The 2016 season's largest margin: Georgia 28, South Carolina 14. A 14-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Georgia's 2016 season (8-5) 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
- Jacob EasonQB2,430 passing yards
- Nick Chubb?1,130 rushing yards
- Sony Michel?840 rushing yards
- Brian HerrienRB363 rushing yards
- Isaiah McKenzieWR633 receiving yards
- Terry GodwinWR397 receiving yards
- Isaac NautaTE361 receiving yards
- Roquan SmithILB95 tackles
- Natrez PatrickILB59 tackles
- Trenton ThompsonDT56 tackles
- Davin BellamyOLB5 sacks
- Lorenzo CarterOLB5 sacks
- David MarshallLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Georgia 14, Ole Miss 45. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Georgia beat TCU 31-23 in the postseason.
"How 'bout them Dawgs."
2016 is a middle chapter for Georgia — 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.