2016 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team

2016 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record6–5 (5–4 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorThomas Rocco (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumKimbrough Memorial Stadium
2016 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce $^   8 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 24 Midwestern State ^   7 – 2     8 – 3  
Texas A&M–Kingsville #   6 – 3     9 – 3  
Eastern New Mexico #   6 – 3     7 – 5  
  5 – 4     6 – 5  
Tarleton State   5 – 4     5 – 6  
Angelo State   4 – 5     5 – 6  
Western New Mexico   3 – 6     3 – 8  
Oklahoma Panhandle State   1 – 8     2 – 9  
UT Permian Basin   0 – 9     2 – 9  
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2016 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team represented West Texas A&M University (WTAMU or WT) in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The Buffaloes were led by fifth-year head coach Mike Nesbitt and played their home games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in Canyon, Texas.

On November 18, athletic director Michael McBroom announced that Nesbitt had been fired. Nesbitt finished his career at WT with an overall record of 25–17 through four seasons.[1]

Preseason

LSC media poll

The LSC media poll was released on August 8, 2016. The Buffaloes were predicted to finish fourth.[2]

LSC media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Texas A&M–Commerce 269 (19)
2 Midwestern State 254 (8)
3 Angelo State 211
4 West Texas A&M 182
5 Eastern New Mexico 181
6 Texas A&M–Kingsville 141
7 Tarleton State 121
8 Oklahoma Panhandle State 66
9 Western New Mexico 66
10 UT Permian Basin 49 (1)

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19:00 p.m.at Azusa Pacific*
L 10–284,977
September 107:00 p.m.at No. 19 CSU Pueblo*
W 26–107,459
September 1811:00 a.m.at UT Permian Basin
W 48–147,674
September 246:00 p.m.Tarleton State
W 37–2510,347
October 18:00 p.m.at Eastern New Mexico
L 30–393,072
October 85:00 p.m.Texas A&M–Kingsville
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
L 34–5112,465
October 151:00 p.m.at Oklahoma Panhandle State
W 42–141,500
October 226:00 p.m.No. 4 Midwestern State
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 35–273,967
October 294:00 p.m.at No. 8 Texas A&M–Commerce
L 0–369,629
November 56:00 p.m.Angelo State
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
L 6–282,275
November 121:00 p.m.at Western New Mexico
W 37–30 OT378
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3]

Game summaries

At Azusa Pacific

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0 3 7 0 10
Cougars 8 3 10 7 28
Statistics WT APU
First downs 20 17
Total yards 273 242
Rushing yards 40 174
Passing yards 233 68
Turnovers 3 0
Time of possession 27:28 32:32
Team Category Player Statistics
West Texas A&M Passing Ethan Brinkley 28/46, 233 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Devon Paye 16 rushes, 62 yards, TD
Receiving Ja'quarius Daniels 11 receptions, 93 yards
Azusa Pacific Passing Andrew Elffers 10/17, 68 yards
Rushing Kurt Scoby 17 rushes, 118 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Ethan Ziedler 3 receptions, 36 yards

At No. 19 CSU Pueblo

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 3 10 13 0 26
No. 19 ThunderWolves 3 0 0 7 10
Statistics WT CSUP
First downs 15 17
Total yards 298 321
Rushing yards 102 229
Passing yards 196 92
Turnovers 1 3
Time of possession 28:54 31:06
Team Category Player Statistics
West Texas A&M Passing Ethan Brinkley 24/33, 196 yards, TD
Rushing Devon Paye 19 rushes, 100 yards
Receiving Eppy Henriques 5 receptions, 65 yards, TD
CSU Pueblo Passing Rex Dausin 7/16, 75 yards, INT
Rushing Bernard McDondle 19 rushes, 139 yards
Receiving Osha Washington 3 receptions, 41 yards

At UT Permian Basin

See also: 2016 UT Permian Basin Falcons football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 10 14 10 14 48
Falcons 7 0 0 7 14
Statistics WT UTPB
First downs 25 19
Total yards 460 262
Rushing yards 99 117
Passing yards 361 145
Turnovers 1 3
Time of possession 31:06 28:54
Team Category Player Statistics
West Texas A&M Passing Ethan Brinkley 34/50, 356 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Devon Paye 14 rushes, 93 yards
Receiving Michael Andrews 6 receptions, 87 yards
UT Permian Basin Passing Kameron Mathis 8/25, 74 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Brandon Infiesto 12 rushes, 60 yards
Receiving Kristian Brown 6 receptions, 58 yards

The game was originally scheduled for the previous night, September 17, but was postponed to the following morning due to severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings in Ector County.[4]

Tarleton State

1 2 3 4 Total
Texans 0 6 6 13 25
Buffaloes 14 3 7 13 37
Statistics TSU WT
First downs 21 21
Total yards 428 479
Rushing yards 60 123
Passing yards 368 356
Turnovers 2 2
Time of possession 26:03 33:57
Team Category Player Statistics
Tarleton State Passing Zed Woerner 26/37, 368 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Curtis McGregor 12 rushes, 46 yards, TD
Receiving Jeff Thomas 8 receptions, 132 yards
West Texas A&M Passing Ethan Brinkley 28/41, 356 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Devon Paye 21 rushes, 148 yards, TD
Receiving Michael Andrews 3 receptions, 79 yards

At Eastern New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 14 14 2 0 30
Greyhounds 7 7 18 7 39
Statistics WT ENMU
First downs 19 21
Total yards 392 504
Rushing yards 47 433
Passing yards 345 71
Turnovers 4 2
Time of possession 22:03 37:57
Team Category Player Statistics
West Texas A&M Passing Ethan Brinkley 31/45, 345 yards, 3 TD, INT
Rushing Devon Paye 12 rushes, 41 yards, TD
Receiving Eppy Henriques 2 receptions, 77 yards
Eastern New Mexico Passing Wyatt Strand 5/7, 71 yards, TD
Rushing Chivasiay Gallagher 24 rushes, 122 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Aaron Johnson 2 receptions, 53 yards

Texas A&M–Kingsville

1 2 3 4 Total
Javelinas 20 10 14 7 51
Buffaloes 0 7 7 20 34
Statistics TAMUK WT
First downs 25 21
Total yards 445 510
Rushing yards 267 34
Passing yards 178 476
Turnovers 1 3
Time of possession 31:34 28:26
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Kingsville Passing Myles Carr 10/19, 155 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Greg Pitre 21 rushes, 130 yards, TD
Receiving Stehly Reden 2 receptions, 74 yards
West Texas A&M Passing Ben Arbuckle 18/33, 354 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Devon Paye 16 rushes, 86 yards
Receiving Junior Pomee 6 receptions, 115 yards, 2 TD

At Oklahoma Panhandle State

See also: 2016 Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 7 14 7 14 42
Aggies 0 7 7 0 14
Statistics WT OPSU
First downs 24 24
Total yards 409 396
Rushing yards 117 157
Passing yards 292 239
Turnovers 1 2
Time of possession 30:29 29:31
Team Category Player Statistics
West Texas A&M Passing Ben Arbuckle 30/42, 292 yards, 6 TD
Rushing Devon Paye 15 rushes, 80 yards
Receiving Junior Pomee 11 receptions, 124 yards, 4 TD
Oklahoma Panhandle State Passing Shane Truelove 19/34, 218 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Xavier Jones 10 rushes, 61 yards
Receiving Devyn Williams 5 receptions, 78 yards

No. 4 Midwestern State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Mustangs 0 14 10 3 27
Buffaloes 14 7 7 7 35
Statistics MSU WT
First downs 18 21
Total yards 338 396
Rushing yards 192 215
Passing yards 146 181
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 29:11 30:49
Team Category Player Statistics
Midwestern State Passing Quade Coward 14/32, 141 yards, TD
Rushing Vincent Johnson 17 rushes, 81 yards
Receiving Breion Evans 4 receptions, 77 yards
West Texas A&M Passing Ben Arbuckle 21/28, 181 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Devon Paye 30 rushes, 177 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Eppy Henriques 2 receptions, 52 yards

At No. 8 Texas A&M–Commerce

See also: 2016 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0 0 0 0 0
No. 8 Lions 6 13 7 10 36
Statistics WT TAMUC
First downs 12 19
Total yards 284 358
Rushing yards 43 124
Passing yards 241 234
Turnovers 6 1
Time of possession 25:51 34:09
Team Category Player Statistics
West Texas A&M Passing Ben Arbuckle 26/39, 241 yards, 4 INT
Rushing Trent Canion 4 rushes, 18 yards
Receiving Devon Paye 10 receptions, 73 yards
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Luis Perez 17/23, 230 yards, TD
Rushing Richard Cooper 26 rushes, 105 yards, TD
Receiving Darby Smith 3 receptions, 84 yards

Angelo State

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 7 0 14 28
Buffaloes 0 0 0 6 6
Statistics ASU WT
First downs 18 8
Total yards 246 137
Rushing yards 190 71
Passing yards 56 66
Turnovers 0 4
Time of possession 42:00 18:00
Team Category Player Statistics
Angelo State Passing Jake Faber 8/13, 56 yards, TD
Rushing Josh Stevens 30 rushes, 119 yards, TD
Receiving Josh Stevens 5 receptions, 40 yards, TD
West Texas A&M Passing Ben Arbuckle 11/23, 66 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing Trent Canion 9 rushes, 40 yards
Receiving Junior Pomee 1 reception, 25 yards, TD

At Western New Mexico

1 2 3 4OT Total
Buffaloes 13 3 0 147 37
Mustangs 14 0 6 100 30
Statistics WT WNMU
First downs 16 26
Total yards 348 443
Rushing yards 38 251
Passing yards 310 192
Turnovers 0 3
Time of possession 20:59 39:01
Team Category Player Statistics
West Texas A&M Passing Ethan Brinkley 14/26, 208 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Devon Paye 12 rushes, 63 yards
Receiving Chris Gilchrist 8 receptions, 109 yards, 2 TD
Western New Mexico Passing Javia Hall 20/40, 195 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing DeAndre Williams 27 rushes, 127 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Xavier Ayers 7 receptions, 75 yards

References

  1. ^ Smith, Allie (November 19, 2016). "WT Relieves Mike Nesbitt of Coaching Duties". The Prairie News. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "2016 LSC Football Media Guide". August 8, 2016. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "2016 Football Schedule". West Texas A&M University Athletics. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  4. ^ Durbin, James (September 18, 2016). "COLLEGE FOOTBALL: West Texas A&M rolls past UTPB in LSC opener". Midland Reporter-Telegram. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
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