2016 The Correction

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

Record 6-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ -1.8 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Bois Sta 10-45 W vs McNeese 30-22 W vs Sout Ala 28-23 L @ Tulane 39-41 L @ New Sta 31-37 L vs App Sta 0-24 W @ Texa Sta 27-3 L vs Idaho 13-23 W @ Geor Sou 33-26 L @ Georgia 21-35 W vs Arka Sta 24-19 W @ UL Mon 30-3 L vs Sout Mis 21-28 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Louisiana 30, UL Monroe 3. A 27-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Louisiana 10, Boise State 45. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Louisiana fell to Southern Miss 21-28 in the postseason.

"Geaux Cajuns"
— Louisiana fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 sits in Louisiana'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.