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1916 TCU Horned Frogs Football Team
The 1916 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) during the 1916 college football season. Led by Milton Daniel in his first year as head coach, the Horned Frogs compiled an overall record of 6–2–1. The team's captain was John Nelson, who played quarterback. Schedule References TCU TCU may stand for: Education * Tanzania Commission for Universities, regulatory body for Universities in Tanzania * Texas Christian University, a private university in Fort Worth, Texas ** TCU Horned Frogs, the athletic programs of the school * Tok ... TCU Horned Frogs football seasons TCU Horned Frogs football {{collegefootball-1916-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) was a college sports association that operated from 1909 to 1932. All of its members were located in the US state of Texas. History Founded in 1909 by Southwestern University, Austin College, Texas Christian University, Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor University and Trinity University the TIAA had a changing set of members that spun off into the Southwest Conference, Lone Star Conference and the Texas Conference. The league had been formed to rid college athletics of objectionable elements like gambling and place them entirely under the control of the schools. At first the league worked well, but soon the disparity in the sizes of the schools became an issue. The large state schools, with bigger stadiums and crowds, began to refuse to travel to the smaller schools and insisted on playing that at home. This battle between the large and small schools led to the first big change in 1914, when Texas, A&M, Baylor and Southwestern left to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Rice Owls Football Team
The 1916 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1916 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record (2–1 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 346 to 62. On November 17, 1916, the team scored 146 points against SMU. This remains the single-game scoring record for a Rice football team.Rice Football 2017 Football Fact Book, pp. 131, 133. Rice scored 23 touchdowns in the game, including six by left halfback Griffith Vance. The '' Houston Daily Post'' wrote that Vance's work was the "outstanding feature of the game", describing a "wonderful side step" and "quick change of pace" that enabled him to run through the entire SMU team several times for touchdowns. Schedule References Rice Rice Owls football seasons Rice Owls football The Rice Owls football program represents Rice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Football Season
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