1916 Swarthmore Quakers football team

American college football season

1916 Swarthmore Quakers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 6–1–1
Head coach|

* Bill Roper (2nd season)

Home stadium| Swarthmore Field

Seasons

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1917 ->

1916 Eastern college football independents records

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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
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 2
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

The 1916 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 94 to 45. Bill Roper was the head coach.[1]

A new football field was donated during the 1916 season. The field was built with a contribution from Morris L. Clothier, a Swarthmore alumnus and Philadelphia merchant, and was named Swarthmore Field.[2][3]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 7| | at Lafayette|

* March Field
* Easton, PA

| W 10–6|
October 14| | at Penn|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 6–0|
October 21| | at Franklin & Marshall| Lancaster, PA| W 6–0|
October 28| | Ursinus| Swarthmore, PA| W 13–3|
November 4| 2:00 p.m.| at Johns Hopkins| Baltimore, MD| W 14–6| [4]
November 11| | at Columbia|

* South Field
* New York, NY

| W 18–0|
November 18| | Dickinson| Swarthmore, PA| T 20–20|
November 25| | at Haverford| Haverford, PA (rivalry)| L 7–10|

## References

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1. ^ "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
2. ^ "Noble Gift To Swarthmore". Delaware County Times. October 13, 1916. p. 15 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Mr. Clothier's Gift". Delaware County Daily Times. October 18, 1916. p. 3 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Big Gridiron Games On Schedule Today". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. November 4, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved January 8, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .

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