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1916 Minnesota

6–⁠1 (3–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by Henry Williams.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1916, game by game: won vs. South Dakota State 41–7; won vs. North Dakota 47–7; won vs. South Dakota 81–0; won vs. Iowa 67–0; lost vs. Illinois 9–14; won vs. Wisconsin 54–0; won at Chicago 49–0+81−5Won 41–7 vs. South Dakota State+34South Dakota St…Won 47–7 vs. North Dakota+40North DakotaWon 81–0 vs. South Dakota+81South DakotaWon 67–0 vs. Iowa+67IowaLost 9–14 vs. Illinois-5IllinoisWon 54–0 vs. Wisconsin+54WisconsinWon 49–0 at Chicago+49Chicago
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 7vsSouth Dakota StateW 41–⁠797%
Oct 14vsNorth DakotaW 47–⁠797%
Oct 21vsSouth DakotaW 81–⁠096%
Nov 4vsIowaW 67–⁠072%
Nov 11vsIllinoisL 9–⁠1464%
Nov 18vsWisconsinW 54–⁠067%
Nov 25atChicagoW 49–⁠059%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Chicago 49–⁠0; 3rd in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1916

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.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1916.

Consensus All-AmericanBert Baston, E

Record
6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠1 3rd in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
348–⁠28
Coach
Henry Williams
Elo
1685 +61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
28.7 No. 9 of 90 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bert Baston

All-Western Conference

7 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Bert BastonEWE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1
  • Frank A.R. MayerOTWE-1; ECP-2
  • George HauserOTAX-1; ECP-1
  • Conrad L. EklundOGWE-1; IV-1; ECP-2
  • Gilbert S. SinclairOGAX-1; ECP-1
  • John L. Townley Jr.C
  • Pudge WymanFBWE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1

Second team

  • Claire LongQBWE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2
  • Harold HansenRBECP-2
  • Joseph M. SprafkaRBIV-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.