The 2016 season's largest margin: Virginia 49, Central Michigan 35. A 14-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Virginia. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Kurt BenkertQB2,552 passing yards
- Matt JohnsQB314 passing yards
- Taquan Mizzell?940 rushing yards
- Albert Reid?480 rushing yards
- Doni DowlingWR626 receiving yards
- Olamide ZaccheausWR584 receiving yards
- Keeon JohnsonWR476 receiving yards
- Micah KiserILB133 tackles
- Quin Blanding?118 tackles
- Kelvin Rainey?72 tackles
- Andrew BrownDE6 sacks
- Chris PeaceOLB2 sacks
- Landan WordILB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Virginia 10, Virginia Tech 52. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Wahoowa"
2016 sits in Virginia'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.