1916 college football season

1916 NCAA football season

Colorado–Utah kickoff

Total # of teams

91^[1]

Number of bowls

College football seasons
« 1915	1917 »

The 1916 NCAA football season had no very clear cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army and Pittsburgh as national champions.^[2] Parke H. Davis listed Colgate as national champion. Only Pittsburgh claims a national championship for the 1916 season. Georgetown led the nation in scoring with 464 points.

Conference and program changes

The Pacific Coast Conference, a precursor to the modern Pac-12 Conference, began its first season of play in 1916. The league had four founding members from California, Oregon, and Washington.

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

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

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1916 Big 9 football standings
	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

1916 college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
USC		–		5	–	3	–	0
Montana		–		4	–	1	–	1
Washington State		–		4	–	2	–	0

1916 Missouri Valley 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 (MO)	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1916 PCC football standings
	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 RMFAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Utah	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	2	–	0
Colorado	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1916 SAIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
VPI $	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Maryland State	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	0	–	0	5	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
George Washington	2	–	1	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
Catholic	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Davidson	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Richmond	1	–	3	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
VMI	1	–	5	–	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 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
Tennessee +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	0	–	1
Georgetown (KY)	1	–	0	–	0	2	–	0	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Auburn	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
The Citadel	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	1
LSU	3	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Tulane	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	1	–	2	4	–	1	–	2
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Transylvania	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi College	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Centre	0	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	3
Louisville	0	–	2	–	1	2	–	3	–	1
Howard	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Wofford	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Chattanooga	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	4	–	0
Florida	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

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

$ – Conference champion

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	Hampton Institute	3–0–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kalamazoo	4–0–0
Ohio Athletic Conference	Miami (OH)	6–0–1

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1916 College Football All-America Team

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

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1916.htm
↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 76–77. Retrieved 2009-10-16.

NCAA football seasons

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