The 2016 season's largest margin: Ohio 34, Buffalo 10. A 24-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Ohio's 2016 season (8-6) 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
- Greg WindhamQB1,882 passing yards
- Quinton MaxwellQB1,252 passing yards
- Dorian BrownRB838 rushing yards
- Maleek IronsRB439 rushing yards
- Bo HardyS226 rushing yards
- Sebastian SmithWR905 receiving yards
- Papi WhiteWR672 receiving yards
- Jordan ReidWR655 receiving yards
- Blair BrownLB128 tackles
- Quentin PolingLB109 tackles
- Toran DavisS94 tackles
- Tarell BashamDL11.5 sacks
- Casey SaylesDL6 sacks
- Kevin RobbinsDL3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Ohio 19, Tennessee 28. A 9-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Ohio fell to Troy 23-28 in the postseason.
"Bobcats Bite Back"
2016 is a middle chapter for Ohio — 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.