Missouri State·MVFC

2016 — The 2016 Season

Missouri State's 2016 season (4-7) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 4-7
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -12.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sout (KS 57-0 W @ Murr Sta 28-22 L @ Kans Sta 0-35 W @ Indi Sta 45-24 L vs Nort Sta 3-27 L vs West Ill 35-38 L @ Nort Iow 7-61 W vs Sout Ill 38-35 L @ Sout Sta 24-49 L @ Illi Sta 0-37 L vs Youn Sta 20-65
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Missouri State 57, Southwestern (KS) 0. A 57-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Missouri State 7, Northern Iowa 61. A 54-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Bear Up"
— Missouri State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Missouri State — 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.