Big 12
The 2016 season's largest margin: Baylor 55, Northwestern State 7. A 48-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Baylor·Big 12
2016 — The 2016 Season
Baylor's 2016 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Cactus Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Seth RussellQB2,126 passing yards
- Zach SmithQB1,526 passing yards
- Terence WilliamsRB1,048 rushing yards
- Shock LinwoodRB751 rushing yards
- JaMycal HastyRB623 rushing yards
- KD CannonWR1,215 receiving yards
- Ishmael ZamoraWR809 receiving yards
- Chris PlattWR567 receiving yards
- Aiavion EdwardsLB98 tackles
- Taylor YoungLB93 tackles
- Orion StewartS76 tackles
- K.J. SmithDE7 sacks
- Patrick LevelsDB5.5 sacks
- Ira LewisDT3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Baylor 22, TCU 62. A 40-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Baylor beat Boise State 31-12 in the postseason.
"Sic 'em"
2016 is a middle chapter for Baylor — 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.