The 2016 season's largest margin: Syracuse 33, Colgate 7. A 26-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Syracuse. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Eric DungeyQB2,679 passing yards
- Zack MahoneyQB943 passing yards
- Dontae StricklandRB566 rushing yards
- Moe NealRB357 rushing yards
- Amba Etta-TawoWR1,482 receiving yards
- Ervin PhilipsWR822 receiving yards
- Steve IshmaelWR559 receiving yards
- Parris BennettLB110 tackles
- Zaire FranklinLB101 tackles
- Daivon EllisonDB90 tackles
- Chris SlaytonDL4 sacks
- De'Jon WilsonDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Syracuse 0, Clemson 54. A 54-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Otto, Otto"
2016 sits in Syracuse'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.