Miami (OH)·Mid-American

2021 — The 2021 Season

Miami (OH)'s 2021 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Won the Frisco Football Classic
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Cincin 14-49 L @ Minnes 26-31 W vs Long Uni 42-7 L @ Army 10-23 W vs Cent Mic 28-17 L @ East Mic 12-13 W vs Akron 34-21 W @ Ball Sta 24-17 L @ Ohio 33-35 W vs Buffalo 45-18 W vs Bowl Gre 34-7 L @ Kent Sta 47-48 W vs Nort Tex 27-14 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Miami (OH) 42, Long Island University 7. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Miami (OH) 14, Cincinnati 49. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Miami (OH) beat North Texas 27-14 in the postseason.

"Love and Honor"
— Miami (OH) fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Miami (OH) — 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.