The 2016 season's largest margin: Central Michigan 49, Presbyterian 3. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Central Michigan. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Cooper RushQB3,540 passing yards
- Devon SpaldingRB758 rushing yards
- Jahray HayesRB486 rushing yards
- Jonathan WardRB200 rushing yards
- Corey WillisWR1,087 receiving yards
- Mark ChapmanWR592 receiving yards
- Tyler ConklinTE560 receiving yards
- Malik FountainLB90 tackles
- Nathan RickettsLB81 tackles
- Joe OstmanDL69 tackles
- Kelby LattaDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Central Michigan 10, Tulsa 55. A 45-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Central Michigan fell to Tulsa 10-55 in the postseason.
"Fire Up Chips"
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.