The 2016 season's largest margin: Texas Tech 69, Stephen F. Austin 17. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Texas Tech. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Patrick Mahomes IIQB5,052 passing yards
- Nic ShimonekQB464 passing yards
- Da'Leon WardRB428 rushing yards
- Demarcus FeltonRB354 rushing yards
- Jonathan GilesWR1,158 receiving yards
- Keke CouteeWR890 receiving yards
- Dylan CantrellWR675 receiving yards
- Jordyn BrooksLB85 tackles
- Jah'Shawn JohnsonDB76 tackles
- Malik JenkinsLB75 tackles
- Kris WilliamsLB5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Texas Tech 10, Iowa State 66. A 56-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Wreck 'em Tech"
2016 sits in Texas Tech'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.