2021 — Season 2021

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.1 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Temple 61-14 W @ Syracuse 17-7 W vs Delaware 45-13 L @ Michigan 13-20 L vs Ohio St 13-52 L vs Mich St 13-31 L @ Northw 7-21 W @ Illinois 20-14 L vs Wiscon 3-52 W @ Indiana 38-3 L @ Penn St 0-28 L vs Maryland 16-40 L vs Wake For 10-38 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

What It Meant

2021 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.