2016 — The Ten-Win Year

The Citadel's 2016 season (10-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-2
Final Result 10-win season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.2 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Mercer 24-23 W vs Furman 19-14 W @ Gardne 31-24 W @ West Car 37-14 W vs Nort Gre 38-14 W vs Chatta 22-14 W @ Wofford 24-21 W vs East Sta 45-10 W vs Samford 37-34 W @ VMI 30-20 L @ UNC 7-41 L vs Wofford 3-17
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: The Citadel 45, East Tennessee State 10. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: The Citadel 7, North Carolina 41. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Bulldogs"
— The Citadel fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for The Citadel — 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.