The 2016 season's largest margin: South Florida 56, Towson 20. A 36-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
South Florida's 2016 season (11-2) 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
- Quinton FlowersQB2,812 passing yards
- Marlon MackRB1,187 rushing yards
- D'Ernest JohnsonRB543 rushing yards
- Rodney AdamsWR231 rushing yards
- Marquez Valdes-ScantlingWR415 receiving yards
- Tyre McCantsWR384 receiving yards
- Mitchell WilcoxTE278 receiving yards
- Auggie SanchezLB117 tackles
- Nigel HarrisLB78 tackles
- Nate GodwinDB68 tackles
- Bruce HectorDT6 sacks
- Mike LoveDE3 sacks
- Juwaun BrownDE2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: South Florida 35, Florida State 55. A 20-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: South Florida beat South Carolina 46-39 in the postseason.
"Go Bulls"
2016 is a middle chapter for South Florida — 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.