American college football season
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] Only Pittsburgh claims a national championship for the 1916 season. Georgetown led the nation in scoring with 464 points.
Conference changes [ edit ] Two conferences began play in 1916: One conference played its final season in 1916: Membership changes [ edit ] Large scores [ edit ] Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland 222 to 0 . Sewanee also beat Cumberland 107 to 0.
Rose Bowl [ edit ] Oregon defeated Penn , 14–0, in the 1917 Rose Bowl .
Conference standings [ edit ] Major conference standings [ edit ] For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.
Independents [ edit ] Minor conferences [ edit ] Minor conference standings [ edit ] Awards and honors [ edit ] All-Americans [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Team scoring most points: Georgetown , 464 to 32. (including mid majors, Tulsa 566 to 40) Player scoring most points: Johnny Gilroy , Georgetown, 160 References [ edit ]