The 2016 season's largest margin: App State 37, New Mexico State 7. A 30-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
App State's 2016 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Taylor LambQB2,281 passing yards
- Jalin MooreRB1,402 rushing yards
- Marcus CoxRB1,015 rushing yards
- Darrynton EvansRB217 rushing yards
- Shaedon MeadorsWR716 receiving yards
- Jaquil CapelWR290 receiving yards
- Ike LewisWR236 receiving yards
- Eric BoggsILB98 tackles
- Kennan GilchristOLB89 tackles
- Devan StringerOLB71 tackles
- Antonious SimsDL7 sacks
- Dezmin ReedOLB6 sacks
- Caleb FullerDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: App State 10, Miami 45. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: App State beat Toledo 31-28 in the postseason.
"Go Apps"
2016 is a middle chapter for App State — 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.