The 2016 season's largest margin: Southern Miss 56, Savannah State 0. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The 2016 Season
Southern Miss's 2016 season (7-6) 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
- Nick MullensQB3,272 passing yards
- Keon HowardQB365 passing yards
- Ito SmithRB1,459 rushing yards
- George PayneRB496 rushing yards
- Allenzae StaggersWR1,165 receiving yards
- D.J. ThompsonWR510 receiving yards
- Korey RobertsonWR437 receiving yards
- D'Nerius AntoineLB86 tackles
- Dylan BradleyDL64 tackles
- Picasso NelsonDB48 tackles
- Ja'Boree PooleDL7 sacks
- Xavier ThigpenDL6 sacks
- Darian YanceyLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Southern Miss 10, LSU 45. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Southern Miss beat Louisiana 28-21 in the postseason.
"SMTTT"
2016 is a middle chapter for Southern Miss — 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.