The 2016 season's largest margin: Texas 41, UTEP 7. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Texas. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Shane BuecheleQB2,958 passing yards
- D'Onta ForemanRB2,028 rushing yards
- Chris Warren IIIRB366 rushing yards
- Kyle PorterRB206 rushing yards
- Armanti ForemanWR420 receiving yards
- Devin DuvernayWR412 receiving yards
- Dorian LeonardWR397 receiving yards
- Breckyn HagerDL65 tackles
- Anthony WheelerLB61 tackles
- Malik JeffersonLB59 tackles
- Naashon HughesLB4.5 sacks
- Charles OmenihuDL3.5 sacks
- Edwin FreemanLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Texas 9, TCU 31. A 22-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Texas Fight."
2016 sits in Texas'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.