ACC
The 2016 season's largest margin: Wake Forest 28, Syracuse 9. A 19-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2016 — The 2016 Season
Wake Forest's 2016 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Military Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- John WolfordQB1,774 passing yards
- Matt ColburnRB626 rushing yards
- Cade CarneyRB589 rushing yards
- Tabari HinesWR447 receiving yards
- Cam SerigneTE426 receiving yards
- Cortez LewisWR415 receiving yards
- Marquel LeeLB105 tackles
- Jessie Bates IIIDB100 tackles
- Thomas BrownLB65 tackles
- Duke EjioforDL10.5 sacks
- Josh BanksDL4.5 sacks
- Julian JacksonDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Wake Forest 12, Louisville 44. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wake Forest beat Temple 34-26 in the postseason.
"Go Deacs"
2016 is a middle chapter for Wake Forest — 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.