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1916 college football season
The 1916 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army and Pittsburgh as national champions. Both Army and Pittsburgh claim a national championship for the 1916 season. Georgetown led the nation in scoring with 464 points.
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The 1916 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army and Pittsburgh as national champions. Both Army and Pittsburgh claim a national championship for the 1916 season. Georgetown led the nation in scoring with 464 points.
- 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
| 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 |
Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland 222 to 0. Sewanee also beat Cumberland 107 to 0.
Oregon defeated Penn, 14–0, in the 1917 Rose Bowl.
| 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 | OccidentalWhittier | 3–0–1 |
| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Fisk | — |
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 |
- Team scoring most points: Georgetown, 464 to 32. (including mid majors, Tulsa 566 to 40)
- Player scoring most points: Johnny Gilroy, Georgetown, 160
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