The 2016 season's largest margin: Mississippi State 55, Ole Miss 20. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Mississippi State. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Nick FitzgeraldQB2,423 passing yards
- Aeris WilliamsRB720 rushing yards
- Ashton ShumpertRB257 rushing yards
- Brandon HollowayRB226 rushing yards
- Fred RossWR917 receiving yards
- Donald GrayWR709 receiving yards
- Malik DearWR264 receiving yards
- Richie BrownLB102 tackles
- Leo LewisLB79 tackles
- J.T. GrayDB71 tackles
- Johnathan CalvinDL7 sacks
- A.J. JeffersonDL4 sacks
- Traver JungLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Mississippi State 3, Alabama 51. A 48-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Mississippi State beat Miami (OH) 17-16 in the postseason.
"Hail State"
2016 sits in Mississippi State'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.