Wyoming·Mountain West

2016 — The Winning Chapter

Wyoming's 2016 season (8-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Poinsettia Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -3.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Nort Ill 40-34 L @ Nebraska 17-52 W vs UC Davis 45-22 L @ East Mic 24-27 W @ Colo Sta 38-17 W vs Air For 35-26 W @ Nevada 42-34 W vs Bois Sta 30-28 W vs Utah Sta 52-28 L @ UNLV 66-69 W vs San Sta 34-33 L @ New Mex 35-56 L vs San Sta 24-27 L vs BYU 21-24 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Wyoming 52, Utah State 28. A 24-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Wyoming 17, Nebraska 52. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Wyoming fell to BYU 21-24 in the postseason.

"Cowboy Tough"
— Wyoming fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Wyoming — 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.