2016 The Correction

2016 is a losing-side chapter for Indiana. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 6-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ +0.5 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Flor Int 34-13 W vs Ball Sta 30-20 L vs Wake For 28-33 W vs Mich St 24-21 L @ Ohio St 17-38 L vs Nebraska 22-27 L @ Northw 14-24 W vs Maryland 42-36 W @ Rutgers 33-27 L vs Penn St 31-45 L @ Michigan 10-20 W vs Purdue 26-24 L @ Utah 24-26 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Indiana 34, Florida International 13. A 21-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Indiana 17, Ohio State 38. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Indiana fell to Utah 24-26 in the postseason.

"Go IU"
— Indiana fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 sits in Indiana'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.