2023 — Season 2023

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -6.4 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Mich St 7-31 W vs New Ham 45-42 L @ ND 17-41 W @ Sout Ala 34-30 W vs East Mic 26-23 L @ Buffalo 13-37 W vs Akron 17-10 L @ Ball Sta 17-24 W vs Nort Ill 37-31 L @ West Mic 28-38 L @ Ohio 20-34 L vs Toledo 17-32

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2023.

What It Meant

2023 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.