The 2016 season's largest margin: Colorado 56, Idaho State 7. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
Colorado's 2016 season (10-4) 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
- Sefo LiufauQB2,366 passing yards
- Steven MontezQB1,078 passing yards
- Phillip Lindsay?1,252 rushing yards
- Kyle Evans?346 rushing yards
- Shay FieldsWR883 receiving yards
- Devin RossWR787 receiving yards
- Bryce BoboWR548 receiving yards
- Kenneth OlugbodeILB115 tackles
- Rick GamboaILB76 tackles
- Afolabi LagudaDB67 tackles
- Jimmie GilbertOLB10.5 sacks
- Jordan CarrellDE5 sacks
- Addison GillamILB4 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Colorado 10, Washington 41. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Colorado fell to Oklahoma State 8-38 in the postseason.
"Go Buffs"
2016 is a middle chapter for Colorado — 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.