The 2016 season's largest margin: Western Kentucky 60, Marshall 6. A 54-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
Western Kentucky's 2016 season (11-3) 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
- Mike WhiteQB4,363 passing yards
- Anthony WalesRB1,621 rushing yards
- Quinton BakerRB542 rushing yards
- Marquez TriggRB298 rushing yards
- Taywan TaylorWR1,730 receiving yards
- Nicholas NorrisWR1,318 receiving yards
- Nacarius FantWR407 receiving yards
- Keith BrownLB130 tackles
- Branden LestonDB95 tackles
- T.J. McCollumLB85 tackles
- Nick Dawson-BrentsDL7 sacks
- Chris JohnsonDL4 sacks
- Derik OverstreetDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Western Kentucky 10, Alabama 38. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Western Kentucky beat Memphis 51-31 in the postseason.
"Hilltopper Nation"
2016 is a middle chapter for Western Kentucky — 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.