2016 The 2016 Season

Wake Forest's 2016 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ -0.7 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Tulane 7-3 W @ Duke 24-14 W vs Delaware 38-21 W @ Indiana 33-28 L @ NC State 16-33 W vs Syracuse 28-9 L @ FSU 6-17 L vs Army 13-21 W vs Virginia 27-20 L @ Louisv 12-44 L vs Clemson 13-35 L vs Bost Col 14-17 W vs Temple 34-26 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Wake Forest 28, Syracuse 9. A 19-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Wake Forest 12, Louisville 44. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Wake Forest beat Temple 34-26 in the postseason.

"Go Deacs"
— Wake Forest fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Wake Forest — 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.