The 2016 season's largest margin: Troy 52, New Mexico State 6. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
Troy's 2016 season (10-3) 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
- Brandon SilversQB3,180 passing yards
- Jordan ChunnRB1,288 rushing yards
- Josh AndersonRB280 rushing yards
- Emanuel ThompsonWR820 receiving yards
- Deondre DouglasWR740 receiving yards
- Tevaris McCormickWR456 receiving yards
- William LloydLB70 tackles
- Cedarius RookardS52 tackles
- Kris WeatherspoonS52 tackles
- Rashad DillardDE7.5 sacks
- Demetrius CainLB4 sacks
- Baron PooleDT3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Troy 3, Arkansas State 35. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Troy beat Ohio 28-23 in the postseason.
"Bleed Cardinal"
2016 is a middle chapter for Troy — 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.