The 2016 season's largest margin: Auburn 55, Alabama A&M 0. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Auburn's 2016 season (8-5) 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
- Sean WhiteQB1,679 passing yards
- Jeremy JohnsonQB312 passing yards
- Kamryn PettwayRB1,224 rushing yards
- Kerryon JohnsonRB895 rushing yards
- John Franklin IIIWR430 rushing yards
- Tony StevensWR487 receiving yards
- Darius SlaytonWR292 receiving yards
- Kyle DavisWR248 receiving yards
- Tray Matthews?76 tackles
- Tre' WilliamsLB67 tackles
- Deshaun DavisLB63 tackles
- Carl LawsonDL9 sacks
- Montravius AdamsDT4.5 sacks
- Andrew WilliamsRB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Auburn 12, Alabama 30. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Auburn fell to Oklahoma 19-35 in the postseason.
"War Eagle is the greeting; the eagle flight before kickoff is the ritual."
2016 is a middle chapter for Auburn — 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.