1916 Washington football team

The 1916 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington as a member of the Northwest Conference and the newly-formed Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1916 college football season. In its ninth season under coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled an overall record of 6–0–1 outscored its opponents by a combined total of 189 to 16. Washington had a record of 2–0–1 in Northwest Conference play and 3–0–1 against PCC opponents, winning both conference titles.^[1] Louis Seagraves was the team captain.

1916 Washington football
Northwest Conference co-champion PCC co-champion
Conference	Northwest Conference, Pacific Coast Conference
Record	6–0–1 (2–0–1 Northwest, 3–0–1 PCC)
Head coach	Gil Dobie (9th season)
Captain	Louis Seagraves
Home stadium	Denny Field
Seasons ← 1915 1917 →

1916 Northwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington +	2	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
Oregon +	2	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	1
Oregon Agricultural	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Washington State	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Whitman	1	–	3	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

1916 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington +	3	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
Oregon ^ +	2	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	1
Oregon Agricultural	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
California	0	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

Washington played to a scoreless tie with border rival Oregon at Eugene. Both ended the season undefeated, but Oregon was invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.^[2][3][4] For a second consecutive year, Washington did not play in-state rival Washington State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30		Ballard Meteors*	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 28–0	2,000
October 7	3:00 p.m.	South Tacoma Athletic Club*	Denny Field Seattle, WA	No contest	1,000	[5]
October 14		Bremerton (Navy)*	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 62–0	2,000	[6]
October 28		Whitman	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 37–6	3,000	[7]
November 4	2:30 p.m.	at Oregon	Kincaid Field Eugene, OR (rivalry)	T 0–0	5,000	[8][9][10]
November 11		Oregon Agricultural	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 35–0	5,000	[11]
November 18		at California	California Field Berkeley, CA	W 13–3	2,000	[12][13][14]
November 30		California	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 14–7	9,000	[15][16][17]
*Non-conference game Source: [18][19][20]