Abilene Christian·Southland

2016 — The 2016 Season

Abilene Christian's 2016 season (2-9) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 2-9
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -9.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Air For 21-37 L vs Nort Col 52-55 L @ Hous Chr 24-27 L @ Step Aus 30-41 L vs Cent Ark 27-58 L vs Lamar 10-38 L @ Sam Hou 21-48 W vs Inca Wor 52-27 L @ McNeese 14-33 W vs Nort Sta 25-22 L @ SE Lou 19-31
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Abilene Christian 52, Incarnate Word 27. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Abilene Christian 27, Central Arkansas 58. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Wildcats!"
— Abilene Christian fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Abilene Christian — 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.