Navy·American Athletic

2016 — The Winning Chapter

Navy's 2016 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Armed Forces Bowl
AP final #20 post-bowls
SP+ +0.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Fordham 52-16 W vs UConn 28-24 W @ Tulane 21-14 L @ Air For 14-28 W vs Houston 46-40 W vs Memphis 42-28 L @ Sout Flo 45-52 W vs ND 28-27 W vs Tulsa 42-40 W @ East Car 66-31 W @ SMU 75-31 L vs Temple 10-34 L @ Army 17-21 L vs Loui Tec 45-48 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Navy 75, SMU 31. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Navy 10, Temple 34. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Navy fell to Louisiana Tech 45-48 in the postseason.

"Go Navy"
— Navy fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Navy — 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.