1916 Georgetown

8–⁠1 (1–⁠0 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), coached by Albert Exendine. The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠1, over 10 games to the nine on file here.

Schedule and results

Georgetown in 1916, game by game: lost at Navy 7–13; won vs. Eastern (Virginia) 60–7; won vs. Dartmouth 10–0; won vs. Albright 80–0; won vs. West Virginia Wesleyan 47–0; won at NC State 61–5; won vs. Bucknell 78–0; won vs. George Washington 47–7; won at Tulane 61–0+80−6Lost 7–13 at Navy-6NavyWon 60–7 vs. Eastern (Virginia)+53Eastern (Virgin…Won 10–0 vs. Dartmouth+10DartmouthWon 80–0 vs. Albright+80AlbrightWon 47–0 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan+47West Virginia W…Won 61–5 at NC State+56NC StateWon 78–0 vs. Bucknell+78BucknellWon 47–7 vs. George Washington+40George Washingt…Won 61–0 at Tulane+61Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 61–⁠0; tied for first in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 75 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Georgetown’s 1916 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 7atFordhamW 13–⁠0Georgetown’s article
Record
8–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠0 shared first in South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
451–⁠32
Coach
Albert Exendine
Elo
1663 +85 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.9 No. 14 of 90 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech2–⁠07–⁠2
Virginia2–⁠04–⁠5
Georgetown1–⁠08–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
NC State0–⁠32–⁠5
Richmond0–⁠20–⁠2

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