The 2016 season's largest margin: Boise State 52, Hawai'i 16. A 36-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
Boise 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
- Brett RypienQB3,646 passing yards
- Jeremy McNicholsRB1,709 rushing yards
- Alexander MattisonRB328 rushing yards
- Thomas SperbeckWR1,272 receiving yards
- Cedrick WilsonWR1,129 receiving yards
- Chaz AndersonWR386 receiving yards
- Ben Weaver?108 tackles
- Chanceller JamesS80 tackles
- Darren Lee?71 tackles
- David MoaDT8.5 sacks
- Dylan Sumner-GardnerS7 sacks
- Sam McCaskillDE6.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Boise State 12, Baylor 31. A 19-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Boise State fell to Baylor 12-31 in the postseason.
"Be the smurf"
2016 is a middle chapter for Boise 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.