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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.
School | 1915 Conference | 1916 Conference |
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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.
For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.
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The consensus All-America team included:
Position | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Class | Hometown | Team |
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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 | ||
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