2016 — Season 2016

Record 3-9
Final Result Losing season
AP Final #17 post-bowls
SP+ -0.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Furman 28-13 W @ ND 36-28 L vs Wiscon 6-30 L @ Indiana 21-24 L vs BYU 14-31 L vs Northw 40-54 L @ Maryland 17-28 L vs Michigan 23-32 L @ Illinois 27-31 W vs Rutgers 49-0 L vs Ohio St 16-17 L @ Penn St 12-45
What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (3-9) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.