1916 college football season

1916 college football season
1916 college football season
	Colorado–Utah kickoff
Number of bowls	1
Champion(s)	Army; Pittsburgh

The 1916 college football season had no very clear cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army and Pittsburgh as national champions.^[1] Both Army and Pittsburgh claim a national championship for the 1916 season. Georgetown led the nation in scoring with 464 points.

Conference changes

Two conferences began play in 1916:
- Pacific Coast Conference – a precursor to the modern Pac-12 Conference; four founding members from California, Oregon, and Washington.
- Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference – an NAIA conference active through the 1976 season
One conference played its final season in 1916:
- Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association – active since the 1914 season; several members subsequently joined the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, an active NAIA conference now known as the River States Conference

Membership changes

School	1915 Conference	1916 Conference
California Golden Bears	Independent	PCC
Georgetown Tigers	Independent	SIAA
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Independent	SIAA
Oregon Webfoots	Independent	PCC
Oregon Agricultural Beavers	Independent	PCC
South Carolina Gamecocks	Independent	SIAA
Washington Huskies	Independent	PCC
William & Mary Orange and Black	Independent	SAIAA

Large scores

Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland 222 to 0. Sewanee also beat Cumberland 107 to 0.

Rose Bowl

Oregon defeated Penn, 14–0, in the 1917 Rose Bowl.

Conference standings

Major conference standings

For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.

1916 MVIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Nebraska $	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Missouri	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Kansas State	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Kansas	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Drake	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Washington University	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1916 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington $	3	–	0	–	1	6	–	0	–	1
Oregon ^	2	–	0	–	1	7	–	0	–	1
Oregon Agricultural	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
California	0	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

1916 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Colorado Agricultural $	6	–	0	–	1	6	–	0	–	1
Colorado College	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Denver	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	2	–	1
Utah	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	2	–	0
Colorado Mines	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	2	–	1
Wyoming	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	4	–	0
Colorado	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	5	–	1
Utah Agricultural	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
VPI $	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	0	–	0	5	–	2	–	2
George Washington	2	–	1	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Catholic University	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Richmond	1	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	2
VMI	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
William & Mary	0	–	2	–	1	2	–	5	–	2
Johns Hopkins	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
North Carolina A&M	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
Tennessee +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	0	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
LSU	3	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
The Citadel	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	1
Tulane	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	1	–	2	4	–	1	–	2
Auburn	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Georgia	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Centre	1	–	1	–	1	5	–	1	–	3
Howard (AL)	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgetown (KY)	1	–	1	–	0	2	–	1	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Transylvania	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	3	–	2
Mississippi College	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Wofford	1	–	2	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Louisville	1	–	2	–	1	2	–	3	–	1
Furman	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Florida	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	5	–	0
Mercer	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1916 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Texas	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Baylor	3	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Rice	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	2
Oklahoma	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas A&M	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Arkansas	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	0	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Southwestern (TX)	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1

No champion recognized^[2]

1916 Western Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Ohio State $	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	0	–	0
Northwestern	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Chicago	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Illinois	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	2	–	1
Iowa	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Indiana	0	–	3	–	1	2	–	4	–	1
Purdue	0	–	4	–	1	2	–	4	–	1

$ – Conference champion

Independents

1916 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Army		–		9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		8	–	0	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		8	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore		–		6	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		8	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		6	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth		–		5	–	2	–	2
Harvard		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		7	–	3	–	1
Temple		–		3	–	1	–	2
Tufts		–		5	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		4	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		3	–	2	–	2
NYU		–		4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	5	–	0
Vermont		–		4	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Geneva		–		2	–	5	–	2
Carlisle		–		1	–	3	–	1
Lafayette		–		2	–	6	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	9	–	0
Columbia		–		1	–	5	–	2
Franklin & Marshall		–		1	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		1	–	8	–	0

1916 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
St. Xavier		–		5	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame		–		8	–	1	–	0
Western State Normal (MI)		–		5	–	1	–	0
Northern Illinois State		–		6	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg		–		8	–	2	–	0
Michigan		–		7	–	2	–	0
Wabash		–		7	–	2	–	0
Michigan Agricultural		–		4	–	2	–	1
North Dakota Agricultural		–		3	–	2	–	1
Detroit		–		3	–	2	–	2
St. Mary's (OH)		–		4	–	3	–	0
Marquette		–		4	–	3	–	1
Saint Louis		–		4	–	4	–	0
Haskell		–		3	–	6	–	0
Michigan State Normal		–		1	–	2	–	1
South Dakota		–		1	–	5	–	2
Akron		–		2	–	7	–	0
Central Michigan		–		1	–	5	–	0
Iowa State Teachers		–		1	–	7	–	0
Lake Forest		–		1	–	7	–	0

1916 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Birmingham		–		7	–	1	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial		–		7	–	1	–	0
Maryland State		–		6	–	2	–	0
Marshall		–		7	–	2	–	1
Middle Tennessee State Normal		–		5	–	2	–	0
Sam Houston Normal		–		5	–	2	–	0
Spring Hill		–		4	–	2	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	2	–	2
Navy		–		6	–	3	–	1
Southwest Texas State		–		3	–	1	–	3
Presbyterian		–		4	–	3	–	0
Delaware		–		4	–	3	–	1
North Texas State Normal		–		4	–	3	–	1
Western Kentucky State Normal		–		3	–	2	–	0
George Washington		–		3	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest		–		3	–	3	–	0
Louisville		–		2	–	3	–	1
West Tennessee State Normal		–		2	–	3	–	1
Texas Mines		–		2	–	3	–	0
Tusculum		–		2	–	3	–	0

1916 Western college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Santa Clara		–		10	–	0	–	0
University Farm		–		6	–	1	–	1
Montana		–		4	–	1	–	1
Washington State		–		4	–	2	–	0
Arizona		–		5	–	3	–	0
USC		–		5	–	3	–	0
New Mexico		–		3	–	2	–	0
Hawaii		–		3	–	2	–	1
Saint Mary's		–		5	–	4	–	1
Montana State		–		2	–	2	–	2
Idaho		–		3	–	5	–	0
Nevada		–		3	–	5	–	0
Tempe Normal		–		0	–	3	–	0

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	Hampton Institute	3–0
Indiana College Athletic League	Wabash	—
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin	River Falls Normal	5–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Kansas State Normal	5–1–1
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Centre (KY)	—
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southwestern Louisiana Industrial	5–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kalamazoo	4–0
Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference	York (NE)	7–0
Ohio Athletic Conference	Miami (OH)	6–0–1
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference	Kendall	4–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Occidental Whittier	3–0–1
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Fisk	—

Minor conference standings

1916 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Hampton $	3	–	0	–	0	4	–	0	–	0
Howard	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	1	–	2
Virginia Union	1	–	2	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
Lincoln (PA)	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	3	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1916 Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Richmond +	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Hampden–Sydney +	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	3	–	2
Randolph–Macon	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	5	–	2

+ – Conference co-champions

1916 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Carthage	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Southern Illinois			–			0	–	7	–	0

1916 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Kansas State Normal $	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Hays Normal	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Southwestern (KS)	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburg Normal	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Fairmount	7	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Cooper	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Baker	4	–	2	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Friends	3	–	2	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Washburn	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
St. Mary's (KS)	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
College of Emporia	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Ottawa	2	–	5	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Bethany (KS)	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Midland	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Bethel (KS)	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
Kansas Wesleyan	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1916 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Kirksville Normal $	6	–	0	–	1	7	–	0	–	1
William Jewell	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Central (MO)	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Springfield Normal	1	–	1	–	2	2	–	2	–	2
Missouri Wesleyan	2	–	3	–	0	?	–	?	–	?
Drury	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Tarkio	1	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
Westminster (MO)	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	4	–	1
Missouri Valley	0	–	2	–	0	?	–	?	–	?
Maryville Normal	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1916 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Miami (OH) $	6	–	0	–	1	7	–	0	–	1
Mount Union	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Denison	5	–	0	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Ohio	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Wooster	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Case	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan	2	–	2	–	2	2	–	3	–	2
Western Reserve	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Akron	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Ohio Northern	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kenyon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Wittenberg	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	2
Cincinnati	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	8	–	2
Baldwin–Wallace	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Oberlin	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	7	–	0
Ohio State *	3	–	0	–	0	7	–	0	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – did not complete for championship

1916 Southern California Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Occidental +	3	–	0	–	1	6	–	0	–	1
Whittier +	3	–	0	–	1	4	–	1	–	1
Pomona	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Redlands	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Throop	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	5	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1916 Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
River Falls Normal $	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	0	–	1
Milwaukee Normal	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Stevens Point Normal	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	1	–	1
Whitewater Normal	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	1	–	1
La Crosse Normal	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	2	–	0
Platteville Normal	1	–	2	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Stout Normal	0	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Superior Normal	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	3	–	1
Oshkosh Normal	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Ockie Anderson	5'9"	165	Sr.	Erie, Pennsylvania	Colgate
HB	Chic Harley	5'11"	171	So.	Chicago, Illinois	Ohio State
HB	Fritz Pollard	5'9"	165	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois	Brown
FB	Elmer Oliphant	5'7"	180	Jr.	Bloomfield, Indiana	Army
E	Bert Baston	6'1"	170	Sr.	St. Louis Park, Minnesota	Minnesota
T	Belford West	6'2"	195	Sr.	Hamilton, New York	Colgate
G	Clinton Black			Sr.	New York, New York	Yale
G	Harrie Dadmun	6'0"	235	Sr.	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Harvard
C	Bob Peck	5'9"	179	Jr.	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh
G	Frank T. Hogg	6'2"	193	Sr.	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Princeton
T	Steamer Horning			Sr.	Phoenix, New York	Colgate
E	James P. Herron			Sr.	New Kensington, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh

Statistical leaders

Team scoring most points: Georgetown, 464 to 32. (including mid majors, Tulsa 566 to 40)
Player scoring most points: Johnny Gilroy, Georgetown, 160

References

^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 76–77. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf

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