1916 Chicago

3–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Western Conference), coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Indiana 22–⁠0Oct 14
By 22 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 7	vsCarleton	L 0–⁠7	91%
Oct 14	vsIndiana	W 22–⁠0	65%
Oct 21	vsNorthwestern	L 0–⁠10	76%
Oct 28	atWisconsin	L 7–⁠30	34%
Nov 4	vsPurdue	W 16–⁠7	57%
Nov 18	atIllinois	W 20–⁠7	24%
Nov 25	vsMinnesota	L 0–⁠49	41%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 49–⁠0; tied for 4th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 53 on file).

Photographs from 1916

UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record: 3–⁠4
Conference: 3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Western Conference
AP poll: Began in 1936
Points: 65–⁠110
Coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg
Elo: 1502 −53 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: 0.3 No. 42 of 90 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

All-Western Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

JacksonOTWE-1
Charles HigginsOGWE-2; ECP-1

Second team

FisherCIV-2

From Wikipedia’s 1916 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1916 Western Conference standings

Team	Conf.	Overall
Ohio State	4–⁠0	7–⁠0
Northwestern	4–⁠1	6–⁠1
Minnesota	3–⁠1	6–⁠1
Chicago	3–⁠3	3–⁠4
Illinois	2–⁠2–⁠1	3–⁠3–⁠1
Wisconsin	1–⁠2–⁠1	4–⁠2–⁠1
Iowa	1–⁠2	4–⁠3
Indiana	0–⁠3–⁠1	2–⁠4–⁠1
Purdue	0–⁠4–⁠1	2–⁠4–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.