2016 — Season 2016

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.4 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs VMI 47-24 L @ Wiscon 10-54 W @ Marshall 65-38 L vs App Sta 38-45 W @ Kent Sta 31-27 W vs Miam (OH 35-13 L vs West Mic 0-41 W @ Ball Sta 35-25 L @ Buffalo 20-41 L vs Toledo 17-48 L vs Bowl Gre 28-38 L @ Ohio 3-9

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.