The 2016 season's largest margin: Nebraska 52, Wyoming 17. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Nebraska'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
- Tommy ArmstrongQB2,180 passing yards
- Ryker FyfeQB558 passing yards
- Terrell NewbyRB879 rushing yards
- Devine OzigboRB412 rushing yards
- Jordan WesterkampWR526 receiving yards
- Stanley Morgan Jr.WR453 receiving yards
- Brandon ReillyWR412 receiving yards
- Josh BanderasLB93 tackles
- Nate GerryS74 tackles
- Michael Rose-IveyLB70 tackles
- Ross DzurisDE5.5 sacks
- Kevin MauriceDT4 sacks
- Freedom AkinmoladunDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Nebraska 3, Ohio State 62. A 59-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Nebraska fell to Tennessee 24-38 in the postseason.
"Go Big Red"
2016 is a middle chapter for Nebraska — 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.