2017 — Season 2017

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.9 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Washin 14-30 L vs East Mic 13-16 W vs Morg Sta 65-0 L @ Nebraska 17-27 L vs Ohio St 0-56 W @ Illinois 35-24 W vs Purdue 14-12 L @ Michigan 14-35 W vs Maryland 31-24 L @ Penn St 6-35 L @ Indiana 0-41 L vs Mich St 7-40

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.