Campbell·Pioneer

2016 — The 2016 Season

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

Record 5-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -14.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs BLUEFI 59-7 W @ Chowan 47-14 L vs Presby 14-31 W vs Butler 33-27 L @ Marist 7-24 L vs Stetson 24-30 L @ Drake 21-33 W vs Davidson 28-0 W @ More Sta 27-21 L vs San Die 21-57
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Campbell 59, BLUEFIELD 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Campbell 21, San Diego 57. A 36-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Let's Go Camels!"
— Campbell fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Campbell — 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.