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1916 Iowa

4–⁠3 (1–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Howard Jones.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1916, game by game: won vs. Cornell (IA) 31–6; won vs. Grinnell 17–7; won vs. Purdue 24–6; lost at Minnesota 0–67; lost at Northwestern 13–20; won at Iowa State 19–16; lost vs. Nebraska 17–34+25−67Won 31–6 vs. Cornell (IA)+25Cornell (IA)Won 17–7 vs. Grinnell+10GrinnellWon 24–6 vs. Purdue+18PurdueLost 0–67 at Minnesota-67MinnesotaLost 13–20 at Northwestern-7NorthwesternWon 19–16 at Iowa State+3Iowa StateLost 17–34 vs. Nebraska-17Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 7vsCornell (IA)W 31–⁠688%
Oct 14vsGrinnellW 17–⁠784%
Oct 21vsPurdueW 24–⁠654%
Nov 4atMinnesotaL 0–⁠6728%
Nov 10atNorthwesternL 13–⁠2045%
Nov 18atIowa StateW 19–⁠1632%
Nov 25vsNebraskaL 17–⁠3435%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 34–⁠17; 7th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Record
4–⁠3
Conference
1–⁠2 7th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
121–⁠156
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1480 +1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.7 No. 44 of 90 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Charles Laun
Offense
Single-wing

All-Western Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Fred BeckerOTECP-1

Second team

  • J. Elwood DavisRBWE-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

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State4–⁠07–⁠0
Northwestern4–⁠16–⁠1
Minnesota3–⁠16–⁠1
Chicago3–⁠33–⁠4
Illinois2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1
Wisconsin1–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1
Iowa1–⁠24–⁠3
Indiana0–⁠3–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1
Purdue0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1

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