The 2016 season's largest margin: Akron 65, Marshall 38. A 27-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Akron. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Thomas WoodsonQB2,079 passing yards
- Tra'Von ChapmanQB700 passing yards
- Van Edwards Jr.RB492 rushing yards
- Manny MorganRB417 rushing yards
- Jerome LaneWR1,018 receiving yards
- JoJo NatsonWR837 receiving yards
- Austin WolfWR550 receiving yards
- Ulysees GilbertLB121 tackles
- Alvin DavisDB87 tackles
- Brian BellLB61 tackles
- Jamal MarcusDL2.5 sacks
- Brock BoxenDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Akron 10, Wisconsin 54. A 44-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Fear the Roo"
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.