The 2016 season's largest margin: Houston 64, Texas State 3. A 61-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Houston'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
- Greg Ward Jr.QB3,557 passing yards
- Duke CatalonRB528 rushing yards
- Dillon BirdenRB289 rushing yards
- Mulbah CarRB206 rushing yards
- Linell BonnerWR1,118 receiving yards
- Chance AllenWR815 receiving yards
- Steven DunbarWR692 receiving yards
- Matthew AdamsLB82 tackles
- Steven TaylorOLB74 tackles
- Khalil WilliamsS68 tackles
- Tyus BowserOLB8.5 sacks
- Ed OliverDT5 sacks
- Garrett DavisDB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Houston 10, San Diego State 34. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Houston fell to San Diego State 10-34 in the postseason.
"Eat 'em up"
2016 is a middle chapter for Houston — 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.