2016 — Season 2016

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.0 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Ohio St 10-77 W vs Nort Dak 27-26 L vs Midd Ten 21-41 L @ Memphis 3-77 L vs East Mic 25-28 L @ Ohio 24-30 L @ Toledo 35-42 L vs Miam (OH 26-40 L @ Nort Ill 20-45 W @ Akron 38-28 W vs Kent Sta 42-7 W vs Buffalo 27-19

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.