2016 — Season 2016

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.6 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Cal Poly 30-27 L @ ND 10-39 W vs Buffalo 38-14 L @ Purdue 14-24 L @ Hawai'i 17-38 W vs Fres Sta 27-22 L @ San Sta 10-14 L vs Wyoming 34-42 L @ New Mex 26-35 L vs San Sta 16-46 W vs Utah Sta 38-37 W @ UNLV 45-10
What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.