2016 — Season 2016

Record 3-9
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.3 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Murr Sta 52-3 L vs UNC 23-48 L vs West Mic 10-34 L @ Nebraska 16-31 L vs Purdue 31-34 W @ Rutgers 24-7 L @ Michigan 8-41 L vs Minnes 17-40 W vs Mich St 31-27 L @ Wiscon 3-48 L vs Iowa 0-28 L @ Northw 21-42

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (3-9) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.