2016 — Season 2016

Record 3-9
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -7.2 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs East Ken 45-24 L vs Cincin 20-38 W vs Nevada 24-14 L @ Maryland 7-50 W @ Illinois 34-31 L vs Iowa 35-49 L @ Nebraska 14-27 L vs Penn St 24-62 L @ Minnes 31-44 L vs Northw 17-45 L vs Wiscon 20-49 L @ Indiana 24-26
What It Meant

2016 is a losing-side chapter. The record (3-9) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.