2016 The Correction

2016 is a losing-side chapter for North Texas. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

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

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: North Texas 41, Bethune-Cookman 20. A 21-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: North Texas 7, Western Kentucky 45. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: North Texas fell to Army 31-38 in the postseason.

"GMG"
— North Texas fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 sits in North Texas'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.