2016 California Vulcans football

PSAC champion PSAC West Division champion
NCAA Third Round
Conference	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
Record	11–1 (7–0 PSAC)
Head coach	Gary Dunn (1st season)
Home stadium	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern
Kutztown xy	7	–	0	7	–	4
West Chester	6	–	1	8	–	3
Shippensburg	4	–	3	7	–	4
Bloomsburg	4	–	3	6	–	5
Lock Haven	4	–	3	4	–	7
East Stroudsburg	2	–	5	4	–	7
Millersville	1	–	6	2	–	9
Cheyney	0	–	7	1	–	10
Western
No. 7 California (PA) xy$^	7	–	0	11	–	1
No. 12 IUP ^	6	–	1	10	–	2
Edinboro	5	–	2	9	–	2
Slippery Rock	3	–	4	7	–	4
Clarion	3	–	4	4	–	7
Seton Hill	2	–	5	5	–	6
Gannon	1	–	6	5	–	6
Mercyhurst	1	–	6	3	–	8
Championship: California (PA) 49, Kutztown 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA poll

The Vulcans recorded an 11–1 record overall and a 7–0 mark in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) games. The Vulcans were PSAC West and league champions and made it to the Third Round of the NCAA Division II football championship.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	1:00 p.m.	at Cheyney*	No. 19	O'Shields Stevenson Stadium Cheyney, PA		W 79–3	1,117
September 17	1:00 p.m.	Millersville*	No. 15	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA		W 61–0	3,225
September 24	3:00 p.m.	at Seton Hill	No. 13	Offutt Field Greensburg, PA		W 59–17	1,345
October 1	1:00 p.m.	Slippery Rock	No. 11	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA		W 52–26	2,769
October 8	7:00 p.m.	No. 5 IUP	No. 9	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA (Coal Bowl)	PCN	W 31–28	5,015
October 15	6:00 p.m	at Clarion	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Clarion, PA		W 48–20	2,034
October 22	3:00 p.m.	Gannon	No. 8	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA		W 35–14	2,412
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Mercyhurst	No. 3	Tullio Field Erie, PA		W 55–14	1,372
November 5	1:00 p.m.	No. 7 Edinboro	No. 1	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA		W 52–7	4,458
November 12	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Kutztown*	No. 1	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA (PSAC Championship Game)	PCN	W 49–7	6,324
November 26	1:00 p.m.	No. 5 IUP*	No. 1	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA (NCAA Division II Second Round)	ESPNNews	W 44–23	1,126
December 3	1:00 p.m.	Shepherd*	No. 1	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA (NCAA Division II Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	L 30–41	3,724
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2016 California Vulcans football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`1`	Jimmy Wheeler	So
WR	`6`	Luke Smorey	Jr
WR	`8`	Tom Greene	Jr
WR	`9`	Garry Brown	Sr
QB	`12`	Marcus Prather	Jr
WR	`14`	Jordan Dandridge	So
QB	`15`	Michael Keir	Jr
QB	`16`	Darius Gibson	Fr
TE	`87`	Paul Butler
WR	`88`	Montell Britton	Fr
WR	`89`	Tyson Hill	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`2`	Aaron Terry	Sr
DB	`3`	Brendan Edwards	So
LB	`5`	Brendan Blair	So
CB	`7`	Arnel Farmer Jr.	Sr
DB	`10`	Jordan Bowman	Sr
DB	`13`	Bryant Harper	Jr
DB	`20`	Vondel Bell	Jr
LB	`21`	DeVonte Suber	Jr
DB	`22`	Isaiah Scott	So
DB	`26`	Vincent Alimenti	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`97`	Tristan Williams	Fr
K	`99`	Will Brazill	Jr

Rushing^[2]

Player	G	Att.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
Nick Grissom	12	192	1,035	5.3	9
Jalen Bell	11	73	371	4.8	4
Jimmy Wheeler	9	40	282	6.7	1

Passing

Player	G	Att-Comp	Yds	TD	Int
Michael Keir	12	364-233	3,222	41	11
Marcus Prather	8	4-13	57	1	0

Receiving

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
Garry Brown	12	91	1,475	22
Tom Greene	11	51	717	6
Luke Smorey	12	35	446	6
Jordan Dandridge	11	20	222	2
Paul Butler	12	15	173	3

Only stats of players with 10 or more tackles

Player	Games	Tackles				Sacks	Fumbles			Pass defense
	GP	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Tot	Rec	Yds	FF	Int	Yds	PD
Luke Hrapchak	12	59	42	101	12.0	6.5	1	0	2	1	15	4
DeVonte Suber	12	36	25	61	6.5	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jawan Turner	12	23	26	49	12.0	6.5	3	42	4	0	0	4
Arnel Farmer Jr.	12	32	17	49	0	0	1	0	1	1	-1	3
Aaron Terry	12	29	15	44	6.0	0	1	0	1	3	80	6
Jordan Bowman	12	26	15	41	5.5	2.5	1	0	0	2	121	3
Justin Baker	12	14	22	36	5.0	2.5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Vondel Bell	12	30	5	35	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	78	7
Nigel Garnett	12	30	5	35	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Cameron Tarver	12	16	18	34	12.0	5.5	3	0	1	0	0	4
Malik Akins	12	12	21	33	4.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Lardani	12	15	15	30	16.0	9.5	0	0	3	0	0	3
Aaron Brown	12	16	11	27	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5
Vincent Alimenti	12	18	8	26	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Brendan Blair	11	9	6	15	6.5	3.0	1	12	1	1	20	2
Anthony Camp	11	6	7	13	3.0	.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryant Harper	12	6	7	13	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Bopp	8	4	9	13	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dymond Thomas	11	6	6	12	1.5	1.0	0	0	0	1	13	2
Brendan Edwards	8	6	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	1

Punting

Player	GP	Yds	Avg	Lng
Ian Patterson	12	594	37.1	55
Michael Keir	11	527	37.6	47

Punt returns

Player	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Garry Brown	273	13.6	53	2
Aaron Terry	218	12.8	37	0

Kick returns

Player	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Garry Brown	416	29.7	98	1
Jalen Bell	196	21.8	69	0

v t e California Vulcans football
Venues	Adamson Stadium (1971–present)
Bowls & rivalries	IUP: Coal Bowl
Culture & lore	Blaze the Vulcan
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