Arkansas-Pine Bluff·SWAC

2016 — The 2016 Season

Arkansas-Pine Bluff's 2016 season (1-10) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 1-10
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -20.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Tenn Sta 0-44 L vs Okla Pan 16-20 W @ Alco Sta 45-43 L vs Jack Sta 20-32 L @ Alab Sta 21-41 L vs Alab A&M 7-40 L @ Southern 17-49 L @ Grambl 0-70 L vs Miss Sta 7-41 L @ Texa Sou 10-27 L vs Prai A&M 7-57
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 45, Alcorn State 43. A 2-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0, Grambling 70. A 70-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Lions"
— Arkansas-Pine Bluff fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Arkansas-Pine Bluff — 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.