2016 — Season 2016

Record 5-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -7.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs SMU 21-34 W vs Bethun 41-20 L @ Florida 0-32 W @ Rice 42-35 L vs Midd Ten 13-30 W vs Marshall 38-21 W @ Army 35-18 L @ UTSA 17-31 L vs Loui Tec 24-45 L @ West Ken 7-45 W vs Sout Mis 29-23 L @ UTEP 24-52 L vs Army 31-38 CFP
What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.