2016 The Correction

2016 is a losing-side chapter for Akron. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ -4.4 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs VMI 47-24 L @ Wiscon 10-54 W @ Marshall 65-38 L vs App Sta 38-45 W @ Kent Sta 31-27 W vs Miam (OH 35-13 L vs West Mic 0-41 W @ Ball Sta 35-25 L @ Buffalo 20-41 L vs Toledo 17-48 L vs Bowl Gre 28-38 L @ Ohio 3-9

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Akron 65, Marshall 38. A 27-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Akron 10, Wisconsin 54. A 44-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Fear the Roo"
— Akron fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 sits in Akron's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.