1916 college football season

American college football season

1916 college football season

Colorado–Utah kickoff

Number of bowls| 1
Champion(s)| Army
Pittsburgh
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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

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* 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

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School | 1915 Conference | 1916 Conference

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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

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

## Rose Bowl

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

## Conference standings

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### Major conference standings

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1916 Missouri Valley Conference football standings |

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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 Northwest Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Washington \+  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 1
Oregon \+  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 1
Oregon Agricultural | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Washington State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0
Whitman | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0
Idaho | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1916 Pacific Coast Conference football standings |

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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 co-champions
* ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

1916 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings |

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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 |

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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 |

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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

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1916 Southwest Conference football standings |

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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 |

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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

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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
1916 Midwestern college football independents records  |

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St. Xavier |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0
Notre Dame |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Western State Normal |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 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  |

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Birmingham |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Maryland State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Marshall |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Stetson |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0
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
Cumberland (TN) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0
1916 Western college football independents records  |

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Santa Clara |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 0  | – | 0
University Farm |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 1
Montana |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 1
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
Nevada |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Tempe Normal |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0

### Minor conferences

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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

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1916 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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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 |

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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 |

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Carthage | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0
Southern Illinois |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0
1916 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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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

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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

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### All-Americans

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Main article: 1916 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position  | Name  | Height  | Weight (lbs.)  | Class  | Hometown  | Team

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf

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