2016 The Correction

2016 is a losing-side chapter for Central Michigan. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 6-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ -3.5 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Presby 49-3 W @ Okla St 30-27 W vs UNLV 44-21 L @ Virginia 35-49 L vs West Mic 10-49 W vs Ball Sta 24-21 W @ Nort Ill 34-28 L @ Toledo 17-31 L vs Kent Sta 24-27 L @ Miam (OH 17-37 W vs Ohio 27-20 L @ East Mic 21-26 L @ Tulsa 10-55 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Central Michigan 49, Presbyterian 3. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Central Michigan 10, Tulsa 55. A 45-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Central Michigan fell to Tulsa 10-55 in the postseason.

"Fire Up Chips"
— Central Michigan fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 sits in Central Michigan'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.