The 2016 season's largest margin: Louisville 70, Charlotte 14. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Louisville'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
- Lamar JacksonQB3,543 passing yards
- Brandon RadcliffRB903 rushing yards
- Jeremy SmithRB382 rushing yards
- James QuickWR769 receiving yards
- Cole HikutiniTE668 receiving yards
- Jamari StaplesWR615 receiving yards
- Keith KelseyLB91 tackles
- Stacy ThomasLB85 tackles
- Chucky WilliamsS74 tackles
- James HearnsLB8 sacks
- Devonte FieldsDE6 sacks
- DeAngelo BrownDT3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Louisville 10, Houston 36. A 26-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Louisville fell to LSU 9-29 in the postseason.
"Go Cards"
2016 is a middle chapter for Louisville — 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.