Army·FBS Independents

2016 — The Winning Chapter

Army'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 Heart of Dallas Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Temple 28-13 W vs Rice 31-14 W @ UTEP 66-14 L @ Buffalo 20-23 L @ Duke 6-13 W vs Lafaye 62-7 L vs Nort Tex 18-35 W @ Wake For 21-13 L vs Air For 12-31 L @ ND 6-44 W vs Morg Sta 60-3 W vs Navy 21-17 W @ Nort Tex 38-31 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Army 60, Morgan State 3. A 57-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Army 6, Notre Dame 44. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Army beat North Texas 38-31 in the postseason.

"Go Army"
— Army fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Army — 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.