Southern·SWAC

2016 — The Winning Chapter

Southern's 2016 season (8-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-3
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ UL Mon 21-38 L @ Tulane 21-66 W vs Alab Sta 64-6 W @ Alab A&M 59-31 W @ Jack Sta 28-24 W vs Arka Blu 49-17 W @ Alco Sta 41-33 W vs Texa Sou 26-10 W @ Prai A&M 44-34 W vs Miss Sta 55-0 L vs Grambl 30-52
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Southern 64, Alabama State 6. A 58-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Southern 21, Tulane 66. A 45-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Jaguars"
— Southern fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Southern — 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.