The 1916 college football season had no very clear cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing

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and

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. Only Pittsburgh claims a national championship for the 1916 season. Georgetown led the nation in scoring with 464 points.

Conference changes

*Two conferences began play in 1916: **

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– a precursor to the modern

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; four founding members from

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, and

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. ** ''

Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference The Nebraska College Conference (NCC), known as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference from 1916 to 1926 and later as the Nebraska College Athletic Conference (NCAC), was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1916 to 1976. The le ...

'' – an NAIA conference active through the 1976 season *One conference played its final season in 1916: ** ''

Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association was a short-lived College athletics, intercollegiate athletic college football, football conference that existed from 1907 to 1916. The league had members, as its name suggests, in the state of Kentu ...

'' – active since the 1914 season; several members subsequently joined the ''

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'', an active NAIA conference now known as the

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Membership changes

Large scores

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defeated

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222 to 0.

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also beat Cumberland 107 to 0.

Rose Bowl

defeated Penn, 14–0, in the

1917 Rose Bowl The 1917 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a college football bowl game on Monday, It was the third Rose Bowl Game, and matched the Oregon Webfoots and the Penn Quakers. It was played at Tournament Park ...

Conference standings

Major conference standings

Independents

Minor conferences

Minor conference standings

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus

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team included:

Statistical leaders

* 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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