2016 Central Missouri Mules football team

2016 Central Missouri Mules football
Conference	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
2016 record	9–3 (9–2 MIAA)
Head coach	Jim Svoboda (7th year)
Offensive coordinator	John McMenamin (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Wes Bell (1st year)
Home stadium	Audrey J. Walton Stadium (capacity: 12,000)

2016 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#1 NW Missouri St. $^		11	–	0					13	–	0
#9 Emporia State ^		10	–	1					11	–	2
#20 Central Missouri ^		9	–	3					9	–	2
Fort Hays State		7	–	4					8	–	4
Pittsburg State		7	–	4					7	–	4
Washburn		7	–	4					7	–	5
Missouri Western		4	–	7					4	–	7
Central Oklahoma		3	–	8					3	–	8
Lindenwood		3	–	8					3	–	8
Missouri Southern		2	–	9					2	–	9
Northeastern State		2	–	9					2	–	9
Nebraska–Kearney		1	–	10					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2016 Central Missouri Mules football team represents the University of Central Missouri in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. The Mules play their home games on Vernon Kennedy Field at Audrey J. Walton Stadium in Warrensburg, Missouri, as they have done since 1928.^[1] 2016 is the 120th season in school history.^[2] The Mules are led by head coach Jim Svoboda, who started his 14th overall season, and seventh at Central Missouri.^[3] Central Missouri is a charter member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, joining in 1924.^[4]

Preseason

The Mules entered the 2016 season after finishing with an 8–3 record, overall and in conference play, last season under Svoboda.^[5] On August 2, 2016 at the MIAA Football Media Day, the Mules were chosen to finish in second place in both the Coaches Poll and Media Poll.^[6]

On August 15, the American Football Coaches Association released the Preseason Division II Poll,^[7] landing Central Missouri at No. 20.^[8]

On August 22, D2football.com released its Top 25 poll, ranking Central Missouri 10th.^[9]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Along with Svoboda, there are 13 assistants.

Name	Position	Seasons at UCM	Alma Mater
Jim Svoboda	Head Coach	7	Northwestern (IA) (1992)
John McMenamin	Assistant Football Coach – Offensive Coordinator	2	Northwest Missouri State (2003)
Wes Bell	Assistant Football Coach – Defensive Coordinator	1	Emporia State (2003)
Chuck Clemens	Assistant Football Coach – Defensive Line	18	Truman (1988)
Hank McClung	Assistant Football Coach – Offensive Line	7	Eastern New Mexico (1986)
Kyle Westphal	Assistant Football Coach – Defensive Backs / Special Teams Coordinator	5	Simpson College (2005)
Sean Teter	Strength & Conditioning Coordinator	4	Kansas (2010)
Eric Eisenberg	Graduate Assistant – Linebackers	2	Central Florida (2014)
John Grinde	Graduate Assistant – Offensive Line	4	Central Missouri (2012)
Kurt Hammerschmidt	Graduate Assistant – Tight Ends	1	Iowa State (2012)
Ramond Hunter	Graduate Assistant – Defensive Line	2	Central Missouri (2015)
Jerry McNeal	Graduate Assistant – Football Operations	2	Missouri State (2014)
Brody Rohach	Graduate Assistant – Running Backs	2	Wayne State (2015)
Damon Paul	Volunteer Assistant – Wide Receivers	5	Northwest Missouri State (1984)
Reference:[10]

Roster

2016 Central Missouri Mules football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Zachery, JaylenJaylen Zachery  Jr QB 2 Bolles, BrookBrook Bolles  So WR 4 Strong, AlexAlex Strong  Sr WR 5 Bakker, AndrewAndrew Bakker  Sr TE 7 McMullen, JustusJustus McMullen  Jr QB 10 Fugate, GarrettGarrett Fugate  Sr QB 11 Siebenshuh, EricEric Siebenshuh Jr QB 12 Zachery, BrendonBrendon Zachery  Fr QB 14 Bradley, KyleKyle Bradley Fr WR 15 Thomas, WesleyWesley Thomas Jr WR 16 Jones, TylerTyler Jones  Sr WR 19 Echols, KyleKyle Echols  Jr RB 21 Vandiver, GabeGabe Vandiver  Sr RB 23 Stein, SpencerSpencer Stein  Sr RB 24 Washpun, XavierXavier Washpun Jr RB 29 Ford, StevenSteven Ford  Fr RB 30 McNac, MarquelMarquel McNac Jr RB 32 Turner, DevanteDevante Turner Fr WR 38 Hunt, FranklinFranklin Hunt Fr TE 48 Davidson, ZachZach Davidson Fr OL 53 Baucom, GrahamGraham Baucom Fr OL 54 Gomez, ChrisChris Gomez  Jr OL 55 Puni, DerrickDerrick Puni  Jr OL 59 Farnsworth, NateNate Farnsworth Fr OL 60 Heckler, JakeJake Heckler  Fr OL 61 Pryor, TerrenceTerrence Pryor  Fr OL 63 Timmons, BrianBrian Timmons Fr OL 66 Brookus, Jr., JesseJesse Brookus, Jr. Fr OL 67 Scheirich, DylanDylan Scheirich Fr OL 68 Hill, ConnorConnor Hill  Fr OL 70 Grant, JamarJamar Grant Fr OL 71 Barker, KaneKane Barker Jr OL 72 Fischer, LayneLayne Fischer  Jr OL 73 Hicks, MichaelMichael Hicks Fr OL 74 Zimmerman, MarkusMarkus Zimmerman  So OL 76 Hegman, CalCal Hegman  Fr OL 77 Oberle, DrewDrew Oberle  Fr OL 78 Warren, NickNick Warren  So WR 80 Franks, TyusTyus Franks  Fr TE 82 Smith, CharlesCharles Smith  So WR 83 Hyde, UdellUdell Hyde  So WR 84 Siglar, JovanteJovante Siglar Jr TE 85 Herbert, SethSeth Herbert  So WR 86 Allee, HunterHunter Allee  Fr TE 87 Nugent, TylerTyler Nugent  Jr TE 88 Bengtson, GrantGrant Bengtson  So TE 93 Renner, BriceBrice Renner  Fr TE 94 Bax, AdamAdam Bax Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 3 Vaughn, TavionTavion Vaughn  Sr DB 6 Teamer, TevinTevin Teamer  Jr DB 8 Rhodes, DiaronDiaron Rhodes  Jr LB 9 Alexander, J.R.J.R. Alexander Sr DB 13 Cooper, BlakeBlake Cooper  Fr DB 17 Conaty, JordanJordan Conaty  Jr DB 18 Biermann, JustinJustin Biermann  So LB 22 Cushing, MarkMark Cushing Jr LB 25 Cooper, MarquesMarques Cooper  Fr DB 26 Latimore, MontezeMonteze Latimore  Jr DB 27 Dickson, JordanJordan Dickson  So DB 28 Smith, BrianBrian Smith Sr DB 31 Kanak, TannerTanner Kanak  So DB 33 Mitchell, JontrellJontrell Mitchell Fr DB 35 Albertson, DylanDylan Albertson  So LB 37 Boyd, EzraEzra Boyd  So LB 39 Lackey, AlexAlex Lackey  Jr LB 40 Embrey, JohnJohn Embrey Fr LB 41 Crown, JackJack Crown  Sr DB 42 Newman, JacksonJackson Newman  So LB 43 Holcombe, TysonTyson Holcombe  Jr DL 44 Flagel, ConnorConnor Flagel Jr DB 45 Willis, JamesJames Willis  So LB 49 Miller, AustinAustin Miller Jr LB 51 Pesek, RickRick Pesek  So LB 52 Jacobs, KennyKenny Jacobs  Jr LB 56 Tannehill, MichaelMichael Tannehill  So LB 57 Cofield, AmelAmel Cofield  So DE 58 Casados, TonyTony Casados  Jr DL 62 Udom, UbongUbong Udom Fr DL 64 Taala, DalaineyDalainey Taala  So DB 81 Sanders, KareemKareem Sanders  Fr DL 90 Taylor, TriphinueTriphinue Taylor  Fr DE 91 Hardwick, JordanJordan Hardwick  Fr DL 92 Leachman, TonyTony Leachman  Fr DL 96 Moore, IranaIrana Moore Fr DL 97 Powell, JoshJosh Powell  Fr DL 98 Hendrix, WyattWyatt Hendrix  Fr DL 99 Winston, DalenDalen Winston Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K/P 34 Offner, LoganLogan Offner  Fr LS 46 Cline, GarrettGarrett Cline Jr K 47 Greco, BillyBilly Greco  So K 69 McFarlen, JordanJordan McFarlen  So P 95 Tanner, RyanRyan Tanner Sr	Head coach Jim Svoboda Coordinators/assistant coaches See coaching staff Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2016-08-12

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	at Pittsburg State	No. 20	Carnie Smith Stadium • Pittsburg, KS		W 34–27	9,311
September 8	7:00 pm	Fort Hays State	No. 16	Audrey J. Walton Stadium • Warrensburg, MO		W 34–17	7,279
September 17	6:00 pm	at Missouri Western	No. 14	Spratt Stadium • St. Joseph, MO		W 38–34	6,533
September 24	1:00 pm	Emporia State	No. 13	Audrey J. Walton Stadium • Warrensburg, MO		L 31–37 ^2OT	7,995
October 1	5:00 pm	at No. 1 Northwest Missouri State	No. 22	Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO		L 17–42	15,349
October 8	1:00 pm	Nebraska–Kearney		Audrey J. Walton Stadium • Warrensburg, MO		W 36–16	6,637
October 15	6:00 pm	at Missouri Southern		Fred G. Hughes Stadium • Joplin, MO		W 56–7	2,526
October 22	1:30 pm	Washburn		Audrey J. Walton Stadium • Warrensburg, MO		W 29–27	9,138
October 29	1:00 pm	Central Oklahoma		Audrey J. Walton Stadium • Warrensburg, MO		W 48–28	3,895
November 5	2:00 pm	at Northeastern State	No. 25	Doc Wadley Stadium • Tahlequah, OK		W 59–21	3,250
November 12	1:00 pm	Lindenwood	No. 24	Audrey J. Walton Stadium • Warrensburg, MO		W 35–7	3,673
NCAA Division II Playoffs
November 19	1:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Harding	No. 20	First Security Stadium • Searcy, AR		L 31–48	2,107
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central.

Source: ^[11]

Game notes, regular season

Pittsburg State

Central Missouri at Pittsburg State

1 2 3 4 Total • #20 Central Missouri 0 7 20 7 34 Pittsburg State 10 3 0 14 27 Date: September 1 Location: Smith Stadium, Pittsburg, KS Game start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:07 Game attendance: 9,311 Game weather: Clear, 72°F Referee: Dwight Neibling

Fort Hays State

Fort Hays State at Central Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total Fort Hays State 0 7 0 10 17 • #16 Central Missouri 14 3 14 3 34 Date: September 8 Location: Walton Stadium, Warrensburg, MO Game start: 7:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 2:51 Game attendance: 7,279 Game weather: Cloudy, 78°F Referee: Danny Harris

Missouri Western

Central Missouri at Missouri Western

1 2 3 4 Total • #14 Central Missouri 14 10 7 7 38 Missouri Western 10 7 10 7 34 Date: September 17 Location: Spratt Stadium, St. Joseph, MO Game start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 6,533 Game weather: Sunny, 79°F Referee: Craig Helser

Emporia State

Emporia State at Central Missouri

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total • Emporia State 7 3 7 7 7 6 37 #13 Central Missouri 0 7 0 17 7 0 31 Date: September 24 Location: Walton Stadium, Warrensburg, MO Game start: 1:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:40 Game attendance: 7,995 Game weather: Sunny, 80°F Referee: John Steiger

Northwest Missouri State

Central Missouri at Northwest Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total #22 Central Missouri 7 7 0 3 17 • #1 Northwest Missouri State 7 14 7 14 42 Date: October 1 Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO Game start: 5:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 2:49 Game attendance: 15,349 Game weather: Cloudy, 70°F Referee: Dwight Neibling

Nebraska–Kearney

Nebraska–Kearney at Central Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska–Kearney 0 6 3 7 16 • Central Missouri 7 20 9 0 36 Date: October 8 Location: Walton Stadium, Warrensburg, MO Game start: 1:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 2:54 Game attendance: 6,637 Game weather: Sunny, 60°F Referee: Brian Moore

Missouri Southern

Central Missouri at Missouri Southern

1 2 3 4 Total • Central Missouri 14 28 7 7 56 Missouri Southern 7 0 0 0 7 Date: October 15 Location: Hughes Stadium, Joplin, MO Game start: 6:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 2:52 Game attendance: 2,526 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 77°F Referee: Craig Helser

Washburn

Washburn at Central Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total Washburn 3 17 0 7 27 • Central Missouri 13 13 0 3 29 Date: October 22 Location: Walton Stadium, Warrensburg, MO Game start: 1:30 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 9,138 Game weather: Clear, 65°F Referee: Lonnie Brickman

Central Oklahoma

Central Oklahoma at Central Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total Central Oklahoma 14 0 7 7 28 • Central Missouri 0 13 21 14 48 Date: October 29 Location: Walton Stadium, Warrensburg, MO Game start: 1:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:07 Game attendance: 3,895 Game weather: Sunny, 70°F Referee: John Steiger

Northeastern State

Central Missouri at Northeastern State

1 2 3 4 Total • #25 Central Missouri 21 10 14 14 59 Northeastern State 0 0 7 14 21 Date: November 5 Location: Wadley Stadium, Tahlequah, OK Game start: 2:00 pm CDT Elapsed time: 2:50 Game attendance: 3,250 Game weather: Sunny, 70°F Referee: John Adams

Lindenwood

Lindenwood at Central Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total Lindenwood 0 0 0 7 7 • #24 Central Missouri 0 14 7 14 35 Date: November 12 Location: Walton Stadium, Warrensburg, MO Game start: 1:00 pm CST Elapsed time: 2:52 Game attendance: 3,673 Game weather: Sunny, 50°F Referee: Danny Harris

Game notes, postseason

Harding

Central Missouri at Harding

1 2 3 4 Total #20 Central Missouri 14 10 7 0 31 • #5 Harding 7 21 13 7 48 Date: November 19 Location: First Security Stadium, Searcy, AR Game start: 1:00 pm CST Elapsed time: 2:39 Game attendance: 2,107 Game weather: Sunny, 53°F Referee: Joe Horn

References

1. "Walton Stadium/Kennedy Field". Retrieved 2016-06-04.
2. "Mules Football set to kick off 2016 season on Thursday night at Pittsburg State". 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
3. "2016 Football Coaching Staff – Svoboda, Jim". Retrieved 2016-06-04.
4. White, Kevin (2013-06-27). "Rich History of Bulldog Athletics in MIAA". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
5. "Mules Football Picked Second in MIAA Preseason Coaches and Media Poll". Retrieved 2016-08-05.
6. "NWMSU Tops Football Polls". Retrieved 2016-08-05.
7. "Northwest Missouri State No. 1 in Preseason AFCA Poll". 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
8. "Mules Football ranked No. 20 in AFCA Preseason Poll". 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
9. "Top 25 Poll". D2football.com. 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
10. "University of Central Missouri – 2016 Football Coaching Staff". Retrieved 2016-06-04.
11. "University of Central Missouri Athletics – 2016 Football Schedule". Retrieved 2016-06-05.

External links

• Official website