The 2016 season's largest margin: Tulsa 55, Central Michigan 10. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
Tulsa'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
- Dane EvansQB3,348 passing yards
- James FlandersRB1,629 rushing yards
- D'Angelo BrewerRB1,435 rushing yards
- Raymond TaylorRB211 rushing yards
- Keevan LucasWR1,180 receiving yards
- Josh AtkinsonWR1,058 receiving yards
- Justin HobbsWR685 receiving yards
- Trent MartinLB100 tackles
- Matt LinscottLB80 tackles
- Craig SuitsLB79 tackles
- Petera Wilson Jr.LB6.5 sacks
- Jesse BrubakerDE5.5 sacks
- Jeremy SmithDE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Tulsa 3, Ohio State 48. A 45-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Tulsa beat Central Michigan 55-10 in the postseason.
"Reign Cane"
2016 is a middle chapter for Tulsa — 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.