The 2016 season's largest margin: Florida 45, Kentucky 7. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Austin ApplebyQB1,447 passing yards
- Luke Del RioQB1,358 passing yards
- Jordan ScarlettRB889 rushing yards
- Lamical PerineRB421 rushing yards
- Mark ThompsonRB299 rushing yards
- Antonio CallawayWR721 receiving yards
- Brandon PowellWR387 receiving yards
- DeAndre GoolsbyTE342 receiving yards
- Marcell HarrisDB73 tackles
- Jarrad DavisLB60 tackles
- Alex AnzaloneLB53 tackles
- Jabari ZunigaDL5 sacks
- Jordan SheritDL3.5 sacks
- Caleb BrantleyDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Florida 16, Alabama 54. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Florida beat Iowa 30-3 in the postseason.
"It's great to be a Florida Gator."
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.