2016 — The 2016 Season

Illinois State's 2016 season (6-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.1 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Valpar 50-13 W @ Northw 9-7 L vs East Ill 21-24 L @ Indi Sta 31-34 L @ Nort Sta 10-31 L vs Youn Sta 6-20 W vs Sout Ill 31-28 L @ Sout Dak 24-27 W vs Sout Sta 38-21 W @ West Ill 31-26 W vs Miss Sta 37-0 L @ Cent Ark 24-31
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Illinois State 50, Valparaiso 13. A 37-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Illinois State 10, North Dakota State 31. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Redbirds"
— Illinois State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Illinois State — 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.