Big 12
The 2016 season's largest margin: West Virginia 48, Texas Tech 17. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.
West Virginia·Big 12
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
West Virginia's 2016 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Lost the Russell Athletic Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Skyler HowardQB3,328 passing yards
- Justin CrawfordRB1,184 rushing yards
- Rushel ShellRB514 rushing yards
- Kennedy McKoyRB472 rushing yards
- Shelton GibsonWR951 receiving yards
- Daikiel ShortsWR894 receiving yards
- Ka'Raun WhiteWR583 receiving yards
- Justin ArndtLB84 tackles
- Al-Rasheed BentonLB80 tackles
- Jarrod HarperS71 tackles
- Noble NwachukwuDL4 sacks
- Kyzir WhiteS3 sacks
- Darrien HowardDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: West Virginia 28, Oklahoma 56. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: West Virginia fell to Miami 14-31 in the postseason.
"Let's Go Mountaineers"
2016 is a middle chapter for West Virginia — 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.