The 2016 season's largest margin: Memphis 77, Bowling Green 3. A 74-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Memphis's 2016 season (8-5) 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
- Riley FergusonQB3,698 passing yards
- Doroland DorceusRB810 rushing yards
- Patrick Taylor Jr.RB546 rushing yards
- Darrell HendersonRB482 rushing yards
- Anthony MillerWR1,434 receiving yards
- Phillip MayhueWR677 receiving yards
- Daniel MontielTE338 receiving yards
- Jonathan CookDB88 tackles
- Genard AveryLB79 tackles
- Chris MorleyDB75 tackles
- Arthur MauletDB4.5 sacks
- Jonathan WilsonDL3 sacks
- Ernest SuttlesDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Memphis 30, Tulsa 59. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Memphis fell to Western Kentucky 31-51 in the postseason.
"Go Tigers Go"
2016 is a middle chapter for Memphis — 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.