The 2016 season's largest margin: South Carolina 44, Western Carolina 31. A 13-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for South Carolina. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jake BentleyQB1,420 passing yards
- Perry OrthQB661 passing yards
- Rico DowdleRB764 rushing yards
- A.J. TurnerRB497 rushing yards
- David WilliamsRB239 rushing yards
- Deebo SamuelWR783 receiving yards
- Hayden HurstTE616 receiving yards
- Bryan EdwardsWR590 receiving yards
- D.J. SmithDB79 tackles
- Bryson Allen-WilliamsLB74 tackles
- T.J. HollomanLB71 tackles
- Darius EnglishDL9 sacks
- Keir ThomasDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: South Carolina 7, Clemson 56. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: South Carolina fell to South Florida 39-46 in the postseason.
"Spurs up"
2016 sits in South Carolina'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.