2016 The Winning Chapter

Florida's 2016 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #20 post-bowls
SP+ +6.2 last-week
Era The McElwain Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Massac 24-7 W vs Kentucky 45-7 W vs Nort Tex 32-0 L @ Tennes 28-38 W @ Vander 13-6 W vs Missouri 40-14 W @ Georgia 24-10 L @ Arkansas 10-31 W vs S Caro 20-7 W @ LSU 16-10 L @ FSU 13-31 L vs Alabama 16-54 W @ Iowa 30-3 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Florida 45, Kentucky 7. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Florida 16, Alabama 54. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Florida beat Iowa 30-3 in the postseason.

"It's great to be a Florida Gator."
— Florida fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Florida — 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.