The 2016 season's largest margin: Tennessee 55, Tennessee Tech 0. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Tennessee's 2016 season (9-4) 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
- Joshua DobbsQB2,946 passing yards
- John KellyRB630 rushing yards
- Alvin KamaraRB596 rushing yards
- Jalen HurdRB451 rushing yards
- Josh MaloneWR972 receiving yards
- Jauan JenningsWR580 receiving yards
- Jason CroomTE242 receiving yards
- Todd Kelly Jr.DB71 tackles
- Micah AbernathyDB69 tackles
- Rashaan GauldenDB68 tackles
- Derek BarnettDE13 sacks
- Corey VereenDL7 sacks
- LaTroy LewisDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Tennessee 10, Alabama 49. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Tennessee beat Nebraska 38-24 in the postseason.
"Rocky Top plays. It is not a cute song — it is a contract."
2016 is a middle chapter for Tennessee — 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.