The 2016 season's largest margin: San Diego State 55, Hawai'i 0. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
San Diego State's 2016 season (11-3) 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
- Christian ChapmanQB1,994 passing yards
- Donnel PumphreyRB2,133 rushing yards
- Rashaad PennyRB1,005 rushing yards
- Juwan WashingtonRB454 rushing yards
- Mikah HolderWR581 receiving yards
- David WellsTE294 receiving yards
- Calvin MunsonLB116 tackles
- Ronley LakalakaLB72 tackles
- Damontae KazeeCB67 tackles
- Alex BarrettDL7.5 sacks
- Kyle KelleyDL6 sacks
- Austin Wyatt-ThayerLB4 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: San Diego State 31, Colorado State 63. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: San Diego State beat Houston 34-10 in the postseason.
"Go Aztecs"
2016 is a middle chapter for San Diego 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.