2016 — Season 2016

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final #22 post-bowls
SP+ +2.1 last-week
Era The Helfrich Years
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs UC Davis 53-28 W vs Virginia 44-26 L @ Nebraska 32-35 L vs Colorado 38-41 L @ Wash St 33-51 L vs Washin 21-70 L @ Califo 49-52 W vs Ariz Sta 54-35 L @ USC 20-45 L vs Stanford 27-52 W @ Utah 30-28 L @ Oreg Sta 24-34

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.