The 2016 season's largest margin: Navy 75, SMU 31. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Navy's 2016 season (9-5) 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
- Will WorthQB1,397 passing yards
- Zach AbeyWR352 passing yards
- Chris HighFB546 rushing yards
- Dishan Romine?463 rushing yards
- Shawn WhiteFB450 rushing yards
- Jamir TillmanWR631 receiving yards
- Darryl Bonner?278 receiving yards
- Micah ThomasLB107 tackles
- Alohi GilmanS76 tackles
- Sean WilliamsCB74 tackles
- DJ PalmoreOLB6 sacks
- Jarvis PoluDE3 sacks
- Amos MasonDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Navy 10, Temple 34. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Navy fell to Louisiana Tech 45-48 in the postseason.
"Go Navy"
2016 is a middle chapter for Navy — 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.