Arkansas State·Sun Belt

2016 — The Winning Chapter

Arkansas State's 2016 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Won the Cure Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Toledo 10-31 L @ Auburn 14-51 L @ Utah Sta 20-34 L vs Cent Ark 23-28 W vs Geor Sou 27-26 W vs Sout Ala 17-7 W vs UL Mon 51-10 W @ Geor Sta 31-16 W vs New Sta 41-22 W @ Troy 35-3 L @ Louisi 19-24 W @ Texa Sta 36-14 W @ UCF 31-13 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Arkansas State 51, UL Monroe 10. A 41-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Arkansas State 14, Auburn 51. A 37-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Arkansas State beat UCF 31-13 in the postseason.

"Wolves Up"
— Arkansas State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Arkansas State — 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.