Air Force·Mountain West

2016 — The Ten-Win Year

Air Force's 2016 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Won the Arizona Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Abil Chr 37-21 W vs Geor Sta 48-14 W @ Utah Sta 27-20 W vs Navy 28-14 L @ Wyoming 26-35 L vs New Mex 40-45 L vs Hawai'i 27-34 W @ Fres Sta 31-21 W @ Army 31-12 W vs Colo Sta 49-46 W @ San Sta 41-38 W vs Bois Sta 27-20 W vs Sout Ala 45-21 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Air Force 48, Georgia State 14. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Air Force 26, Wyoming 35. A 9-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Air Force beat South Alabama 45-21 in the postseason.

"Go Air Force"
— Air Force fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Air Force — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.