The 2016 season's largest margin: Georgia Southern 54, Savannah State 0. A 54-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Georgia Southern. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Kevin EllisonQB871 passing yards
- Favian UpshawQB614 passing yards
- Matt BreidaRB646 rushing yards
- Wesley FieldsRB492 rushing yards
- BJ Johnson IIIWR600 receiving yards
- Myles CampbellWR384 receiving yards
- Montay CrockettWR339 receiving yards
- Ukeme EligweLB104 tackles
- Joshua MoonS71 tackles
- Jessie LiptrotCB35 tackles
- Tre GriffinDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Georgia Southern 10, App State 34. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Hail Southern"
2016 sits in Georgia Southern's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.