The 2016 season's largest margin: LSU 42, Missouri 7. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
LSU's 2016 season (8-4) 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
- Danny EtlingQB2,123 passing yards
- Derrius GuiceRB1,387 rushing yards
- Leonard FournetteRB843 rushing yards
- Darrel WilliamsRB233 rushing yards
- Malachi DupreWR593 receiving yards
- D.J. CharkWR466 receiving yards
- Travin DuralWR280 receiving yards
- Duke RileyLB92 tackles
- Kendell BeckwithLB91 tackles
- Jamal AdamsS76 tackles
- Arden KeyLB12 sacks
- Davon GodchauxDT6.5 sacks
- Tashawn BowerDE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: LSU 0, Alabama 10. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: LSU beat Louisville 29-9 in the postseason.
"Saturday night in Death Valley"
2016 is a middle chapter for LSU — 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.