2016 The Correction

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

Record 6-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ -2.3 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Howard 52-13 W @ Flor Int 41-14 W @ UCF 30-24 W vs Purdue 50-7 L @ Penn St 14-38 L vs Minnes 10-31 W vs Mich St 28-17 L @ Indiana 36-42 L @ Michigan 3-59 L vs Ohio St 3-62 L @ Nebraska 7-28 W vs Rutgers 31-13 L @ Bost Col 30-36 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Maryland 50, Purdue 7. A 43-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Maryland 3, Ohio State 62. A 59-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Maryland fell to Boston College 30-36 in the postseason.

"Fear the Turtle"
— Maryland fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 sits in Maryland'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.