2016 — The 2016 Season

Delaware's 2016 season (4-7) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 4-7
Final Result Non-bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -9.4 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Dela Sta 56-14 W @ Lafaye 24-6 L @ Wake For 21-38 L @ Jame Mad 20-43 L vs Maine 21-28 L @ Will Mar 17-24 L vs Ston Bro 3-28 W vs Towson 20-6 W @ UAlbany 33-17 L @ Richmond 17-31 L vs Villan 10-41
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Delaware 56, Delaware State 14. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Delaware 10, Villanova 41. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Fear the Hen"
— Delaware fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Delaware — 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.