2016 — The 2016 Season

Sacramento State's 2016 season (2-8) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 2-8
Final Result Non-bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -12.3 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Fres Sta 3-31 L @ Webe Sta 7-14 L @ Idah Sta 34-42 W vs Mont Sta 41-38 L vs Nort Dak 7-40 L @ Montana 7-68 L @ Nort Col 19-27 L vs Cal Poly 47-59 W vs Port Sta 42-35 L @ UC Davis 30-48
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Sacramento State 42, Portland State 35. A 7-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Sacramento State 7, Montana 68. A 61-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Stinger Up"
— Sacramento State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Sacramento State — 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.