2016 Fort Hays State Tigers football team

American college football season February 2026 July 2016 Football 2016 Fort Hays State Tigers FHSU Athletics wordmark.svg 200px Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association MIAA 8–4 7–4 Chris Brown 6th Cooper Harris 4th Al McCray 8th Lewis Field Stadium Heart of Texas Bowl W 45–12 vs. Eastern New Mexico The 2016 Fort Hays State Tigers football team represented Fort Hays State University in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. The Tigers played their home games at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays, Kansas, as they have done since 1936.http://fhsuathletics.com/sports/2010/7/6/FB_0706102937.aspx?path=football Fort Hays State University Athletics - Lewis Field Stadium 2010-07-06 2016-07-18 2016 was the 111th season in school history.http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fhsu.sidearmsports.com/documents/2015/9/2/FB15_Book_9.pdf?id=1610 2015 Fort Hays State University Tigers Football Media Guide 2015-09-02 2016-07-18 September 2026 InternetArchiveBot The Tigers were led by sixth-year head coach, Chris Brown.http://fhsuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=515&path=football Brown, Chris 2016-07-18 Fort Hays State has been a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association since 2006.http://bigcat.fhsu.edu/currentevents/display_event.php?id=2679 FHSU athletes will play in the MIAA starting in fall '06 2004-10-15 2016-08-29 May 2, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180502170117/http://bigcat.fhsu.edu/currentevents/display_event.php?id=2679 dead Preseason The Tigers entered the 2016 season after finishing 8–4 overall, 8–3 in conference play last season under Brown.http://fhsuathletics.com/news/2016/8/1/football-tigers-picked-fifth-in-miaa-preseason-media-poll-sixth-in-coaches-poll.aspx Tigers Picked Fifth in MIAA Preseason Media Poll; Sixth in Coaches Poll August 2, 2016 2016-08-05 On August 2, 2016 at the MIAA Football Media Day, the Tigers were chosen to finish in sixth place in the Coaches Poll, and fifth in the Media Poll.http://themiaa.com/news/2016/8/2/FB_0802160535.aspx NWMSU Tops Football Polls 2016-08-05 Personnel Coaching staff Along with Brown, there were 10 assistants. Fort Hays State Tigers Name Position Seasons atFHSU Alma Mater Chris Brown Head coach 6 Pittsburg State (1996) Al McCray Assistant head coach – Wide Receivers 8 Clinch Valley Cooper Harris Assistant head coach – Defensive Coordinator 4 Pittsburg State (1995) Jeff Bryant Assistant head coach – Offensive Coordinator 1 Tulsa (2007) Philip Vigil Assistant head coach – Passing Game/Recruiting Coord. 1 Colorado Mesa (2009) Ike Eguae Assistant head coach – Defensive Line 2 Pittsburg State (2007) Steven Dudley Assistant head coach – Special Teams & Defensive Backs 3 Washburn (2013) Mike Hepp Assistant head coach – Defensive Line 2 Ripon College (2012) Jared Haferbier Assistant head coach – Running Backs 1 Truman State (2015) Zach Burkhart Assistant head coach – Tight Ends 1 Pittsburg State (2015) Doug Boucher Strength & conditioning Coach 2 Kansas State (1984) Reference:Coaching Staff http://fhsuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?path=football& 2015-07-18 Roster 2016 Fort Hays State Tigers y 2 JR Shaquille Cooper RB 3 SR Kenneth Iheme RB 4 SO Jacob Mezera QB 12 SR Brad Schenecker QB 16 SO Erin Gaither QB 28 JR Tyler Bacon WR 29 SO Malik Thomas RB 32 SO Christian Sanders RB 37 JR Elliot Carlson RB 64 JR Travis Talley OL 65 SO Britton Bishop OL 72 SR Daniel Hubbard OL 73 SR Mason Dickey OL 79 SR Richard Feltenberger OL 80 SO Kenton Ubelaker WR 81 SR Evan Jennings WR 82 SR Bilal Salat WR 85 JR J.J. Lewis TE 89 SR Isaiah Maxi WR 5 SR Raheeme Dumas DB 6 SO Doyin Jibowu DB 8 SR Sie Doe, Jr. DL 14 SR Rashad Dunnigan DL 15 SO Aquil Knowles DB 19 SO Connor Shedeed DB 21 SR DeAndre James DB 22 JR Trae Regier DB 25 SO Jose Delgado DL 26 SO Bobby Stinson DB 30 SR Kane Kelly LB 31 SO Tevin Evans LB 35 JR Dillando Allotey DB 40 SR Alex Schmidtberger LB 42 SR Dalton Gould LB 44 SO Brandon Halperin DB 45 SO Aiyonte Roper DB 46 SR Cory Ellis LB 47 SR Justin McPHail LB 57 SO Wyatt Parker DL 90 FR Romello Robinson DL 92 SR Tumua Masaniai DL 93 FR Kiel Simas DL y 94 JR Noah Debban DL 96 JR Luke Wright DL 97 JR Nathan Shepherd DL 39 SO Nick Wohlgemuth K http://fhsuathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=football& 2016-07-19 Chris Brown See coaching staff Schedule 2016 Central September 1 7:00 pm w Missouri Southern Lewis Field Stadium Hays, KS 22–10 4,134 September 8 7:00 pm l y Central Missouri 16 Audrey J. Walton Stadium Warrensburg, MO 17–34 7,279 September 17 7:00 pm w Central Oklahoma Lewis Field Stadium Hays, KS 34–20 3,520 September 24 1:00 pm w y Northeastern State Doc Wadley Stadium Tahlequah, OK 34–7 2,526 October 1 2:00 pm w Lindenwood Lewis Field Stadium Hays, KS 37–6 4,266 October 8 2:00 pm w y Pittsburg State Carnie Smith Stadium Pittsburg, KS 54–41 10,238 October 15 1:00 pm l y Washburn Yager Stadium Topeka, KS 24–30 5,350 October 22 2:00 pm w y Missouri Western Lewis Field Stadium Hays, KS 35–27 3,250 October 29 2:00 pm l y Emporia State 10 Francis G. Welch Stadium Emporia, KS 16–24 6,103 November 5 1:00 pm l Northwest Missouri State 1 Lewis Field Stadium Hays, KS 7–28 3,325 November 12 1:00 pm w y Nebraska–Kearney Ron & Carol Cope Stadium Kearney, NE 27–17 2,100 December 3 6:00 p.m. w y y Eastern New Mexico Heart of Texas Bowl Bulldawg Stadium Copperas Cove, TX ESPN 3 45–12 750 Source: http://fhsuathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=football Fort Hays State University Athletics - 2016 Football Schedule 2016-07-19 Game notes, regular season Missouri Southern 2016 Missouri Southern Lions football team Missouri Southern at Fort Hays State Missouri Southern Fort Hays State 0 3 7 0 7 6 6 3 September 1 Lewis Field Stadium, Hays, KS 7:00 pm CDT 2:54 4,134 Sunny and Breezy, 79 F Lonnie Brickman Central Missouri 2016 Central Missouri Mules football team Fort Hays State at Central Missouri Fort Hays State #16 Central Missouri 0 7 0 10 14 3 14 3 September 8 Walton Stadium, Warrensburg, MO 7:00 pm CDT 2:51 7,279 Cloudy, 78 F Danny Harris Central Oklahoma 2016 Central Oklahoma Bronchos football team Central Oklahoma at Fort Hays State Central Oklahoma Fort Hays State 0 10 3 7 21 3 3 7 September 17 Lewis Field Stadium, Hays, KS 7:00 pm CDT 4:10 3,520 Overcast, 76 F Sean Johnston Northeastern State 2016 Northeastern State RiverHawks football team Fort Hays State at Northeastern State Fort Hays State Northeastern State 0 17 7 10 0 0 7 0 September 24 Wadley Stadium, Tahlequah, OK 1:00 pm CDT 2:51 2,526 Clear, 75 F Dwight Neibling Lindenwood 2016 Lindenwood Lions football team Lindenwood at Fort Hays State Lindenwood Fort Hays State 6 0 0 0 21 3 6 7 October 1 Lewis Field Stadium, Hays, KS 2:00 pm CDT 2:54 4,266 Sunny, 77 F John Adams Pittsburg State 2016 Pittsburg State Gorillas football team Fort Hays State at Pittsburg State Fort Hays State Pittsburg State 10 14 14 16 14 6 7 14 October 8 Smith Stadium, Pittsburg, KS 2:00 pm CDT 3:08 10,238 Clear, 69 F Lonnie Brickman Washburn 2016 Washburn Ichabods football team Fort Hays State at Washburn Fort Hays State Washburn 0 14 3 7 13 10 7 0 October 15 Yager Stadium, Topeka, KS 1:00 pm CDT 3:05 5,350 Overcast, 72 F Sean Johnston Missouri Western 2016 Missouri Western Griffons football team Missouri Western at Fort Hays State Missouri Western Fort Hays State 12 7 0 8 7 14 0 14 October 22 Lewis Field Stadium, Hays, KS 2:00 pm CDT 3:00 3,250 Sunny, 82 F Danny Harris Emporia State 2016 Emporia State Hornets football team Fort Hays State at Emporia State Fort Hays State #10 Emporia State 3 0 0 13 7 0 7 10 October 29 Francis G. Welch Stadium, Emporia, KS 2:00 pm CDT 2:54 6,103 Mostly sunny, 81 F Dwight Neibling Northwest Missouri State 2016 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team Northwest Missouri State at Fort Hays State #1 Northwest Missouri State Fort Hays State 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 7 November 5 Lewis Field Stadium, Hays, KS 2:00 pm CDT 3:02 3,325 Partly cloudy, 67 F Craig Helser Nebraska–Kearney 2016 Nebraska–Kearney Lopers football team Fort Hays State at Nebraska–Kearney Fort Hays State Nebraska–Kearney 7 0 7 13 3 7 0 7 November 12 Cope Stadium, Kearney, NE 2:00 pm CST 2:45 2,100 Sunny, 55 F John Adams Game notes, post-season Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds Eastern New Mexico vs. Fort Hays State Eastern New Mexico Fort Hays State 0 9 0 3 14 21 0 10 December 3 Bulldawg Stadium, Copperas Cove, TX 6:00 pm CST 3:25 750 Cool, 50 F References Fort Hays State Category:Fort Hays State Tigers football seasons Fort Hays State Tigers football