2016 Pittsburgh Panthers Season

The 2016 Pittsburgh Panthers football season is their third season under coach Jumbo. This season follows the 2015 Pitt season in which they were crowned Coastal champions.
Before the second game of the year, Jumbo hired thatfunk as offensive coordinator and demoted Erik Mims to TE coach. Michael Williams remained on as defensive coordinator.
Two games later, thatfunk left to take the Marshall head coaching job, leading Mims to be re-promoted.
=== Schedule ===
Week	Opponent 	Rank	Location 	Result 	Record
1 	Fresno State 	#23 	Heinz Field * Pittsburgh, PA 	W 48-7 	1-0
2 	Michigan 	#17 	Michigan Stadium * Ann Arbor, MI 	W 27-24 	2-0
3 	Kansas 	#13 	Memorial Stadium * Lawrence, KS 	W 24-17 	3-0
4 	BYE 	BYE 	BYE 	BYE 	BYE
5 	Virginia 	#12 	Scott Stadium * Charlottesville, VA	W 16-3 	4-0
6 	North Carolina	#12 	Heinz Field * Pittsburgh, PA 	L 27-24 	4-1
7 	Virginia Tech 	#20 	Heinz Field * Pittsburgh, PA 	W 20-14 	5-1
8 	Syracuse 	#13 	Carrier Dome * Syracuse, NY 	W 55-21 	6-1
9 	BYE 	BYE 	BYE 	BYE 	BYE
10 	Miami 	#12 	Heinz Field * Pittsburgh, PA 	L 14-17 	6-2
11 	Duke 	#19 	Wallace Wade Stadium * Durham, NC 	W 24-14 	7-2
12 	Notre Dame 	#18 	Heinz Field * Pittsburgh, PA 	W 52-50 (3OT)	8-2
13 	Georgia Tech 	#12 	Bobby Dodd Stadium * Atlanta, GA 	W 27-17 	9-2
14 	Penn State 	#8 	Beaver Stadium * State College, PA 	L 30-35 	9-3
Bowl	UCLA 	#14 	Sun Bowl Stadium * El Paso, TX 	L 21-34 	9-4
===Roster===
===2016 3-Deep Depth Chart===
===Stats===
====Records Vs====
 	Home	Away	Total
Non Conference	2-0 	2-1 	4-1
CP Top 25 	2-1 	1-1 	3-2
Divisional 	1-2 	3-0 	4-2
Conference 	2-2 	3-0 	5-2
AAC 	- 	- 	-
Big 12 	- 	1-1 	1-1
Big Ten 	- 	1-0 	1-0
Mountain West 	1-0 	- 	1-0
Pac-12 	- 	- 	0-1
SEC 	- 	- 	-
Independents 	1-0 	- 	1-0
Overall 	3-2 	6-1 	9-4
====Time and Weather====
Time 	Sunny	Cloudy	Rainy	Snowy	Overall
Thurs Night 	1-0 	- 	- 	- 	1-0
Sat Morning 	2-0 	- 	- 	- 	2-0
Sat Afternoon	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Sat Evening 	1-0 	- 	- 	- 	1-0
Sat Night 	3-1 	- 	0-1 	2-1 	5-3
Overall 	7-1 	- 	0-1 	2-1 	9-3
All game tallies are games where that player recorded statistics in that category, not games played.
====Passing====
Name 	Position	Class	Skill	Potential	Games	Completions	Attempts	Comp%	Yards	TD	INT	QB Rating
James Dale 	QB 	Sr 	5.0 	5.0 	12 	302 	493 	61.3%	3418 	26	7 	134.16
Luke Williams	QB 	(So) 	4.5 	4.5 	3 	35 	64 	54.7%	424 	3 	1 	130.36
====Rushing====
Name 	Position	Class	Skill	Potential	Games	Carries	Yards	Yds/Car	TD	Fumbles Lost	100yd Games
Robert Lewis 	RB 	Sr 	3.0 	3.0 	11 	129 	574 	4.45 	8 	0 	0
Marlon McKenzie	FB 	(So) 	4.5 	4.5 	2 	13 	27 	2.08 	1 	0 	0
====Receiving====
Name 	Position	Class	Skill	Potential	Games	Receptions	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD
Jermaine Bishop	WR 	Jr 	4.5 	4.5 	10 	78 	1053 	13.50 	6
Denario Jackson	TE 	Jr 	4.0 	4.0 	5 	37 	471 	12.73 	7
Mark Farrar 	WR 	(Fr) 	1.5 	3.5 	5 	26 	341 	13.12 	2
Robert Lewis 	RB 	Sr 	3.0 	3.0 	5 	18 	231 	12.83 	5
Brett Tran 	WR 	Sr 	2.0 	2.0 	4 	18 	198 	11.00 	2
Joshua Barbour 	WR 	Fr 	1.0 	3.5 	3 	14 	133 	9.50 	3
Xavier Jack 	WR 	Fr 	1.0 	2.5 	2 	5 	49 	9.80 	2
Marlon McKenzie	FB 	(So) 	4.5 	4.5 	1 	1 	5 	5.00 	1
Bobby Potter 	FB 	Jr 	2.0 	3.5 	1 	1 	4 	4.00 	1
====Defensive====
Name 	Position	Class	Skill	Potential	Games	Tackles	Sacks	INT	Safety	FF	FR	TD	Kick Block
Joey Johnston 	OLB 	(Fr) 	2.5 	3.5 	8 	47 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
John Adams 	ILB 	(So) 	4.0 	4.0 	6 	40 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
Terry Bush 	OLB 	Sr 	4.0 	4.0 	6 	45 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
Michael McBride 	DT 	(Fr) 	2.5 	5.0 	4 	12 	3.0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
Phillip Tillman 	DE 	(Fr) 	2.0 	3.5 	3 	13 	1.0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
Corey Davis 	SS 	Fr 	3.5 	5.0 	3 	15 	0 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
Stewart Cook 	CB 	Sr 	3.5 	3.5 	3 	6 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
Daniel Austin 	CB 	So 	3.5 	3.5 	1 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Michael Hunter 	FS 	Sr 	3.5 	3.5 	1 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Alexander Herrmann	DE 	(So) 	2.5 	3.5 	1 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
====Kicking====
Name 	Position	Class	Skill	Potential	Made	Attempts	Blocked	<20	21-30	31-40	41-50	50+	PAT	Missed PAT
Stanley Brewster	K 	Sr 	5.0 	5.0 	20 	21 	0 	0 	2 	5 	13 	0 	42 	0
==Recruiting==
===Scholarship Offers===
===JUCO===
===Walk-Ons===
==Awards==
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