The 2016 season's largest margin: Illinois 52, Murray State 3. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Illinois. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Wes LuntQB1,376 passing yards
- Jeff George Jr.QB470 passing yards
- Kendrick FosterRB720 rushing yards
- Reggie CorbinRB523 rushing yards
- Ke'Shawn VaughnRB301 rushing yards
- Malik TurnerWR712 receiving yards
- Justin HardeeWR314 receiving yards
- Zach GrantWR265 receiving yards
- Hardy Nickerson Jr.LB107 tackles
- Tre WatsonLB102 tackles
- Patrick NelsonDB75 tackles
- Carroll PhillipsDL9 sacks
- Dawuane SmootDL5 sacks
- Gimel PresidentDL4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Illinois 3, Wisconsin 48. A 45-point margin the season is remembered by.
"I-L-L"
2016 sits in Illinois'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.