The 1916 Southwestern Pirates football team represented Southwestern University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the

1916 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. Only Pittsburgh claims a national championship for the 1916 season. G ...

. Led third-year head coach

J. Burton Rix John Burton Rix (March 24, 1882 – August 8, 1964) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Austin College (1909–1910), Southwestern University (1914–1916), Southern Methodist Universi ...

, Southwestern compiled an overall record of 3–5–1 with a mark of 0–4 in SWC play.

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