2016 — Season 2016

Record 3-9
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.3 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs West Car 52-7 W vs NC State 33-30 L @ S Caro 15-20 L @ Virg Tec 17-54 L vs UCF 29-47 L @ Sout Flo 22-38 L @ Cincin 19-31 W vs UConn 41-3 L @ Tulsa 24-45 L vs SMU 31-55 L vs Navy 31-66 L @ Temple 10-37
What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (3-9) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.