The 2016 season's largest margin: Middle Tennessee 55, Alabama A&M 0. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Middle Tennessee'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
- Brent StockstillQB3,233 passing yards
- John UrzuaQB816 passing yards
- I'Tavius MathersRB1,561 rushing yards
- Richie JamesWR339 rushing yards
- Ty LeeWR699 receiving yards
- Dennis AndrewsWR428 receiving yards
- Patrick SmithWR332 receiving yards
- Chris MeltonLB102 tackles
- Jovante MoffattS76 tackles
- Darius HarrisLB74 tackles
- D.J. SandersLB5 sacks
- Steven RhodesDE4.5 sacks
- Raynard FeltonDT2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Middle Tennessee 17, Marshall 42. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Middle Tennessee fell to Hawai'i 35-52 in the postseason.
"Raider Up"
2016 is a middle chapter for Middle Tennessee — 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.