2016 Nicholls State Colonels football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2016 Nicholls State Colonels football Nicholls State Colonels wordmark.svg 150 Southland Conference Southland 5–6 5–4 Tim Rebowe 2nd Rob Christophel 2nd Spread Tommy Rybacki 2nd Multiple 4–3 John L. Guidry Stadium The 2016 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Tim Rebowe, the Colonels compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 5–4 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Southland. Nicholls State played home games at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Schedule 2016 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Central September 10 11:00 am l y y Georgia 9 (FBS) Sanford Stadium Athens, GA SECN 24–26 92,746 September 17 3:00 pm w Incarnate Word John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA http://sportsnola.com/live-games/ NOLA 35–28 6,283 September 24 6:00 pm l y y South Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 40–41 OT 13,086 October 1 6:00 pm l y McNeese State 23 Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA CST 13–38 10,130 October 8 3:00 pm w Stephen F. Austin John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA ASN 35–28 2OT 9,002 October 15 7:00 pm w y Houston Baptist Husky Stadium Houston, TX FSGO 33–30 OT 3,217 October 22 3:00 pm l Sam Houston State 1 John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA ASN 21–38 7,759 October 29 6:00 pm w y Northwestern State Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA NSU Challenge WHNO 31–14 5,825 November 3 6:00 pm w Lamar John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA ESPN3 35–10 7,121 November 12 2:30 pm l y Central Arkansas 13 Estes Stadium Conway, AR ASN 24–31 5,785 November 17 6:00 pm l Southeastern Louisiana John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA River Bell Classic ASN 42–44 7,002 Nicholls Colonels Schedule 2016 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2447/season/2016 ESPN November 23, 2022 2016 Football Schedule https://geauxcolonels.com/sports/football/schedule/2016 Nicholls State University November 23, 2022 Game summaries @ Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football 2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team Nicholls at Georgia Colonels 0 7 7 10 #9 (FBS) Bulldogs 7 3 16 0 September 10 Sanford StadiumAthens, GA 11:00 AM CDT 3:12 92,746 89 F • Wind 3 mph on • Sunny, 47% humidity Brad Rogers SECNSources: yes 1 12:54 Georgia Nick Chubb 6 yard run (William Ham kick), Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards, 2:06 0–7 2 7:57 Georgia William Ham 23 yard field goal, Drive: 14 plays, 90 yards, 7:23 0–10 2 0:45 Nicholls Dontrell Taylor 4 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 6 plays, 30 yards, 2:01 7–10 3 12:22 Georgia William Ham 26 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 0:54 7–13 3 6:48 Nicholls Jarrell Rogers 20 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:34 14–13 3 5:43 Georgia Isaiah McKenzie 66 yard pass from Jacob Eason (William Ham kick), Drive: 3 plays, 67 yards, 1:05 14–20 3 4:50 Georgia Lorenzo Carter 24 yard fumble return (two-point run conv. failed), Drive: 2 plays, -6 yards, 0:53 14–26 4 7:50 Nicholls David McKey 26 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, -1 yard, 1:20 17–26 4 3:42 Nicholls C.J. Bates 6 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 2 plays, 9 yards, 0:36 24–26 yes Incarnate Word Incarnate Word Cardinals football 2016 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team Incarnate Word at Nicholls Cardinals 0 6 0 22 Colonels 14 0 7 14 September 17 Manning Field at John L. Guidry StadiumThibodaux, LA 3:00 PM CDT 3:22 6,283 83 F • Wind SSW 4 mph on • Overcast Vidal Jones Ken Berthelot, Wayde Keiser NOLASources: Box Score yes 1 11:44 Nicholls Dami Jeanpiere 23 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 2:21 7–0 1 9:41 Nicholls Dontrel Taylor 3 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 2 plays, 40 yards, 0:29 14–0 2 6:44 Incarnate Word Robert Hayes 76 yard blocked field goal return (Cody Seidel kick blocked), Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards, 2:14 14–6 3 7:24 Nicholls C.J. Okpalobi 5 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 16 plays, 75 yards, 7:36 21–6 4 14:56 Nicholls C.J. Okpalobi 4 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards, 3:02 28–6 4 14:38 Incarnate Word Desmond Hite 85 yard run (Breylann McCollum pass), Drive: 1 play, 85 yards, 0:12 28–14 4 11:44 Nicholls Chris Booker 11 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards, 2:43 35–14 4 9:23 Incarnate Word Jamari Gilbert 40 yard pass from Trent Brittain (Cody Seidel kick), Drive: 6 plays, 74 yards, 2:11 35–21 4 4:36 Incarnate Word Jamari Gilbert 63 yard pass from Trent Brittain (Cody Seidel kick), Drive: 2 plays, 58 yards, 0:43 35–28 yes @ South Alabama South Alabama Jaguars football 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team Nicholls at South Alabama Colonels 0 23 3 8 6 Jaguars 7 17 3 7 7 September 24 Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL 6:00 PM CDT 3:59 13,086 90 F • Wind S 4 mph on • Partly cloudy Marshall Lewis ESPN3 Sources: yes 1 14:48 South Alabama Xavier Johnson 95 yard kickoff return (Gavin Patterson kick), Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:12 0–7 2 14:09 South Alabama Dami Ayoola 3 yard run (Gavin Patterson kick), Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards, 4:11 0–14 2 13:37 Nicholls Chris Major 33 yard interception return (David McKey kick), Drive: 1 play, 0 yards, 0:09 7–14 2 11:09 Nicholls Christian Boutte 51 yard return of blocked field goal (David McKey kick), Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards, 2:28 14–14 2 9:33 Nicholls Mason Boudreaux 1 yard run (David McKey kick failed), Drive: 3 plays, 26 yards, 0:50 20–14 2 8:06 Nicholls David McKey 37 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 1:27 23–14 2 6:43 South Alabama Xavier Johnson 16 yard run (Gavin Patterson kick), Drive: 3 plays, 62 yards, 1:23 23–21 2 4:02 South Alabama Gavin Patterson 22 yard field goal, Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards, 1:44 23–24 3 12:17 Nicholls David McKey 21 yard field goal, Drive: 8 plays, 24 yards, 2:43 26–24 3 6:42 South Alabama Gavin Patterson 26 yard field goal, Drive: 13 plays, 57 yards, 5:35 26–27 4 8:45 Nicholls Damion Jeanpiere 16 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (Josh Singleton pass to C.J. Bates for two-point conv.), Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards, 2:33 34–27 4 0:16 South Alabama Tyrone Williams 9 yard pass from Dallas Davis (Gavin Patterson kick), Drive: 13 plays, 83 yards, 2:31 34–34 OT 15:00 South Alabama Xavier Johnson 4 yard run (Gavin Patterson kick), Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards, 0:00 34–41 OT 15:00 Nicholls Dontrell Taylor 4 yard run (two-point run conv. failed), Drive: 3 plays, 25 yards, 0:00 40–41 yes @ McNeese State McNeese State Cowboys football 2016 McNeese State Cowboys football team Nicholls at McNeese State Colonels 3 0 3 7 #23 Cowboys 7 14 7 10 October 1 Cowboy StadiumLake Charles, LA 6:00 PM CDT 3:18 10,130 80 F • Wind NE 2 mph on • Partly cloudy Dan Lewis CSTSources: yes 1 8:10 McNeese State Andre Fuller 27 yard interception return (Gunnar Raborn kick), Drive: 3 plays, 6 yards, 1:13 0–7 1 3:08 Nicholls David McKey 23 yard field goal, Drive: 12 plays, 79 yards, 5:02 3–7 2 6:24 McNeese State Ryan Ross 4 yard run (Gunnar Raborn kick), Drive: 9 plays, 46 yards, 3:56 3–14 2 0:18 McNeese State Parker Orgeron 8 yard pass from James Tabary (Gunnar Raborn kick), Drive: 8 plays, 73 yards, 1:46 3–21 3 10:44 Nicholls David McKey 33 yard field goal, Drive: 11 plays, 72 yards, 4:16 6–21 3 5:17 McNeese State Ryan Ross 11 yard run (Gunnar Raborn kick), Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards, 5:27 6–28 4 13:35 McNeese State Gunnar Raborn 37 yard field goal, Drive: 7 plays, 28 yards, 2:35 6–31 4 8:10 McNeese State Kylon Highshaw 80 yard pass from James Tabary (Gunnar Raborn kick), Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:12 6–38 4 3:54 Nicholls Team 0 yard fumble return (David McKey kick), Drive: 13 plays, 74 yards, 4:16 13–38 yes Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football 2016 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls Lumberjacks 14 0 7 0 7 0 Colonels 0 14 7 0 7 7 October 8 John L. Guidry StadiumThibodaux, LA 3:00 PM CDT 3:52 9,002 85 F • Wind NNW 11 mph on • Sunny Ross Smith ASNSources: yes 1 13:45 Stephen F. Austin Joshawa West 30 yard pass from Zach Conque (Storm Ruiz kick), Drive: 4 plays, 65 yards, 1:15 0–7 1 12:15 Stephen F. Austin Zach Conque 1 yard run (Storm Ruiz kick), Drive: 4 plays, 32 yards, 1:11 0–14 2 7:52 Nicholls C.J. Okpalobi 1 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, 3:37 7–14 2 0:54 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 14 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 3 plays, 18 yards, 0:44 14–14 3 7:31 Nicholls C.J. Okpalobi 36 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:39 21–14 3 3:34 Stephen F. Austin Tamrick Pace 49 yard pass from Zach Conque (Storm Ruiz kick), Drive: 3 plays, 59 yards, 0:29 21–21 OT 15:00 Stephen F. Austin Zach Conque 1 yard run (Storm Ruiz kick), Drive: 9 plays, 0 yards, 0:38 21–28 OT 15:00 Nicholls Damion Jeanpiere 25 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 1 play, 25 yards, 0:00 28–28 2OT 15:00 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 1 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 9 plays, 25 yards, 0:00 35–28 yes @ Houston Baptist Houston Baptist Huskies football 2016 Houston Baptist Huskies football team Nicholls at Houston Baptist Colonels 7 14 0 6 6 Huskies 3 7 10 7 3 October 15 Husky StadiumHouston, TX 7:00 PM CDT 3:29 3,217 84 F • Wind SE 10 mph on • Partly Cloudy Vidal Jones Neal Raphael, Jeff Power, Ashley Prendergast FSGOSources: yes 1 9:17 Houston Baptist Alec Chadwick 34 yard field goal, Drive: 15 plays, 58 yards, 5:43 0–3 1 4:17 Nicholls Ronald Ollie 84 yard blocked field goal return (David McKey kick), Drive: 9 plays, 46 yards, 3:27 7–3 2 14:22 Houston Baptist B.J. Kelly 2 yard run (Alec Chadwick kick), Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 4:49 7–10 2 6:37 Nicholls Dami Jeanpiere 50 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 2:10 14–10 2 3:17 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 10 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 4 plays, 87 yards, 1:26 21–10 3 10:50 Houston Baptist Ricard Barnett 6 yard pass from Tony Dawson (Alec Chadwick kick), Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards, 2:48 21–17 3 2:07 Houston Baptist Alec Chadwick 35 yard field goal, Drive: 14 plays, 68 yards, 5:37 21–20 4 11:26 Nicholls David McKey 44 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 1:22 24–20 4 1:25 Houston Baptist Tony Dawson 24 yard run (Alec Chadwick kick), Drive: 14 plays, 94 yards, 5:42 24–27 4 0:06 Nicholls David McKey 35 yard field goal, Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards, 1:19 27–27 OT 15:00 Houston Baptist Alec Chadwick 35 yard field goal, Drive: 9 plays, 0 yards, 0:00 27–30 OT 15:00 Nicholls C.J. Okpalobi 12 yard run, Drive: 9 plays, 0 yards, 0:00 33–30 yes Sam Houston State Sam Houston State Bearkats football 2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team Sam Houston State at Nicholls #1 Bearkats 10 14 7 7 Colonels 0 0 14 7 October 22 John L. Guidry StadiumThibodaux, LA 3:00 PM CDT 2:09 7,759 70 F • Slight wind Michael VanderVelde ASNSources: yes 1 6:52 Sam Houston State Luc Swimberghe 41 yard field goal, Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards, 2:19 0–3 1 0:16 Sam Houston State Javin Webb 1 yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick), Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards, 3:04 0–10 2 7:57 Sam Houston State Remus Bulmer 3 yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick), Drive: 13 plays, 68 yards, 3:49 0–17 2 0:48 Sam Houston State Derrick Dick 40 yard pass from Jeremiah Briscoe (Luc Swimberghe kick), Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 2:37 0–24 3 9:03 Nicholls C.J. Okpalobi 16 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 5:51 7–24 3 4:05 Sam Houston State Deon Hutchinson 1 yard pass from Jeremiah Briscoe (Luc Swimberghe kick), Drive: 12 plays, 78 yards, 4:52 7–31 3 0:18 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 25 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:47 14–31 4 10:11 Sam Houston State Deon Hutchinson 2 yard pass from Jeremiah Briscoe (Luc Swimberghe kick), Drive: 11 plays, 84 yards, 4:59 14–38 4 1:17 Nicholls C.J. Bates 7 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards, 0:00 21–38 yes @ Northwestern State Northwestern State Demons football 2016 Northwestern State Demons football team NSU Challenge Nicholls at Northwestern State Colonels 0 14 14 3 Demons 7 7 0 0 October 29 Harry Turpin StadiumNatchitoches, LA 6:00 PM CDT 3:03 5,825 82 F • Wind SSE 4 mph on • Sunny and warm Kevin Boitmann WHNOSources: yes 1 8:29 Northwestern State De'Mard Llorens 34 yard run (Eric Piccione kick), Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:20 0–7 2 14:16 Nicholls C.J. Bates 24 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 6 plays, 53 yards, 2:33 7–7 2 4:00 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 1 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 20 plays, 80 yards, 7:52 14–7 2 2:16 Northwestern State Bobby Chan-Chan 56 yard pass from Brooks Haack (Eric Piccione kick), Drive: 4 plays, 76 yards, 1:43 14–14 3 10:50 Nicholls C.J. Bates 2 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards, 4:04 21–14 3 7:27 Nicholls C.J. Bates 74 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 5 plays, 87 yards, 2:03 28–14 4 12:16 Nicholls David McKey 31 yard field goal, Drive: 13 plays, 68 yards, 5:02 31–14 yes Lamar Lamar Cardinals football 2016 Lamar Cardinals football team Lamar at Nicholls Cardinals 0 3 0 7 Colonels 7 14 7 7 November 3 John L. Guidry StadiumThibodaux, LA 6:00 PM CST 2:55 7,121 83 F • Wind ESE 6 mph on • Clear Dan Lewis ESPN3Sources: yes 1 8:56 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 9 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards, 6:04 7–0 2 11:55 Lamar Juan Carranco 27 yard field goal, Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards, 3:20 7–3 2 9:39 Nicholls Damion Jeanpiere 25 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 2:10 14–3 2 1:52 Nicholls Mason Boudreaux 4 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 3 plays, 16 yards, 1:12 21–3 3 2:29 Nicholls Mason Boudreaux 1 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:06 28–3 4 12:29 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 1 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:07 35–3 4 3:14 Lamar Zae Giles 13 yard pass from Adam Morse (Juan Carranco kick), Drive: 9 plays, 87 yards, 3:48 35–10 yes @ Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Bears football 2016 Central Arkansas Bears football team Nicholls at Central Arkansas Colonels 0 7 7 10 #13 Bears 0 10 7 14 November 12 Estes StadiumConway, AR 3:00 PM CST 3:41 5,785 Cooper Castleberry ASNSources: yes 2 7:51 Central Arkansas Matt Cummins 32 yard field goal, Drive: 5 plays, 54 yards, 2:35 3–0 2 4:44 Nicholls C.J. Bates 45 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:07 3–7 2 0:30 Central Arkansas Antwon Wells 1 yard run (Matt Cummins kick), Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards, 2:05 10–7 3 11:15 Nicholls Kyran Irvin 1 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:45 10–14 3 2:09 Central Arkansas Carlo Blackman 1 yard run (Matt Cummins kick), Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 2:01 17–14 4 11:42 Nicholls C.J. Bates 80 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 1 plays, 80 yards, 0:14 17–21 4 11:16 Central Arkansas Carlo Blackman 15 yard run (Matt Cummins kick), Drive: 2 plays, 49 yards, 0:17 24–21 4 8:15 Central Arkansas Jaylon Lofton 79 yard interception (Matt Cummins kick), Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 2:56 31–21 4 5:09 Nicholls David McKey 46 yard field goal, Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards, 3:00 31–24 yes Southeastern Louisiana Southeastern Louisiana Lions football 2016 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team River Bell Classic Southeastern Louisiana at Nicholls Lions 14 0 13 17 Colonels 0 21 0 21 November 17 John L. Guidry StadiumThibodaux, LA 6:00 PM CST 7,002 3:54 69 F • Wind SE 5 mph on • Clear Michael VanderVelde ASNSources: yes 1 2:28 Southeastern Louisiana Julius Maracalin 2 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 3:28 0–7 1 1:58 Southeastern Louisiana Justin Alo 9 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 1 play, 9 yards, 0:06 0–14 2 11:45 Nicholls C.J. Bates 24 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards, 5:13 7–14 2 10:03 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 1 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 2 plays, 68 yards, 0:30 14–14 2 5:24 Nicholls Dontrell Taylor 33 yard run (David McKey kick), Drive: 2 plays, 34 yards, 0:37 21–14 3 8:59 Southeastern Louisiana Javon Conner 9 yard pass from D'Shaie Landor (Jonathon Tatum kick failed), Drive: 3 plays, 10 yards, 0:31 21–20 3 3:01 Southeastern Louisiana Julius Maracalin 21 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards, 3:22 21–27 4 13:17 Southeastern Louisiana Julius Maracalin 10 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 3:13 21–34 4 12:20 Nicholls C.J. Bates 57 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (David McKey kick), Drive: 3 plays, 78 yards, 0:51 28–34 4 9:51 Southeastern Louisiana Juwan Dickey 48 yard pass from D'Shaie Landor (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 6 plays, 79 yards, 2:21 28–41 4 5:04 Southeastern Louisiana Dillon Burkhard 22 yard field goal, Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards, 4:16 28–44 4 1:18 Nicholls Damion Jeanpiere 5 yard pass from Chase Fourcade (Chase Fourcade pass to C.J. Bates for two-point conv.), Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards, 2:19 36–44 4 0:04 Nicholls Chase Fourcade 2 yard run (two-point pass conv. failed), Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards, 1:07 42–44 yes References Nicholls State Category:Nicholls Colonels football seasons Nicholls State Colonels football