Behind a record-setting running attack and a stalwart defense, the Case Western Reserve University football team put together its winningest season since 2011, and claimed a share of the University Athletic Association Championship in 2016.
The Spartans finished the 2016 season with a 9-1 overall record, marking just the sixth time in the program's history that the team has won nine or more games in a campaign. Case Western Reserve went 7-1 in Presidents' Athletic Conference games to finish second in the league, the team's best finish since rejoining the conference as an affiliate member in 2014. In addition, the Spartans finished 2-1 in UAA contests to tie Carnegie Mellon and Washington University (Mo.