The 2016 season's largest margin: Miami 70, Florida A&M 3. A 67-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Miami'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
- Brad KaayaQB3,532 passing yards
- Mark WaltonRB1,117 rushing yards
- Joseph YearbyRB608 rushing yards
- Gus EdwardsRB290 rushing yards
- Ahmmon RichardsWR934 receiving yards
- Stacy ColeyWR754 receiving yards
- David NjokuTE698 receiving yards
- Jamal CarterDB85 tackles
- Shaquille QuartermanLB84 tackles
- Rayshawn JenkinsDB76 tackles
- Joe JacksonDL7.5 sacks
- Corn ElderDB3 sacks
- Chad ThomasDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Miami 16, Virginia Tech 37. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Miami beat West Virginia 31-14 in the postseason.
"The U"
2016 is a middle chapter for Miami — 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.