2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (January), Pre-game buildup, Georgia, Georgia defense
Like Penn State, Georgia had a strong defense, particularly in terms of pass defense, where the Bulldogs relinquished only 146 yards per game, the best in the country. The squad also averaged just 16.9 points allowed per game, and 151.9 rushing yards per game, both of which were also in the top quintile of FBS schools. Without coordinator Jeremy Pruitt, who took a similar position with Alabama, the Bulldogs defense sought to achieve continuity despite coaching changes.


2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (January), Game summary, First quarter
Penn State received the opening kickoff, converted an early third-and-long, and advanced to the periphery of field goal range before a screen pass was intercepted. Marshall Morgan was set to attempt a 49-yard field goal, but an offside penalty on Penn State shortened it to a 44-yard attempt, which Morgan made by bouncing the kick off the goalpost and through for a 3–0 Georgia lead. Penn State went three-and-out on its next possession. After exchanging punts, UGA took over inside their own five yard-line.


2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (January), Game summary, Post-game effect
In the immediate aftermath of the game, Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg thanked his teammates, offensive coordinators, and former head coach Bill O'Brien before announcing he would forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility and enter the NFL Draft, and in doing so, he ended his three-year tenure with the Nittany Lions during which, in the words of LNP sports columnist Mike Gross, "he did everything he could" to help a program in transition.


2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (January), Game summary, Post-game effect
This game for many UGA followers was an awkward gap between the Richt era and the Smart era. Few of the past staff had stayed. Richt went immediately to Miami, Pruitt left for Alabama and began preparing for their post season. Schottenheimer was not hired immediately as others, but the atmosphere was considered to be acrimonious and he elected not to coach the game. Kirby Smart paradoxically stayed at Alabama through their post season and did not officially begin his duties at UGA until after those commenced.


2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (January), Game summary, Post-game effect
Bryan McClendon called the offense for UGA and was viewed by many as doing a more than serviceable job. He was summarily hired by Will Muschamp at South Carolina.


2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (January), Game summary, Post-game effect
The win finalized the 2015 season with a 5 game win streak (including 2 vs rivals Auburn and Georgia Tech) and a 10 win season. While the season was still generally considered to be chaotic, disappointing, and below expectations it did end the past era of 15 years on a high note.


2016 Taça 12 de Novembro
The 2016 Taça 12 de Novembro is the 4th staging of the Taça 12 de Novembro.


2016 Taça 12 de Novembro
Aitana will enter as the defending champions after winning the 2015 edition by defeating Dili Institute of Technology (DIT) 3-2 in the final.


2016 Taça 12 de Novembro
Ponta Leste won the title this season after beating Assalam 1-0 in the final.


2016 Taça 12 de Novembro, First round
This round match held between 4 and 19 August 2016. Benfica Dili received a bye.


2016 Taça 12 de Novembro, Second round
This round match held between 20 and 27 August 2016. Cacusan received a bye.


2016 Taça 12 de Novembro, Third round
This round match held between 28 August to 1 September 2016. DIT and SL Benfica receive a bye.


2016 Taça 12 de Novembro, Final
The final held on 10 September 2016 in Municipal Stadium.


2016 Taça da Liga Final
The 2016 Taça da Liga Final was the final match of the 2015–16 Taça da Liga, the ninth season of the Taça da Liga.


2016 Taça da Liga Final
Trophy holders Benfica beat Marítimo 6–2 (for the second consecutive final) to win a third consecutive and record seventh title in the competition, in a total of nine editions.


2016 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2016 Taça da Liga Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Paulo Soares (Coimbra)Nuno Vicente (Santarém)Fourth official:António Godinho (Setúbal)Additional assistant referees:Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)Sérgio Piscarreta (Algarve)


2016 Taça de Portugal Final
The 2016 Taça de Portugal Final was the last match of the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 76th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 22 May 2016 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Porto and Braga.


2016 Taça de Portugal Final
Braga beat Porto 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out, after a 2–2 draw persisted through extra time, and won their second title in the competition, 50 years after their maiden triumph in the 1965–66 season.


2016 Taça de Portugal Final
As the winners, Braga earned the right to play the 2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against 2015–16 Primeira Liga winners Benfica, and also qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, as their league placing (fourth) also secured entry to this competition via the third qualifying round, this berth was transferred to the sixth-placed team (Rio Ave).


2016 Taça de Portugal Final, Route to the final
Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).


2016 Taça de Portugal Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Rui Tavares (Porto)João Silva (Porto)Fourth official:Bruno Rodrigues (Porto)Additional assistant referees:Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)Tiago Martins (Lisbon)Reserve assistant referee:Alfredo Braga (Braga)


2016 Taça de Portugal Final, Broadcasting
The final was broadcast in Portugal on television by TVI and by SportTV (on SportTV 1), which holds the broadcasting rights for the whole competition.


2016 Te Araroa earthquake
The 2016 Te Araroa earthquake was an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale that occurred at 04:37:55 NZST on 2 September 2016 (16:37:55 UTC 1 September). The epicentre was located 125 km (78 mi) north-east of Te Araroa off the East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand with a focal depth of 22 km (14 mi). The earthquake was widely felt throughout the North Island and in the upper South Island. There were no reported casualties, and buildings predominantly suffered only a little bit of damage.


2016 Te Araroa earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshock
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was recorded at 10:04:35 NZST on 1 September 2016, one day prior to the main earthquake.


2016 Te Araroa earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks
A series of aftershocks followed the earthquake, the largest being a magnitude 6.2 earthquake which occurred at 05:15:05 NZST on 2 September. Dozens of smaller aftershocks were also recorded, with 18 measuring magnitude 5.0 or greater as of 4 November 2016. GeoNet forecast the probability of one or more additional aftershocks measuring between 6.0 and 6.9 as 32% for the month to 12 October while the probability of an earthquake greater than or equal to 7.0 was 4% for the same period.


2016 Te Araroa earthquake, Aftermath
Following the earthquake, the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (MCDEM) issued a tsunami warning for parts of the north and east coasts of the North Island. Waves measuring 30 cm in height were recorded by tide gauges at East Cape and Great Barrier Island, and although the warning was later cancelled advisories remained in place for strong currents and abnormal sea level fluctuations.


2016 Te Araroa earthquake, Aftermath
Power outages temporarily affected 300 homes near Rototahi and Waimata north of Gisborne while KiwiRail issued a precautionary shutdown notice for part of the rail network in Auckland.


2016 Te Araroa earthquake, Aftermath
While no injuries or significant damage occurred, a spokesperson for the Earthquake Commission said they had received 48 claims for damage compensation by 4:30 pm local time on the day of the earthquake. Damage was localised to coastal towns near the epicentre of the earthquake, including in Te Puia Springs where Puketiti Homestead and Stable, a Category 1 historic building, suffered damage to a chimney and fireplace.


2016 Team Bath netball season
The 2016 Team Bath netball season saw Team Bath finish third overall in the 2016 Netball Superleague. In the third-place play-off they defeated Hertfordshire Mavericks 49–48 to finish the season as bronze medallists. During the regular season they finished fourth, level on points with Surrey Storm and Hertfordshire Mavericks in second and third place respectively. Manchester Thunder topped the table. Team Bath lost 53–46 at Manchester Thunder in the play-off semi-finals.


2016 Team Bath netball season, Preseason
Team Bath hosted and won a Pre-season Tri-Tournament, winning against both Hertfordshire Mavericks and Surrey Storm.


2016 Team Bath netball season, Preseason
Team Bath won the Mike Greenwood Trophy, defeating Manchester Thunder 19–14 in the final. In an earlier game against Manchester Thunder they lost 19–17. The tournament featured games with two ten-minute halves.


2016 Team Challenge Cup
The 2016 KOSÉ Team Challenge Cup was held April 22–24, 2016 at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington. Skaters competed as part of Team Asia, Team Europe, or Team North America.


2016 Team Challenge Cup
The 2016 competition was the first edition of the event. Spokane was named as the host in September 2015.


2016 Team Challenge Cup, Results, Head-to-head competition
On Friday, April 22, singles skaters competed in a head-to-head competition. There were six rounds, with one skater from each team competing. Each skater earned points for their team based on placement. The team with the most placement points won the head-to-head competition. Also, the top scoring man and woman earned an additional cash prize. The scores from this event do not contribute to Saturday's team competition.


2016 Team Challenge Cup, Results, Head-to-head competition, Overall results
Each skater earned points for their team based on placement in their group: 12 points for first place, 10 points for second place, and 8 points for third place. Shoma Uno and Evgenia Medvedeva had the highest scores of the night, earning them an additional cash prize.


2016 Team Challenge Cup, Results, Team Challenge competition
On Saturday, April 23, skaters competed with their free skating/dance programs. The team with the highest aggregate score won this segment of the Team Challenge Cup. Also, the top scoring pairs and dance couple earned an additional cash prize. The scores from Friday's event do not contribute to the event's final results.


2016 Team Challenge Cup, Results, Team Challenge competition, Overall results
For each team, the highest dance score, the highest pair score, the two highest ladies scores, and the two highest men scores were combined. Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford and Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje earned an additional cash prize for being the highest scoring pair and dance couple. Team North America was the overall winner of the competition.


2016 Team Giant–Alpecin season
The 2016 season for the Team Giant–Alpecin began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2016 Team Ice Racing World Championship
The 2016 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 38th edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on 13/14 February, 2016, in Tolyatti, Russia. Russia won their 14th consecutive title and 22nd title overall.


2016 Team Katusha season
The 2016 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2016 Team Long Track World Championship
The 2016 Team Long Track World Championship was the tenth annual FIM Team Long Track World Championship. The final took place on 16 July 2016 in Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic.


2016 Team LottoNL–Jumbo season
The 2016 season for the LottoNL–Jumbo road cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2016 Team Sky season
The 2016 season for Team Sky began in January at the Tour Down Under.


2016 Team Sky season
As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2016 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2016 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the 12th FIM Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 20 August, 2016 at the ICA Maxi Arena in Norrköping, Sweden. Poland won their ninth Team Under-21 World Championship. The Poles accumulated 44 points, with Bartosz Zmarzlik and Paweł Przedpełski scoring 14 points each, to beat Australia by seven points.


2016 Team3M season
This article gives an overview of the Team3M cycling team during season 2016.


2016 Teen Choice Awards
The 2016 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on July 31, 2016, at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The awards celebrate the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, and the Internet, and were voted on by viewers living in the US, aged 13 and over through various social media sites. Justin Timberlake received the inaugural Decade Award. The ceremony was hosted by John Cena and Victoria Justice.


2016 Teen Choice Awards, Winners and nominees
The first wave of nominations were announced on May 24, 2016. The second wave was announced on June 9, 2016. The third and final wave was announced on July 6, 2016. Winners are listed first, in bold.


2016 Teen Choice Awards, Controversy
The awards stirred controversy as family and fans of Christina Grimmie, expressed their disappointment that the show did not mention Grimmie, especially during the #StoptheViolence tribute, which was presented by actress Jessica Alba and singer Ne-Yo and honored the family members of teens who had died as a result of violence.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400
The 2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 18, 2016, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 270 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 27th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, first race of the Chase and first race of the Round of 16, Furniture Row Racing's Martin Truex, Jr. won his first career race in Chicagoland and third race of the 2016 season, to advance to the second race of the Chase.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400
Joey Logano made his way to a second-place finish, the race had nine lead changes among different drivers and four cautions for 22 laps.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Report, Background
Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR racing including the opening event in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Report, Background, Entry list
The preliminary entry list for the race included 40 cars and was released on September 12, 2016, at 11:36 a.m. Eastern time.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Qualifying
Qualifying for Friday was cancelled due to rain. Kyle Busch was awarded the pole position as a result.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Practice, First practice
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.383 and a speed of 183.780 mph (295.765 km/h).


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Practice, Second practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.033 and a speed of 185.995 mph (299.330 km/h).


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Practice, Final practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.460 and a speed of 183.299 mph (294.991 km/h).


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, First half
Under clear blue Illinois skies, Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 2:49 p.m. He led the first 22 laps before Martin Truex Jr. powered by on the outside exiting turn 2 to take the lead on lap 23. Green flag stops commenced on lap 48, and a tire that came from the stall of Aric Almirola and came to a stop in the frontstretch grass area brought out the first caution of the race on lap 49.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, First half
Jimmie Johnson, who made it across the start/finish line on pit road before Truex crossed the line on the track, remained on the lead lap and assumed the lead after he opted to stay out when Truex pitted. Kevin Harvick, who worked his way up to eighth after starting the race from the rear end of the field for an unapproved adjustment, didn't beat Truex back to the line and was trapped a lap down for much of the race.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 56. Truex, who was running second, made an unscheduled stop on lap 70 for a flat right-rear tire. He rejoined the race in 21st one lap down. Green flag stops started again on lap 103. Johnson hit pit road the next lap and handed the lead to Brad Keselowski. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Johnson. Casey Mears was issued a pass through penalty for speeding on pit road and then was issued a stop and go penalty for speeding on his pass through.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, First half
The second caution of the race flew on lap 119 for Brian Scott getting loose and spinning out in turn 4. Matt Kenseth was sent to the tail end of the field on the ensuing restart for speeding on pit road.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 126. This run was much like the second run in which the field settled into a rhythm of green flag racing. During this run, Harvick came up and hit the 78 car. Truex said after the race in his media availability that "nothing led up to it. We hadn't been around each other all day, really. I passed him once earlier. I had fresh tires, he was lapped and that was after I had my flat (so) I was racing to get my lap back." The next round of green flag stops began on lap 172. Johnson pitted from the lead the same lap and handed the lead to Keselowski. He pitted on lap 174 and the lead cycled back to Johnson. Busch was issued a pass through penalty for speeding on pit road.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Second half
Busch worked his back onto the lead lap by driving around race leader Johnson on lap 182. That same lap, teammate Chase Elliott passed him for the lead exiting turn 4. Debris on the backstretch brought out the third caution of the race on lap 193.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 199. Not much happened until the final round of green flag pit stops with 33 laps to go. Elliott pitted with 32 to go and handed the lead to Denny Hamlin. He pitted with 30 to go and handed the lead to Ryan Blaney. He pitted with 25 to go and handed the lead to Alex Bowman. He pitted with 19 to go and the lead cycled back to Elliott. During the pit cycle, Johnson was issued a pass through penalty for speeding.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Second half
He said after the race that he "just can’t believe I got in trouble down there leaving the pits. I feel terrible for these guys. It should have been a top-five day, but I will back down on pit road even more and try not to make that mistake. Hats off to the team for our fast Lowe’s Chevrolet, I just screwed up.”


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Second half
Truex was gaining ground on Elliott in the closing laps of the race, but not enough to catch him with the laps remaining. Unfortunately for Elliott, a shredded right-front tire from the No. 95 car of Michael McDowell brought out the fourth caution of the race with five laps to go and forced overtime. Three drivers: Blaney, who assumed the lead, Kasey Kahne and Carl Edwards, opted to stay out while the rest of the lead lap cars pitted. Truex exited pit road ahead of Elliott.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Overtime
The race restarted with two laps to go. Blaney was no match on old tires against Truex on new tires. Truex passed him on the backstretch with two to go and drove on to score the victory.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
“The racing gods want to make it difficult on us,” Truex said in victory lane. “Man, this feels good. I’m a lucky guy to be able to drive this black 78. (Crew chief) Cole Pearn, Jazzy (Team Engineer Jeff Curtis), everybody on this team, the pit crew, Barney (Team Owner Visser) for giving us everything we need. This is the way we wanted to start the Chase. It feels awesome.” “On one hand the bad luck was going to bite us and on the other we had a lot of time to battle back,” he added. “We’re lucky it happened early and we were able to have an awesome racecar all day.”


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Truex's car failed post-race LIS (Laser Inspection Station) after the race. The failure was not considered "encumbered" and he was allowed to keep the benefits of his win.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Joey Logano, who finished runner-up, said his day saw "awesome execution by the 22 team. From every angle. We had a very fast race car and were awesome on pit road. You want to talk about pressure, not just Chase pressure, but coming down at the end of the race to try to win, they executed and had an awesome pit stop and beat the 11 out and ultimately gives us a second place finish. I couldn’t be more proud of the team and the way we executed and attacked today. We will take this momentum and run with it the next nine weeks.”


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Elliott, who was leading the race with five to go and finished third, said he "felt like we did a good job as a team today trying to control the things that we could control. And you can't control when a caution is going to come out. Granted, you can expect one a lot of the time, but you can't control when it's going to happen, and you certainly can't control how many guys are going to stay out on tires and try to make something happen at the end of a race.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
That's just a part of life, part of racing." He added that he was "proud of that (speed his car showed); we are proud of the run we had today,” he said. “Obviously, hate to come up short, but that is part of life some days. We were fast and I think that is something to be happy about and we can move forward to Loudon (next week) with some motivation.”


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
“You know, it was a long day for us for sure,” said Blaney. “We passed a lot of cars. We didn’t start good. We started 22nd. Worked on our car all day and got it better and better each run. There was maybe only one run where I thought we went backwards. We fixed it right away and started going back forward again. That was promising. I think we were seventh before that last caution. Decided to stay out. “We initially decided if we could get to the front two rows, we were going to stay out.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Then you kind of had a shot. But then everyone came. We decided to stay out anyway. That put us in the best position possible being able to restart the race. Knew it was going to be tough when only a couple cars stayed out with us. We needed about two or three more for it to be a realistic shot.”


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Tejano Music Awards
The 2016 Tejano Music Awards was held on November 12, 2016 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas. The deadline for nominations for the various Tejano Music Awards categories by the artists' representative are due by June 19, 2016. Nominations will then be announced at a later date for public voting. The annual 2016 Tejano Fan Fair (which precedes every Tejano Music Awards) was held at the Historic Market Square in San Antonio from March 17–20, 2016.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings
On 8 March 2016, a 21-year-old West Bank Palestinian man from Qalqilya killed an American tourist, and United States Army veteran, Taylor Force and wounded ten other people in a stabbing spree in Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel. The attacker was shot dead by the police after a chase along the beach promenade.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Attack
The attack happened while US Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with former Israeli President Shimon Peres in Tel Aviv. According to police, the assailant first attacked persons in the harbor and later went to a restaurant where four more persons were wounded. According to ambulance personnel, five of the victims suffered serious wounds. The attack lasted approximately 20 minutes and ended when the assailant was shot and killed by responding police.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Attack, Victims
Taylor Force, age 28, graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute and from West Point in 2009 and later became an officer in the United States Army until leaving in 2014. While in the army, Force served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom. At the time of the attack Force, an MBA student, was traveling with other graduate students from Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management studying global entrepreneurship.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Attack, Victims
In addition to Force, eleven others were injured, including a pregnant woman, an Arab Israeli, and a Palestinian who was illegally residing in Israel.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Attack, Assailant
The attacker was identified as 21-year-old Bashar Masalha, who was from the city of Qalqilya located in the Palestinian territories. He was residing in Israel illegally. The family of the murderer receives a monthly pension from the Palestinian Authority Martyr's Fund equal to several times the average monthly wage in the Palestinian Territories.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Aftermath
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced on the night of the attacks that it was imposing closures on the West Bank villages of Zawiya and Al-Auja, the hometowns of two of the attackers.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Aftermath
Following the attack and the two other attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held security consultations with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, police chief Roni Alsheikh and IDF and Shin Bet officials. The Prime Minister's Office said it was immediately decided to close gaps in the separation barrier in the Jerusalem area, and to complete construction of the barrier in the Tarqumiyah area in the South Hebron Hills. It was also decided to close Palestinian media outlets accused of incitement. Professionals in the defense establishment will decide which Palestinian media will be closed. Further, it was decided to deny work permits for family members of assailants.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Aftermath
The Israeli police began a law enforcement operation to crack down on Palestinian illegal residents, arresting more than 250 illegal Arabs across the country, but focused on construction sites and large shopping areas, which normally are magnets for cheap, cash-in-the-hand labor. The arresting officers discovered a small compound, complete with sleeping tents, showers, a lavatory and a kitchen, which illegal Arab workers had erected in HaBesor Stream in southern Israel, not far from the Gaza Strip. Police reported that 15 Israeli employers and 12 drivers were arrested by 10 March.


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Aftermath
According to a Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee from 14 March, chaired by MK David Amsalem (Likud), out of the 73 Palestinian attacks that occurred within the Green Line, 27 were carried out by illegal Arab residents. Police noted that each year sees tens of thousands of cases of illegal Arab residents, who are brought before a judge when their stay involves security risks, which means that there are tens of thousands of illegal Arabs moving freely everywhere inside Israel, some of whom may be "terrorist ticking bombs".


2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, Taylor Force Act
The Taylor Force Act is a legislative bill co-sponsored in the United States Senate in 2016 by U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Dan Coats (R-Indiana), and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri). The legislation proposes to stop American economic aid to the Palestinian Authority  until the PA changes its laws to cease paying stipends funneled through the so-called Palestinian Authority Martyr's Fund to individuals who commit acts of terrorism and to the families of deceased terrorists. On March 23, 2018 the Act was signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump.


2016 Telkom Knockout
The 2016 Telkom Knockout was the 35th edition of the Telkom Knockout, a South African cup competition comprising the 16 teams in the Premier Soccer League. It took place between October and December 2016. It was won by Cape Town City - the club's first trophy, six months after the club's creation.


2016 Telus Cup
The 2016 Telus Cup was Canada's 38th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 18 – 24, 2016 at Quispamsis, New Brunswick. The North York Rangers defeated the host Saint John Vitos in the gold medal game, while the Lions du Lac du St-Louis won the bronze.


2016 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Atlantic Region
Saint John Vitos won regional tournament held March 27 to April 3, 2016 at Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. As Saint John already qualified as the host team, the runner-up Dartmouth Major Midgets also advanced to the Telus Cup.


2016 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Québec
The Lions du Lac St-Louis advanced to the Telus Cup by winning the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League championship series.


2016 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Central Region
The North York Rangers advanced to the Telus Cup by winning regional tournament held March 27 to April 3, 2016 at Waterloo, Ontario.


2016 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, West Region
The Saskatoon Contacts advanced to the Telus Cup by winning regional tournament held March 31 to April 2, 2016 at the Rod Hamm Memorial Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.


2016 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Pacific Region
The Lloydminster Bobcats advanced to the Telus Cup by winning regional best-of-three series held April 1 to 3, 2016 at Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.


2016 Temple Owls football team
The 2016 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by fourth-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference.


2016 Temple Owls football team
On December 6, Rhule resigned to become the head coach at Baylor. Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Military Bowl.


2016 Temple Owls football team, Game summaries, at Navy–American Athletic Championship Game
The Owls dominated a Navy Midshipmen football offense that was ranked in the top 20 in the country, coming off a 75-point victory the week before to win the first major conference title in Temple history. Temple sent one of its largest away crowds ever, with nearly half the fans in attendance supporting the Owls. Temple was ranked in all three major polls following the game and were invited to the Military Bowl vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons football on December 27, 2016.


2016 Temple Owls football team, Awards and honors, American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team
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2016 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, NFL Draft Combine
Four Temple players were invited to participate in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.


2016 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, 2017 NFL Draft
Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.


2016 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, Undrafted Free Agents
In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.


2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Tennessee as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Tennessee primary.


2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton swept Tennessee, winning the primary in a 34-point-routing over Bernie Sanders. The intensity of her victory in the primary was delivered by African American voters, who comprised 32% of the electorate and backed Clinton over Sanders by a margin of 89-10. Clinton also won the white vote 57-42. Clinton swept all income levels and educational attainment levels in Tennessee. And though Sanders won the youth vote, Clinton won among voters over the age of 45 by a margin of 78-21.


2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Her strong support among African American voters handed Clinton an 82-18 showing in the Memphis area. She also won in Nashville 66-33, in Central Tennessee 66-35, and in Eastern Tennessee which is whiter and considered to be an extension of Appalachia by a margin of 58-42.


2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team
The 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–3 in OVC play to place fourth.


2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
The 2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Marcus Satterfield and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in third place.


2016 Tennessee Titans season
The 2016 season was the Tennessee Titans franchise's 47th in the National Football League and their 57th overall. It also marked the franchise's 20th season in the state of Tennessee as well as the first full season under head coach Mike Mularkey, who served as the team's interim head coach for the last nine games of the 2015 season.


2016 Tennessee Titans season
The Titans tripled their win total from 2015 and achieved their first winning season since 2011. However, the team missed the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season tying a record set between 1970-1977 — the Titans finished tied with the Houston Texans for the AFC South division title, but lost the tiebreaker due to record against division opponents (5–1 to 2–4).


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Titans posted their first victory over their former AFC Central rival since 2011 and only their third win over the Browns since 2002 league realignment established the AFC South. Marcus Mariota threw three touchdowns but Cody Kessler kept the Browns in the hunt with two touchdown drives in the final three minutes.


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With the win, the Titans improved on their 3–13 season from the previous year.


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Titans defeated the Packers for the fourth time in six meetings since becoming a Tennessee NFL franchise. The Titans raced to a 21–0 lead in the first quarter and led 35–16 at halftime. Rookie Tajae Sharpe caught his first career touchdown.


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: at Chicago Bears
The Titans posted their sixth win of the season as Marcus Mariota faced off against Matt Barkley, in his first NFL action since 2014; he opened scoring late in the first quarter on a seven-yard toss. Mariota answered with three straight touchdown drives, but Barkley answered a Titans lead of 27–7 with two straight touchdown drives and whipped to the Titans red zone in the final minute, but two incompletions ended the game.


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos
The Titans posted only their second win (in six tries) over the Broncos since becoming a Tennessee NFL franchise. They led 13–0 but had to sweat out a Broncos rally; A.J. Derby's fumble was recovered by Daimion Stafford with 1:04 to go. The game became chippy when Harry Douglas cut block Chris Harris, Jr. in the second quarter; Aqib Talib attacked Douglas and a melee erupted on the Titans sideline.


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs
The Titans edged the Chiefs on a 53-yard field goal on the final play by former Chiefs placekicker Ryan Succop; he missed a first attempt but the attempt was nullified when Chiefs coach Andy Reid called timeout.


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Marcus Mariota's season ended when he suffered a broken right fibula in Tennessee's 38–17 loss to the Jaguars; the loss marked the eighth straight season in which neither team managed to sweep the other in the regular season. The loss—combined with Houston's subsequent win over Cincinnati—ended Tennessee's hopes for the playoffs.


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Houston Texans
The win was the Titans' first against the Texans since 2013.


2016 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Houston Texans
NOTE: With the win, the Titans posted 9 wins and a winning season for the first time since 2011.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team
The 2016 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represent the University of Tennessee in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Volunteers play their home games in Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The team is coached by Dave Serrano in his fifth season as head coach at Tennessee.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the program's 120th overall season, 83rd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and 25th within the SEC Eastern Division. The Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee and were led by fourth-year head coach Butch Jones. They finished the season 9–4, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Eastern Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl where they defeated Nebraska.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Previous season
The 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team started off their season with a 59–30 victory over the Bowling Green Falcons. They then took on the 19th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners at Neyland Stadium where they gave up 17 unanswered points and lost in double overtime 31–24. Following a 55–10 win over Western Carolina, Tennessee traveled down to Gainesville, Florida, blew a 13-point lead in the second half, failed to convert a walk-off field goal and lost to the Florida Gators 28–27 for the 11th consecutive season. The following week back home, the Vols fell to the Arkansas Razorbacks 24–20.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Previous season
Despite trailing by 21 points to #19 Georgia in the 2nd quarter, Tennessee rallied back to go ahead of the Bulldogs in the 3rd quarter, score the winning touchdown with less than six minutes in the game and prevented Georgia from reaching the end zone to score their first victory over their SEC East opponent since 2009. After a bye week, Tennessee traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to take on bitter rivals Alabama.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Previous season
In a low scoring defensive battle, the eighth ranked Crimson Tide scored the winning touchdown drive with just over two minutes remaining in the contest and Tennessee fell 19–14. Evan Berry tied a school record for most kickoff return touchdowns in a single season in the Volunteers 52–21 beatdown of the Kentucky Wildcats. After allowing 21 unanswered points in the 3rd quarter against the South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee kicked a go-ahead field goal with ten minutes remaining in the contest.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Previous season
With less than a minute left in play, the Gamecocks had driven the ball to Tennessee's 13-yard line when Malik Foreman forced a fumble. It was recovered by Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Tennessee won the game 27–24. Despite a sluggish offensive performance, Tennessee's defense held North Texas to just 199 total yards in a 24–0 victory over the Mean Green and became bowl eligible, it was also their first time shutting out an FCS opponent since 2011.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Previous season
The following week, Tennessee beat eastern division opponent Missouri for the first time in a 19–8 victory in Missouri coach Gary Pinkel's final home game. Tennessee finished the regular season 8–4 with a 53–28 thrashing of in-state rival Vanderbilt. The Vols were invited to play in the 2016 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida against the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten. Tennessee defeated the Wildcats 45–6, finishing their 2015 season at 9–4.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Winter months
During the early part of the offseason, a number of players and coaches left the program. Freshman quarterback Sherion Jones announced he was transferring from Tennessee to Colorado on January 7. He returned to Tennessee on January 27. John Jancek, a member of Butch Jones's coaching staff since his time with Central Michigan and Cincinnati, was relieved of his duties as defensive coordinator on January 6. Jones said that he and Jancek "had a long discussion this morning and we both came to the conclusion that it was best to part ways.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Winter months
I want to thank Coach Jancek for his contributions to the University of Tennessee football program the past three years. His hard work and dedication to this program played a major role in our back-to-back bowl wins. These decisions are never easy especially for someone I have worked with at three different schools." Penn State defensive coordinator Bob Shoop was hired for the same position at Tennessee on January 9. Larry Scott, who served as the interim head coach for the final six games of the Miami Hurricanes's 2015 season, was hired to be Tennessee's new tight ends coach on January 4.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Summer months, SEC Media Days
During Tennessee's turn at SEC Media Days in Hoover, Alabama, Coach Jones and the three attending players made it clear that they were there with the mindset of "business as usual" and not to create news or hype despite being the favorites to win the SEC East. Cameron Sutton responded to questions about Tennessee's game against Florida with how the team's season will "open up with Appalachian State, who was an 11-win team last year. We don't consider ourselves worried about games long down the road. It's one week at a time, one game at a time.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Summer months, SEC Media Days
That's our mindset right now. We're focused on Appalachian State." Hobbs responded to the hype around Tennessee as being "outside. Noise, really. You can't really control hype. You can't really control what other people say. What you can control is how you approach each day, how you focus on the details, how are you getting better as a player and how is the team getting better every single day you step on the field? We're focused on that — what we can control because we can't really do anything (about) what we can't control."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Summer months, SEC Media Days
Jones responded to questions about Tennessee blowing late leads against Oklahoma, Florida, Arkansas and Alabama by pointing out in "the last 18 games, we're 13-5. And the amazing thing, when you look at it of being 13-5 over the last 18 games, is those five losses have come by a combined total of 25 points. So what are we doing to take the next step as a football program? We talk about learning how to finish games, learning how to close games out. We talked about clutch plays, making critical plays at critical moments of the game."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Summer months, SEC Media Days
On the final day of SEC Media Days, Tennessee received 225 of 331 first-place votes and were selected by the media as the favorite to win the SEC Eastern Division for the first time since 2005. However, the Vols were picked to lose to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game receiving 29 votes to the Crimson Tide's 223. "You want those expectations," Coach Jones said. "I think it's a compliment to everyone in our program of how far we've come. It's not where you start, it's where you finish. But I think it is a compliment in how we've grown and developed this football program."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Summer months, Preseason camp
The Volunteers opened up preseason camp on August 1, 31 days prior to their kickoff against the Appalachian State Mountaineers. Among the biggest questions going into preseason camp for the Vols included the development of senior quarterback Joshua Dobbs, whom would start at left tackle, maintaining overall health, how new defensive coordinator Bob Shoop would work with a stacked defensive corp and if Tennessee can live up to the expectations surrounding the team.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Summer months, Preseason camp
After the first week of camp, the biggest issue facing the team – according to Coach Jones – was the consistency in the passing game. This was compounded by a young wide receiver group that showed speed, but had many dropped balls. Another issue was that no starters for either left or right tackle had been announced. Coach Jones said he's been pleased with the competition and talent level of those fighting for the positions, but that the roles are anyone's for the taking.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Summer months, Preseason camp
Jalen Hurd, who's short of the school rushing record, said he's targeting Travis Henry's career rushing record of 3,078 yards. He believes "it's reachable and, you know, you can see it, I definitely want to do it. That's a goal of mine. But obviously the biggest goal for me is just to help get my team a national championship."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Personnel, Returning starters
Nine players return on offense, eight on defense and two out of four on special teams specific positions.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule
Tennessee announced their 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Vols will host SEC foes Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, and Missouri, and will travel to Georgia, South Carolina, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule
Tennessee opened the season at home for the third time in the last four seasons, when it played host to Appalachian State on September 3 in the first meeting between the two schools. The Volunteers then faced Virginia Tech in the "Battle at Bristol" at Bristol, Tennessee, on September 10 in front of the largest crowd in football history, over 156,000 fans at Bristol Motor Speedway.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule
Tennessee returns to Neyland Stadium for two home games, Ohio on September 17 and the Florida Gators on September 24. The Volunteers have faced the Gators to start the conference schedule 13 of the last 14 years. The first of two road games occurs at Georgia on October 1. Tennessee holds a 22–21–2 edge in the rivals' series, but is also seeking its first victory in Athens since 2006. On October 8, the Volunteers make their first-ever trip to College Station, Texas, to face Texas A&M. It will also be the first regular-season meeting between the schools. Tennessee is 2–0 all-time against the Aggies in post-season play. The Volunteers will also return to tradition this year with their annual November rivalry game against Kentucky on November 12, after last being played in October 2015.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule
‡ – Current NCAA record for largest attendance to a collegiate football game.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State
The ninth–ranked Tennessee Volunteers overcame a 10–point halftime deficit to escape with a 20–13 victory over the Appalachian State Mountaineers. In overtime, Tennessee faced third-and-goal from the 2, when Joshua Dobbs ran then lost control of the ball as he was hit while extending his arms across the goal line. Jalen Hurd recovered the fumble in the end zone, and Aaron Medley kicked the extra point. In the Mountaineers' ensuing drive, Tennessee's Micah Abernathy ended the game by breaking up an end-zone pass on fourth–and–5 from the 20.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State
Tennessee head coach Butch Jones commented after the game: "The first game of the year is always a game of the unknowns. We're still developing our identity for this football team, but we found a way to win, and at the end of the day, that's what it's about, but we have to get a lot better. Credit App State too. They're a really good football team."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
Before an NCAA-record attendance of 156,990 in the "Battle at Bristol" against the Virginia Tech Hokies, the seventeenth-ranked Volunteers overcame a 14-point first-quarter deficit to score 24 points in the second quarter to win 45–24. Quarterback Joshua Dobbs threw three touchdown passes and had two rushing scores. Volunteers defensive back Micah Abernathy also set a school single-game record with three fumble recoveries. The Hokies ultimately lost five fumbles, three of which resulted in Tennessee touchdowns. Abernathy's performance earned him SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
Following the game, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones called the venue "a spectacle ... I don't think this will be duplicated or replicated." About the game, Jones stated "We didn't start out like we wanted to obviously, down 14-0, but I really liked the way we responded ... We were finally able to run the football and play Tennessee style of football." The Volunteers extend their eight-game winning streak, the longest since their 14 in a row in the 1998 and 1999 seasons, and the third longest active winning streak in the nation.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Plagued with injuries prior to and during the game against the Ohio Bobcats, the fifteenth-ranked Volunteers struggled in the afternoon heat but maintained their early lead, winning 28–19. Tennessee scored 38 seconds into the game on a 20–yard pass from Joshua Dobbs to Josh Malone. Ohio, a 27–point underdog, remained relatively close throughout the game, until Dobbs and Malone connected again for a 20–yard touchdown, and the game's last scoring drive, with 11:07 remaining in the fourth quarter. Tennessee head coach Butch Jones called it "another gritty win" and spoke on starting conference play next week, "Our goal was to be 3–0 at this point, and we are 3–0, but I think everyone will tell you that we have to get a lot better."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 19 Florida
The 14th-ranked Volunteers trailed their rivals, the 19th-ranked Florida Gators, 21–3 at halftime. Tennessee mounted a comeback in the second half, scoring 35 unanswered points and snapping an 11-game losing streak, to win 38–28. Quarterback Joshua Dobbs threw four touchdowns, ran for another, and amassed a career-high 319 passing yards. On the defensive side, Derek Barnett had five tackles (three solo), two sacks for six yards, three tackles for loss for eight yards and one pass breakup. For their performances, Dobbs and Barnett were awarded SEC Players of the Week, with Dobbs as Offensive POW and Barnett as Co-Defensive Lineman POW.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 19 Florida
The win gave the Volunteers their 12th double-digit winning streak (10) in program history. The win streak is also the longest of head coach Butch Jones' career. Following the game, Jones spoke on the resiliency of his team, "Must win, all that - that is not the case. We are building something special here with character and competitiveness. It's just one game. We've got to go on the road next week. The resolve of these kids, with all the expectations on this football game and you go down at half time and to have that second half performance. If you don't have character in your football program, that does not happen."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 25 Georgia
The 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers rallied from a double-digit deficit, the fourth time in five games, to defeat the 25th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs, 34–31. Georgia led 17-0 in the first half but only had a 24-21 edge when starting deep in its own territory late in the fourth quarter. Georgia quarterback Jacob Eason risked a pass from his own end zone but fumbled the ball after being hit by two defenders, Derek Barnett and Cortez McDowell. Tennessee's Corey Vereen fell on it for a touchdown.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 25 Georgia
Eason seemed to redeem himself within the closing seconds of the game, by driving his offense past midfield. He then found Riley Ridley, streaking down the left sideline, and delivered a 47-yard pass that Ridley took in for the score. However, in the short ensuing kickoff, Tennessee's Evan Berry's 20-yard return put his team at midfield. With four seconds left in the game, quarterback Joshua Dobbs threw a 43-yard Hail Mary pass and connected with Jauan Jennings, who was just inside the end zone and in front of most of his Georgia defenders, for the win.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 25 Georgia
Barnett's forced fumble, five tackles, two sacks, and 2.5 tackles for loss earned him SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Long snapper Riley Lovingood was named SEC Co-Special Teams POW. In the 4th quarter, he snapped the ball to punter Trevor Daniel, who booted the high ball to the UGA 6-yard line. Lovingood raced down the field to make the catch, downing the ball to set the field position for Barnett's strip sack of Eason and Vereen's fumble recovery in the end zone two plays later.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 25 Georgia
Following the game, coach Butch Jones spoke on what he told his team before that last play, "I told our kids in the huddle that we were going to come down with it—we're going to find a way. And Josh (Dobbs) threw the best ball he's thrown in his career. And what can I say about Jauan Jennings? He wasn't going to be denied." Jones added, "Again, just resiliency ... 11 straight wins ... fifth-longest streak in school history. But really the most important thing is it gets us one step closer. We needed to be 1-0 and we were 1-0. This puts us at 5-0 overall. We're just finding ways to win football games."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 8 Texas A&M
In only the third meeting between the two teams, the ninth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers visited the eighth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies at College Station, Texas. The game was the first for the teams as SEC opponents since the Aggies joined the conference in 2012. After falling behind through three quarters by a score of 28–14, Tennessee scored three touchdowns in the final seven minutes of the fourth quarter and rallied to force overtime. However, seven turnovers in the game led to the Volunteers' first loss of the season as Texas A&M won, 45-38, in double overtime.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 8 Texas A&M
Tennessee head coach Butch Jones spoke on his team's gameplay, "I'm very, very proud of our kids. Just the fight in them, the will to win. But again, you can't have seven turnovers, you can't turn the football over, you can't have the penalties we had. You have almost 700 yards of offense and you can't turn the football over. It's the details. Especially when you go on the road, the small details add up to the big details." Jones continued, speaking on the team's emotions and their next opponent, "That's life in the Southeastern Conference. It's not for everyone. The toughness that's involved day-to-day, week-to-week — the grind — and we have to get better in a hurry because we've got the No. 1 ranked team in the country coming in. So we have to improve on our deficiencies from this week."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 1 Alabama
The ninth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers and the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide met for the 99th time to renew their rivalry on the "Third Saturday in October" for the first time in four seasons. Alabama won their 10th–straight game in the series, 49–10, the worst loss for the Volunteers since losing 59–14 at Oregon in 2013. Tennessee pulled within seven in the second quarter, after forcing a fumble on the Crimson Tide's 11-yard line. Two plays later, Alvin Kamara rushed up the middle to bring the score to 14-7. However, the Volunteers' only other score in the game came in the third quarter when kicker Aaron Medley chipped in a 37-yard field goal to make the score 28-10 at the 4:03 mark.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 1 Alabama
Following the game, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones spoke on the loss. "It's a line of scrimmage game," he said. "When you give up 438 yards rushing and offensively have 32 yards rushing, you're not even giving yourself an opportunity to be in the game. We had way too many negative yardage football plays. Again, third down conversions [only 3 of 16], getting off the field, big explosive plays." Jones added about now entering a bye week, "I think the bye week is coming at the appropriate time.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, No. 1 Alabama
We have a lot of goals to get better as a football team. Everyone has to be responsible for their own self-determination and accountability to get better during this bye week. A lot of this [week] will be spent in the training room and getting healthy." Seven Volunteers could not play due to injuries, while three others were injured during gameplay.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
Entering the 35th meeting between the two teams, the 18th-ranked Volunteers traveled to Columbia, South Carolina, to face the Gamecocks. South Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak and got their first victory over Tennessee in four years, winning 24–21. All four contests, during Coach Butch Jones' tenure, have been decided by three points or less.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
The Volunteers committed three costly penalties in the first five minutes, which allowed the Gamecocks to score first. Within the last two minutes of the first quarter, Tennessee tied the game but was never again close in scoring, until Evan Berry returned a late third-quarter kickoff for 100 yards to put the Volunteers within three points at 17–14. Berry's touchdown tied Willie Gault's special-teams school career record of four. The teams swapped touchdowns in the fourth quarter, with South Carolina still leading by three. A last-minute drive advanced the Volunteers to the Carolina 40-yard line, but Aaron Medley's potentially game-tying 58-yard field goal fell short as time expired.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
Coach Jones called his team's gameplay "unacceptable", adding "You go on the road, you can't turn the football over. There was a lack of explosive plays, missed tackles, too many penalties on special teams when you do a good job of getting the ball out on some returns. Those are momentum-killers ... We can't let this one loss define who we are. We've got to come back. But obviously, too sloppy. I'm just very, very disappointed in the way we played, particularly coming off a bye week. Give South Carolina credit, but that was unacceptable."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Tech
Tennessee hosted Tennessee Tech for its 100th homecoming game. The Volunteers snapped a three-game losing streak in a 55-0 blowout of the Golden Eagles. Tennessee also ended a season-long pattern of slow starts by producing six touchdowns and one field goal on its first eight possessions. The Volunteers had been outscored 83-24 in the opening quarter of their first eight games, but they led Tech, 21-0, after the first period and a 73-yard run by John Kelly, replacing Jalen Hurd due to his departure from the team earlier in the week. Kelly's run was Tennessee's longest offensive play this season and its longest run from scrimmage since 2006. With the win, Tennessee became bowl eligible for the third consecutive season.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Tech
Tennessee head coach Butch Jones called the victory a "complete team win." He added, "I loved their focus and I loved their mindset. I thought this was our best week of preparation. We practiced with energy, and talked all week long about returning to the standards and expectation with passion and energy and the inspiration that it takes to play this game, so I was really proud of them."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
The Tennessee Volunteers and the Kentucky Wildcats met for the 112th time in their rivalry. The Volunteers have played the Wildcats more than any other team in program history and improved to 79-24-9 all-time in the series with a 49–36 victory. Tennessee has now won five straight against Kentucky and 31 of the last 32 meetings.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Quarterback Joshua Dobbs amassed 370 yards and five total touchdowns (three passing, two rushing). Dobbs, returning running back Alvin Kamara, and John Kelly combined for 369 of the team's 376 total rushing yards. The two teams totaled 1,204 yards, including 789 in rushing, the most combined rushing yards in a Tennessee game this season. The Volunteers finished with 599 total yards while Kentucky gained 635. The game also saw the return of cornerback Cameron Sutton, injured in the September 10 game, with three tackles and two passes broken up.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Head coach Butch Jones called the win a "hard fought, very very good team victory." Regarding the offense, he said, "I believe we only had five third downs the entire game, which means you're winning first downs, mixed downs, first and second down. I thought our offensive line came off the ball really well." Speaking of the defense, he said, "[there's] obviously a lot of stuff to correct and improve upon, but the one thing I thought was glaring in this game was our red zone efficiency defensively. I believe we only gave up two touchdowns in six trips ... I'm just proud of our players with the resolve and the resiliency."


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
In the final home game of the season, senior quarterback Joshua Dobbs accounted for five touchdowns to lead the Tennessee Volunteers to a 63-37 victory over the Missouri Tigers. Dobbs passed for 223 yards, threw three touchdowns, and rushed for two more scores — including a career-long 70-yard breakaway run — to finish with a career-best 413 total yards. Total offense for Tennessee was 609 yards, 223 passing and 386 rushing. The game was relatively close until the fourth quarter, when the Volunteers outscored the Tigers 28-10.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
It marked the most points Tennessee had scored in a quarter this season and the first time in breaching 60 points in a game since 2009. Just as the game began in Knoxville all eyes were focused on Baton Rouge, LA, where the Florida Gators clinched the SEC East and a trip to the SEC championship game with a win over LSU, thus ending any possibility of a tie-breaker.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Head coach Butch Jones knew the game wasn't "going to be pretty", but he thought his team "really rallied". He added, "We knew it was going to be this type of game. Missouri has a very explosive offense ... It was a very fitting last game in Neyland Stadium. I'm proud of how far we've come with our football program, in the last 17 games, we're 14-3, second in the Southeastern Conference.


2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Over the last three games, I believe we've scored over 40 points per game, and that hasn't been done since 1995 — so, a lot of good things happening. I'm proud of our seniors, and I'm proud of our football team to gut through this win and find a way to win a football game."


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui
The 2016 Tennis Championships of Maui was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh (ATP) and first (ITF) editions of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money for both genders. It took place in Lahaina, Maui, United States, on 25–31 January, 2016.


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui, ITF singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Men's Doubles
Jared Donaldson and Stefan Kozlov are the defending champions but only Kozlov defending his title partnering Taylor Fritz, losing in the first round to Toshihide Matsui and Dean O'Brien.


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Men's Doubles
Jason Jung and Dennis Novikov won the title, defeating Alex Bolt and Frank Moser in the final 6–3, 4–6, [10–8].


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Men's Singles
Jared Donaldson was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round to Alex Bolt.


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Men's Singles
Wu Di won the title, defeating Kyle Edmund 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Women's Doubles
This was a new event added to the ITF Women's Circuit in 2016.


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Women's Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez won the title, defeating Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend in an all-American final 6–2, 3–6, [10–6].


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Women's Singles
This was a new event added to the ITF Women's Circuit in 2016.


2016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Women's Singles
Christina McHale won the title, defeating Raveena Kingsley in an all-American final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.


2016 Tennis Classic of Macon
The 2016 Tennis Classic of Macon was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Macon, Georgia, United States, on 24–30 October 2016.


2016 Tennis Classic of Macon, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Tennis Classic of Macon, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2016 Tennis Classic of Macon – Doubles
Jan Abaza and Viktorija Golubic were the defending champions, but Golubic chose not to participate. Abaza partnered Alyona Sotnikova, but they lost in the quarterfinals.


2016 Tennis Classic of Macon – Doubles
Michaëlla Krajicek and Taylor Townsend won the title, defeating Sabrina Santamaria and Keri Wong in the final, 3–6, 6–2, [10–6].


2016 Tennis Classic of Macon – Singles
Rebecca Peterson was the defending champion, but lost to Danielle Collins in the semifinal.


2016 Tennis Classic of Macon – Singles
Kayla Day won the title, defeating Collins in an all-American final, 6–1, 6–3.


2016 Tercera División play-offs
The 2016 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2015–16 Tercera División to 2016–17 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each group took part in the play-off.


2016 Tercera División play-offs, Format
The eighteen group winners have the opportunity to be promoted directly to Segunda División B. The eighteen group winners were drawn into a two-legged series where the nine winners will promote to Segunda División B. The nine losing clubs will enter the play-off round for the last nine promotion spots.


2016 Tercera División play-offs, Format
The eighteen runners-up were drawn against one of the eighteen fourth-placed clubs outside their group and the eighteen third-placed clubs were drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The twenty-seven winners will advance with the nine losing clubs from the champions' series to determine the eighteen teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last nine promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the champions' series or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw determines the club to play at home first.


2016 Tercera División play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Qualified teams
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid) on 16 May 2016.


2016 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Matches
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 16 May 2016. The first leg was played on 22 and 23 May 2016 and the second one on 28 and 29 May.


2016 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Second round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid).


2016 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Matches
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 30 May 2016. The first leg will be played on 4 and 5 June 2016 and the second one on 11 and 12 June.


2016 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Matches
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 13 June 2016. The first leg will be played on 18 and 19 June 2016 and the second one on 25 and 26 June.


2016 Terengganu FA season
The 2016 season was Terengganu Football Association's 4th season in the Liga Super and the 21st consecutive season in the top-flight of Malaysian football. In addition, they were competing in the domestic tournaments, the Piala FA and the Piala Malaysia.


2016 Terengganu FA season, Players, Squad information
Last update: 13 February 2016Source: Ordered by squad number. LPLocal player; FPForeign player; NRNon-registered player


2016 Terengganu FA season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 26 May 2016Source: Competitive matchesOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2016 Tevlin Women's Challenger
The 2016 Tevlin Women's Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between October 31 and November 6, 2016.


2016 Tevlin Women's Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Doubles
Sharon Fichman and Maria Sanchez were the defending champions, but decided not to participate this year.


2016 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski and Michaëlla Krajicek won the title, defeating Ashley Weinhold and Caitlin Whoriskey 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Singles
Tatjana Maria was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.


2016 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Singles
Catherine Bellis won the title, defeating Jesika Malečková 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 in the final


2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team
The 2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represents the Texas A&M University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Aggies play their home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team, Schedule and results
† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2016 Southeastern Conference standings. *Rankings are based on the team's current  ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fifth-year head coach Kevin Sumlin. They finished the season 8–5, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in fourth place in the Western Division. They were invited to the Texas Bowl where they lost to Kansas State.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Recruiting class
In the 2016 recruiting class, Texas A&M signed 21 players (22 including transfer QB Trevor Knight), 8 of which were included in the ESPN 300 and 8 in the 247 Sports top 250. The class was ranked 20th in the nation by ESPN, 17th by Rivals, 18th by 247, and 20th by Scout.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Schedule
Texas A&M announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Aggies will host SEC foes LSU, Ole Miss, and Tennessee, and will travel to Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, and South Carolina. Texas A&M will go against Arkansas for the third time in a row in Arlington, Texas.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Schedule
The Aggies will host all four of its non–conference games which are against New Mexico State Aggies from the Sun Belt Conference, Prairie View A&M Panthers from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, UCLA Bruins from the Pac-12 Conference and UTSA Roadrunners from Conference USA.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The Texas A&M Aggies opened their 2016 season at home against the #16 UCLA Bruins. The Aggies dominated the Bruins in the first 3 quarters of the game, leading 24–9 at the start of the 4th quarter. UCLA started a comeback late in the 4th quarter with Bolu Olorunfunmi running 9 yards for a touchdown. With J.J. Molson making the extra point, the Bruins trailed 16–24 with 4:19 left in regulation. UCLA's defense forced the Aggies into a 3–and–out on the next possession.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The Bruins' offense wasted no time scoring again, with Josh Rosen throwing 62 yards to Kenneth Walker III to trail 22–24. UCLA tied it up 24–24 with Rosen finding Austin Roberts for the two–point conversion with 2:39 left in regulation. A&M punted on their next possession, but gained the ball back after a Rosen pass was intercepted by Justin Evans at the A&M 47 yard line. The 4th quarter ended with the Aggies marching down to the UCLA 40 before turning it over on downs.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The Aggies received the ball first to start overtime and found the end zone with a 1 yard touchdown run from Trevor Knight. UCLA made it to the A&M 5, but failed to score on a 4th and goal, ending the game. Winning the game in overtime, the Texas A&M Aggies upset the #16 UCLA Bruins 31–24.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Prairie View A&M
After the upset the week before against the #16 UCLA Bruins, the #20 Texas A&M Aggies hosted the FCS Prairie View A&M Panthers from the SWAC. The Aggies' defense held the Panthers scoreless, only allowed 10 first downs, 205 total yards of offense, and forcing a safety. A&M's special teams were also a highlight, with Justin Evans blocking a 38 yard field goal in the 1st quarter and Nick Harvey returning a punt 73 yards for a touchdown in the 4th. The only highlights for the Panthers was Raleigh Johnson intercepting a Trevor Knight pass in the end zone in the 2nd quarter and Johnson forcing a fumble that was recovered by Reginald Stubblefield late in the 4th.


2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Auburn
The Aggies opened 2016 conference play on the road against the Auburn Tigers. Texas A&M kicker Daniel LaCamera made 5 goals during the game while quarterback Trevor Knight didn't throw an interception during the game, the first game of the season where he didn't throw a pick.


2016 Texas Bowl
The 2016 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by the AdvoCare nutrition and sports performance company, it is officially known as the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The eleventh edition of the Texas Bowl, it featured the Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference against the Texas A&M Aggies of the Southeastern Conference. This was the first meeting between the two teams since Texas A&M left the Big 12 Conference after the 2011 season.


2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Texas as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary
On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states, including their own Texas primary.


2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary
Decisive support from Latinos—particularly in the rural Rio Grande Valley—delivered a landslide win to Clinton.


2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton won the Texas primary by a landslide margin of over thirty points, thanks in large part to support from Hispanic/Latinos (whom she won by a margin of 71-29 over Bernie Sanders), African American  voters (whom she won 83-15) and white women (63-35 over Sanders). Clinton won all of the major cities (Fort Worth, Dallas, El Paso, San Antonio, and Houston, and Corpus Christi) except for Austin where Sanders won only narrowly.


2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Sanders won few counties outside of Travis County, where the University of Texas at Austin is located. He won neighboring Hays County, home to another prominent college, Texas State University in San Marcos. Sanders also managed to very narrowly edge out Clinton in Brazos County, home to College Station and Texas A&M University, by 28 votes. In all three counties mentioned above, Sanders performed worse than Barack Obama did in the 2008 Texas Democratic primary and caucuses, despite all three containing a bloc of young voters, a demographic Sanders usually performs well in.


2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
The rest of Sanders's victories came from 11 sparsely populated counties where Republicans have performed strongly in the past several elections. His strongest performance came from the Texas Panhandle in Armstrong County, where he won 80% of the vote, 4 votes to Clinton's 1. Two counties in particular, Glasscock and Coke, had Sanders and Clinton tie.


2016 Texas House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 41 members to Texas' House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016 with a run-off on May 24, 2016.


2016 Texas House of Representatives election
Republicans retained control of the House despite losing four seats, winning 95 seats compared to 55 seats for the Democrats.


2016 Texas House of Representatives election, Results, District
Results of the 2016 Texas House of Representatives election by district:


2016 Texas Longhorns baseball team
The 2016 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Augie Garrido, in his 20th and final season at Texas.


2016 Texas Longhorns baseball team, Previous Season
The 2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team notched a 30–27 (11–13) record and finished fifth in the Big 12 Conference standings. The Longhorns won the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, earning the Big 12's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Longhorns were selected for the Dallas Regional, where they lost their first game to Oregon State and were eliminated from the Tournament with a loss in their second game to Regional host Dallas Baptist.


2016 Texas Longhorns baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2016 Texas Longhorns football team, known variously as "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "Horns", was a collegiate American football team representing the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Big 12 Conference in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season; the 2016 team was the 124th to represent the university in college football. The Longhorns were led by third-year head coach Charlie Strong with Sterlin Gilbert as the team's offensive coordinator and Vance Bedford as the team's defensive coordinator. The team played its home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the team is based.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team
Following a 5–7 season the previous year, the 2016 preseason involved several coaching changes for the Texas Longhorns football team. A search for a new offensive coordinator carried over from the end of the 2015 season, and culminated with the hires of offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert alongside offensive line coach Matt Mattox in December 2015. Departures and dismissals of specialists at the running back, defensive back, and wide receiver coaching positions led to hires at those vacancies in February 2016. Despite the shakeup, the Longhorns signed a consensus top-15 ranked recruiting class on National Signing Day, with additional transfers in the successive months improving the recruiting class to a consensus top-10 nationally.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team
After a second-straight 5–7 season that included the Longhorns' first loss to Kansas since 1938, the University of Texas fired Charlie Strong at a morning meeting on November 26, 2016.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
The Texas Longhorns finished the previous season with an overall record of 5–7, with a 3–5 record in Big 12 play; this placed Texas at seventh in the conference. Although select 5–7 football teams, namely those with the highest Academic Progress Rates (APR), filled several bowl games as an inadequate number of teams finished with the six wins traditionally required for bowl eligibility, Texas did not have a high enough APR; thus, the season ended with a regular season upset win over the Baylor Bears.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
Towards the end of the 2015 season, Texas' administration reportedly began showing interest in hiring then TCU co-offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie to serve as an offensive coordinator for the Longhorns in 2016. This interest culminated in several meetings and an eventual offer by Charlie Strong in early December 2015; Cumbie eventually turned down the offer. Concurrently, the Longhorns administration expressed interest in Tulsa co-offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert for the same job at Texas, among other candidates.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
Despite media reports suggesting that Gilbert took the Texas job on December 11, later reports from the same day indicated that Gilbert had also turned down the coaching offer. Allegedly, inconsistencies with the exact terms of the offer led to Gilbert's initial refusal. However, further negotiations between Texas and Gilbert resulted in the official announcement of Texas' hiring of the former Tulsa offensive coordinator, along with Gilbert's offensive line coach, Matt Mattox, on December 12, 2015. Consequently, offensive coordinator Shawn Watson and offensive line coach Joe Wickline, who had remained a part of the Texas coaching staff since 2014, were released.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
Concurrent with Texas' search for a new offensive coordinator, Missouri reportedly showed interest in Texas special teams and tight end coach Jeff Traylor. On December 16, Traylor was offered and accepted a pay raise from the Longhorns, suggesting that Traylor's scheduled interview with the Missouri Tigers was eventually canceled. Traylor later interviewed for the vacant head coach position at Texas State in January 2016, though Texas State would eventually hire Everett Withers as head coach. Traylor's son, Jordan Traylor, became a graduate assistant for the Longhorns on January 8 after finishing his collegiate football career at Texas A&M.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
On January 18, Texas running backs coach Tommie Robinson announced his departure from Austin to join the University of Southern California (USC) coaching staff for the same position, meaning that none of initial offensive staff hires made by Charlie Strong at the beginning of his first year at Texas will be set to coach the Longhorns in 2016. On February 11, Texas defensive backs coach Chris Vaughn was dismissed from the team after he was implicated in an ongoing NCAA investigation of the Ole Miss Rebels football team. The same day, wide receivers coach Jay Norvell left the University of Texas to coach at the same position at Arizona State, resulting in a total of three significant coaching vacancies at Texas by mid-February.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
On February 12, Texas was set to reportedly hire Purdue defensive backs coach Taver Johnson; however, Texas would eventually hire Arkansas defensive backs coach Clay Jennings on February 17 to fill the same vacant position at Texas. Concurrently, the Longhorns hired two other coaches to fill Texas coaching vacancies, including former Toledo Rockets co-offensive coordinator Anthony Johnson as a running backs coach on February 13 and former Indianapolis Colts running backs coach Charlie Williams as a wide receivers coach on February 15. Around the same time, Texas A&M pitched an offer to Longhorns defensive line coach Brick Haley, though Haley decided to stay with the Longhorns.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
In mid-February, Johnathan Blue, a trustee at the University of Louisville, requested Texas head coach Charlie Strong to provide a statement for Blue's wife, Tracy Blue, at court as part of an ongoing divorce case in Kentucky. In addition, any communication between Strong and Blue was requested; however, the divorce was settled on February 25 without Strong needing to testify.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason, Spring practice
The Longhorns began spring practice on March 7, which subsequent practices interspersed over the following weeks. Charlie Strong noted that the top three priorities for spring practice were to develop Texas' defensive linemen, wide receivers, and quarterbacks. Spring practices began utilizing shoulder pads on March 11. On March 29, Jerrod Heard, who had served as the starting quarterback for Texas during several games in 2015, suffered a shoulder injury during practice. Although no timetable for his return to practice was set, the university indicated the injury was a minor sprain of his throwing shoulder. By April 5, the Longhorns had completed ten spring practice sessions.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason, Spring practice, Spring game
Texas' annual Orange-White spring game was set for April 16 at the Longhorns' home field in Austin, Texas; this placed the game 141 days before Texas' first official game against Notre Dame. Although the game was scheduled to play out over four quarters, inclement weather forced the spring game to end after halftime. Throughout the game, the 'Texas' team represented the first-team, while the 'Horns' represented the second-team. The spring game featured the hurry-up offensive scheme introduced by new offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason, Spring practice, Spring game
The Texas side of the game began with the football to start the game, and were eventually stopped by the Horns defense to a punt following a three-and-out. Quarterback Shane Buechele threw a 27-yard pass to Armanti Foreman on the ensuing drive to score a touchdown for the Horns; running back Chris Warren III would run a 51-yard touchdown on the following drive roughly a minute later for Texas, tying the game at 7–7 to end the first quarter.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason, Spring practice, Spring game
The five subsequent drives ended without any scores, though one drive ended in a failed 46-yard field goal attempt from Mitchel Becker. In the second quarter, Texas would score two additional touchdowns on a run from D'Onta Foreman and a long pass from Shane Buechele to John Burt; following the last touchdown of the game, both teams turned the ball over via an interception and a fumble. At halftime, Charlie Strong ended the spring game due to worsening weather conditions, concluding a 21–7 victory for the Texas team.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason, Fall practice
Camp practices in the leadup to the 2016 football season began on August 6. During fall practice, former starting quarterback Jerrod Heard was moved to the wide receiver position.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Following the 2016 recruiting cycle, a total of 28 players signed their National Letter of Intent to become a part of the 2016 Texas Longhorns football team. Prior to National Signing Day on February 3, 2016, 17 players had pledged their commitments to the Longhorns, while four of these players became early enrollees at the beginning of the 2015-16 spring semester. Of the 28 recruited players, all are from high schools in the United States, with none originating from other countries or from junior colleges.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Of Texas' recruits, 23 were from Texas, 4 were from Louisiana, and 1 was from California. Collin Johnson committed to the Longhorns on April 17, 2014, becoming the first player to announce their commitment to the team. As the final previously-uncommitted Texas recruit to submit his letter of intent on National Signing Day, Jordan Elliot initially became the final recruit of the 2016 class on February 3, 2016. However, offensive guard Patrick Hudson would later sign is letter of intent well after National Signing Day on June 29.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Two players announced their commitments in 2014, while ten did so in 2015. Five additional players committed to Texas in 2016 prior to National Signing Day, with another four uncommitted players signing their letters of intent in June 2016. Thirteen of Texas' recruits primarily served as offensive players, while another thirteen primarily served as defensive players. Two additional recruits, Lil'Jordan Humphrey and Donovan Duvernay, were recruited as a general purpose athlete.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
On January 2, 2016, offensive tackle prospect Jean Delance of Mesquite, Texas announced his commitment to the Longhorns during the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game. On the weekend of January 16–17, Texas hosted 19 prospective and committed players on official visits to the campus; of the 19 prospects, the Longhorns would eventually sign 15 recruits. Shortly afterwards, former longtime Kansas State commit Zach Shackelford, an offensive linesmen, flipped his commitment to the Longhorns.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Two days later, Shackelford, along with three other Longhorns recruits, became early enrollees as Texas for the school year's spring semester; as a result, all four were eligible for spring practice with the Longhorns football team in 2016. On January 24, former cornerback prospect Obi Eboh dropped his commitment to Texas, instead opting to sign with Stanford. On National Signing Day, seven players announced their commitment to the Texas football team and faxed their letters of intent. According to ESPN's metrics, Texas' recruiting class had climbed over 20 spots to hold a top 10 ranking following the prolific recruiting day.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Among these recruits was runningback Erick Fowler, who had been committed to Louisiana State (LSU) up until National Signing Day. Following National Signing Day, Texas' 2016 recruiting class was ranked as the 13th, 10th, 13th, and 8th best in the country by 247Sports.com, ESPN, Rivals.com, and Scout.com, respectively. All four recruiting services listed Texas as having the best 2016 recruiting class in the Big 12 Conference. After additional recruits signed in June 2016, Texas' recruiting class was ranked 9th, 7th, and 3rd by 247Sports.com, Rivals.com, and Scout.com, respectively.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
In June 2016, the firing of then-Baylor head coach Art Briles in the aftermath of the Baylor University football scandal resulted in four players formerly committed to Baylor singing with the Texas football team; the players were able to change schools after Baylor failed to submit their national letters of intent to Big 12 Conference offices, allowing the players to request a release from the letter.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Both 247Sports.com and Scout.com listed safety Brandon Jones of Nacogdoches High School as Texas' highest rated recruit; both services considered Jones to be the best safety prospect in the United States for 2016. According to ESPN, Texas' highest rated recruit was linebacker prospect Jeffrey McCulloch; fourteen of Texas' twenty-eight recruits, including McCulloch, were listed on the ESPN 300, which listed the 300 top recruiting prospects nationwide according to the network's metrics. Rivals.com listed linebacker and former LSU-commit Erick Fowler as Texas' top recruit for 2016. Several Texas recruits received various accolades during the 2016 recruiting cycle.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Quarterback Shane Buechele was one of 18 quarterbacks who participated in the 2016 Elite 11 quarterback competition; Buechele also participated in Nike's The Opening alongside future Texas recruits Eric Cuffee, Erick Fowler, and Jeffrey McCulloch. Three players formed a part of the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, while four participated in the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game;another three recruits played in the 2016 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl.


2016 Texas Longhorns football team, Personnel
A search for a new Texas offensive coordinator in December 2015 concluded with the official hiring of former Tulsa co-offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert on December 12, 2015 as both an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks' coach. As part of the negotiations, Matt Mattox, the former Tulsa offensive line coach, was also named to the same position at Texas. Both coaches were given three-year coaching contracts, with Gilbert and Mattox awarded $850,000 and $550,000 annual salaries, respectively. The move implicated the release of Shawn Watson and Joe Wickline, who had occupied the newly changed coaching positions since 2014. Jay Norvell, who had served as a co-offensive coordinator for much of the 2015 season, became solely a wide receivers' coach following the coaching changes.