon Sykes Defensive Line coach 3 Wake Forest (2006) Mick Yokitis Wide Receivers coach 6 Hawaii (2006)
Roster 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team rosterQuarterbacks 1 Jonah Llanusa – freshman (6'1, 205) 2 Tago Smith – senior (5'10, 201) 3 Jacob Harrison – freshman (6'1, 210) 5 Malcolm Perry – freshman (5'9, 185) 6 Jon Jon Roberts – freshman (5'8, 170) (+SB) 7 Garret Lewis – sophomore (6'1, 200) 9 Zach Abey – sophomore (6'2, 218) 11 Troy Thompson – senior (5'11, 190) 15 Will Worth – senior (6'1, 205)
Slotbacks 2 (22)* Toeno gulley – senior (5'8, 196) (C) 8 Mazh Maloy – freshman (5'7, 170) 10 Travis Brannan – freshman (6'0, 180) 20 Calvin Cass Jr. – senior (5'10, 206) 21 Tre Walker – sophomore (5'9, 190) 23 Kendrick Mouton – senior (6'0, 200) 24 Joshua Walker – junior (5'11, 210) 25 Jahmaal Daniel – junior (5'6, 160) 26 James Munson – junior (5'8, 160) 28 Dishan Romine – senior (5'11, 178) 29 Darry Bonner – junior (5'7, 171) 35 John Brown III – junior (5'9, 203) 40 Cameron Dudeck – sophomore (5'9, 195) 42 Josh Brown – junior (5'9, 189) 46 Travis Pospisil – sophomore (5'10, 198) 48 Amari DuBose – freshman (5'9, 165)
Fullbacks 31 Shawn White – senior (6'1, 255) 32 Myles Swain – senior (5'11, 223) 33 Chris High – junior (6'0, 224) 34 Mike Martin – sophomore (6'1, 195) 36 Jalen Wade – senior (6'1, 229) 38 Anthony Gargiulo – sophomore (6'2, 251) 39 Akili Taylor – sophomore (5'7, 191) 44 Myles Benning – freshman (5'11, 235) 45 Bryan Hammond – sophomore (5'10, 200)
Wide receivers 4 Jamir Tillman – senior (6'3, 212) 11 Darian Pride – freshman (6'3, 200) 13 Conrey Meagher – junior (5'10, 202) 37 Tory Delmonico – sophomore (6'2, 225) 47 Trey Olsen – junior (6'4, 232) 49 Jordan Pittman – junior (6'2, 227) 80 Terrence Laster – junior (6'1, 224) 81 Trayvon Clarke – sophomore (6'1, 210) 82 Craig Scott – junior (6'2, 189) 83 Zack Fraade – freshman (6'3, 215) 84 Chad Lewellyn – junior (6'4, 195) 86 Julian Turner – senior (6'2, 190) 87 Brandon Colon – junior (6'4, 223) 88 Tyler Carmona – junior (6'4, 222) 89 Taylor Jackson – sophomore (6'3, 210)
Placekickers 16 Bennett Moehring – sophomore (5'9, 180) 41 D.J. Grant-Johnson – senior (6'3, 216) 97 J.R. Osborn – freshman (6'0, 190) 98 Owen White – freshman (5'10, 180) (+P) Offensive linemen 50 Eric Cal – OG – freshman (6'3, 288) 52 Nick Czar – OG – sophomore (6'3, 273) 54 Kyle-Malik Mitchell – OG – freshman (6'2, 310) 55 Mike Adzima – OT – freshman (6'2, 282) 56 Niko Yaramus – OG – freshman (6'3, 282) 57 Jake Hawk – OG – sophomore (6'6, 312) 58 T.J. Salu – C – freshman (6'2, 300) 59 Isaac Willis – C – freshman (6'0, 277) 60 Nofo Tii – OG – sophomore (6'1, 318) 61 Andrew Wood – OT – sophomore (6'4, 300) 62 Parker Wade – C – junior (6'2, 271) 63 Seth White – OG – junior (6'3, 274) 64 Steve Satchell – OG – sophomore (6'4, 256) 65 Garrett Wiedle – OT – sophomore (6'5, 267) 66 Brett Leake – OT – freshman (6'3, 275) 66 Jeremiah Robbins – OG – senior (6'2, 295) 67 Chris Gesell – OG – sophomore (6'4, 295) 68 Jackson Mitchell – OT – sophomore (6'5, 278) 69 Adam Amosa-Tagovailoa – OT – sophomore (6'2, 268) 70 Wes Mehl – OG – freshman (6'4, 300) 70 Maurice Morris – C – senior (6'2, 327) 71 Jude Hydrick – OT – freshman (6'3, 250) 71 Evan Martin – OG – junior (6'3, 294) 72 David Shin – OG – freshman (6'1, 298) 72 Adam West – OG – senior (6'3, 297) 73 Michael Raiford – OT – junior (6'6, 300) 74 Alec Keener – OT – sophomore (6'4, 265) 75 Logan Lister – OT – freshman (6'5, 285) 75 Ford Higgins – OT – freshman (6'2, 250) 75 Robert Lindsey – OG – junior (6'4, 274) 76 Kendel Wright – OT – freshman (6'4, 290) 77 Bryan Barrett – C – sophomore (6'3, 324) 77 David Forney – C – freshman (6'3, 305) 78 Laurent Njiki – OG – sophomore (6'3, 295) 79 Blake Copeland – OT – senior (6'4, 281)
Defensive linemen 52 Amos Mason – DE – senior (6'1, 266) 60 Lance Angulo – NG – sophomore (6'2, 285) 62 Buck Elliott – DE – sophomore (6'4, 259) 63 Joshua Van Dunk – DE – freshman (6'3, 285) 65 Carter Bankston – DE – freshman (6'3, 230) 67 Dave Tolentino – NG – freshman (6'2, 290) 68 Patrick Forrestal – NG – senior (6'4, 305) 69 Marcus Edwards – NG – freshman (6'4, 305) 70 Mack Nash – DE – freshman (6'5, 235) 71 Corbin Heyward – DE – freshman (6'3, 280) 74 Rob Dusz – NG – senior (6'0, 287) 90 Jarvis Polu – DE – sophomore (6'3, 280) 91 Tyler Sayles – DE – junior (6'2, 255) 92 Josh Webb – DE – sophomore (6'5, 250) 93 Joe Goff – DE – freshman (6'5, 270) 95 Anthony Villalobos – DE – sophomore (6'2, 266) 96 Nizaire Cromatie – DE – freshman (6'2, 250) 97 Nnamdi Uzoma – DE – senior (6'3, 251) 98 Dylan Fischer – NG – junior (6'2, 307) 99 Jackson Pittman – NG – freshman (6'3, 315)
Punters 18 Alex Barta – senior (6'3, 213) 43 Erik Harris – sophomore (5'10, 184) Linebackers 2 (58*) Daniel Gonzales – senior (6'2, 240) (C) 3 Brandon Jones – OLB – junior (6'4, 225) 5 Justin Norton – OLB – junior (6'2, 190) 22 OJ Davis – OLB – freshman (6'2, 225) 23 Sion Harrington – OLB – freshman (6'3, 210) 24 Dre Williamson – OLB – sophomore (6'4, 208) 28 Travis Kerchner – OLB – sophomore (6'2, 200) 31 Vic Thomas – OLB – freshman (6'4, 240) 32 Denzel Polk – OLB – freshman (6'2, 250) 33 Tony Masaniai – freshman (6'1, 250) 36 Forrest Forte – OLB – sophomore (6'1, 194) 38 Rahn Bailey – OLB – freshman (6'2, 230) 39 Jake Onstott – freshman (6'2, 215) 40 Kevin McCoy – OLB – junior (6'4, 212) 41 Tyler Pistorio – freshman (6'2, 215) 43 Jake Schwarzer – freshman (6'1, 218) 44 Micah Thomas – junior (6'1, 249) 45 D.J. Palmore – OLB – junior (6'3, 236) 46 Conner Dorris – sophomore (6'2, 245) 47 Matt Stewart – sophomore (6'1, 220) 58 (48*) Josiah Powell – OLB – senior (6'3, 224) 49 Mike Kelly – senior (6'1, 230) 50 Monte Armstrong – OLB – sophomore (6'1, 222) 51 Winn Howard – junior (6'2, 216) 53 Hudson Sullivan – sophomore (6'2, 220) 54 Taylor Heflin – sophomore (6'2, 230) 55 Ted Colburn – OLB – senior (6'3, 230) 56 Myles Davenport – OLB – junior (6'2, 233) 59 Ryan Harris – senior (5'11, 213) 64 Zack Quilty – OLB – freshman (6'3, 210) 80 Aleksei Yaramus – freshman (6'2, 205) 87 Paul Carothers – freshman (6'1, 225)
Defensive backs 1 Alohi Gilman – S – freshman (6'0, 200) 2 Elijah Jones – CB – sophomore (5'11, 186) 4 John Gillis – CB – sophomore (5'11, 170) 6 Sean Williams – S – sophomore (6'1, 190) 7 Khaylan Williams – S – sophomore (6'0, 192) 8 Randy Beggs – S – junior (6'0, 180) 9 Jarid Ryan – CB – sophomore (5'11, 203) 10 Cameron Bryant – CB – senior (5'10, 186) 11 Jerry Thompson – S – junior (6'0, 196) 13 Kyle Battle – S – senior (6'1, 190) 14 Elijah Merchant – CB – junior (5'10, 196) 15 Noruwa Obanor – CB – freshman (6'1, 195) 16 Jeremy Griffis – CB – freshman (5'9, 178) 17 Tyris Wooten – CB – junior (6'1, 180) 18 Isaac Wright – S – junior (5'10, 178) 20 Elan Nash – S – freshman (5'11, 190) 21 Walter Little – S – freshman (5'11, 200) 25 Mason Plante – CB – freshman (5'11, 195) 26 Daiquan Thomason – S – senior (6'0, 205) 29 Brady Petersen – S – sophomore (5'10, 190) 37 Juan Halley – CB – sophomore (6'1, 196)
Long snappers 85 Ronnie Querry – junior (6'1, 208) 94 Josh Antol – senior (6'1, 214) 96 Michael Pifer – freshman (6'3, 226)
Depth chart
Depth Chart 2016 True Freshman Double Position : *
Rankings
Game summaries
Fordham
UConn
At Tulane
At Air Force
Houston
This game marked Navy Midshipmen's biggest upset victory facing a top-10 ranked opponent in 32 years. (Since 1984 as they won against #2 ranked South Carolina) The game marked Ken Niumatalolo's 4th win over a ranked team.
Memphis
With this victory, Navy has 14th straight home wins, making it the 3rd longest active streak in FBS history. Also their longest at Navy-Marine Stadium since it opened in 1959. Personal player highlights include: wide receiver Jamir Tillman became the 2nd all-time receiver in Naval Academy history with 1,281 career receiving yards, passing Phil McConkey. And quarterback Will Worth had career highs with 201 rushing yards (286 total yards) and 5 touchdowns.
At South Florida
Vs. Notre Dame
With this rare victory, Navy beat Notre Dame for only the 4th time in 52 years (1963) in the nation's longest-running intersectional rivalry since 1926 (the 90th year). The Fighting Irish previously won five in a row against the Midshipmen. Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo got this 3rd win over Notre Dame, tying former Navy coach Wayne Hardin from the 1960s, and handing the Fighting Irish their 14th losing season ever. Navy quarterback Will Worth ran for 175 yards with two touchdowns, making it his 9th consecutive game with a rushing score. Worth finished with his 4th straight 100-yard rushing performance (his 5th of the season).
Tulsa
After this win, Navy has 15 straight home victories, making it the second longest winning streak in the FBS. Navy also has the winningest Senior Class in Naval Academy history with 36–13, tying the all-time program record with the class of 1909 (36–7–5) and the class of 2016 (36–16). And 14 straight Senior Day victories. The Midshipmen stand alone in the Western Division in the American Conference. Personal highlights include Navy wide receiver Jamir Tillman who moved to second place on Navy's career receiving yards leaders list with 1,454 catches, passing Phil McConkey with 1,278 catches.
At East Carolina
With this win, Navy clinched the AAC West division title, and will move on to the AAC championship game in only their second year in the conference. They also set some school record season highs; highest point total (66), most rushing touchdowns (9), and rushing yards (456). Personal highlights include Navy quarterback Will Worth becoming just the 5th player in school history with 1,000+ rushing and passing yards in a season. And six straight 100 yard games, ten with a rushing touchdown, which is the longest active streak in the FBS. Worth is tied with Jeremy McNichols from Boise State with 22 rushing touchdowns.
At SMU
Temple
This game marked the first game, after 136 years of being independent, that Navy was in a conference championship.
Vs. Army
Louisiana Tech (Armed Forces Bowl)
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