2016 — Season 2016

Record 6-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.3 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Howard 52-13 W @ Flor Int 41-14 W @ UCF 30-24 W vs Purdue 50-7 L @ Penn St 14-38 L vs Minnes 10-31 W vs Mich St 28-17 L @ Indiana 36-42 L @ Michigan 3-59 L vs Ohio St 3-62 L @ Nebraska 7-28 W vs Rutgers 31-13 L @ Bost Col 30-36 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (6-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.