1916 Washington football team

American college football season

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

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 champion ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

The 1916 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1916 college football season. In its ninth season under coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record, was champion of the new Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 189 to 16. Louis Seagraves was the team captain.

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.

For a second consecutive year, Washington did not play in-state rival Washington State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30		Ballard Meteors*	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 28–0	2,000
October 14		Bremerton (Navy)*	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 62–0	2,000
October 28		Whitman*	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 37–6	3,000
November 4	2:30 p.m.	at Oregon	Kincaid Field Eugene, OR (rivalry)	T 0–0	5,000
November 11		Oregon Agricultural	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 35–0	5,000
November 18		at California	California Field Berkeley, CA	W 13–3	2,000
November 30		California	Denny Field Seattle, WA	W 14–7	9,000
*Non-conference game Source:

References

"2015 Pac-12 Media Guide" (PDF). www.pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. p. 163. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
"Oregon plays Penn on New Year's Day". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 20, 1916. p. 12.
"Oregon to meet Pennsy eleven". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1916. p. 16.
"Oregon selected to meet eastern team". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). November 21, 1916. p. 3.
"Washington wins by big score". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 16, 1916. p. 14.
Varnell, George M. (October 30, 1916). "Dobie's eleven lacks "punch"". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (game referee). p. 16.
"Pigskin warriors to play in rain". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 4, 1916. p. 12.
"Final -- Oregon, 0; Washington, 0". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). November 4, 1916. p. 1.
Varnell, George M. (November 6, 1916). "Fumbles feature game at Eugene". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (game referee). p. 18.
"State varsity licks O.A.C. to frazzle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 13, 1916. p. 14.
"Crowds gather for big game". Berkeley Daily Gazette. (California). November 18, 1916. p. 1.
Varnell, George M. (November 20, 1916). "Foemen worthy of Dobie's steel". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (game referee). p. 14.
"Big improvement shown by bears in Saturday game". Berkeley Daily Gazette. (California). November 20, 1916. p. 2.
"Teams named for game at Seattle". Berkeley Daily Gazette. (California). United Press. November 30, 1916. p. 1.
Varnell, George M. (December 1, 1916). "Ends its ninth football season without defeat". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (game referee). p. 16.
"Dobie's men win from California by 14 to 7 score". Berkeley Daily Gazette. (California). December 1, 1916. p. 4.
"1916 Washington Huskies Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
"1916 Football Schedule". The University of Washington Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
"2024 Football Media Guide" (PDF). The University of Washington Athletics. p. 152. Retrieved December 2, 2024.

v t e Washington Huskies football
Venues	Denny Field (1895–1920) CenturyLink Field (2011–2012) Husky Stadium (1920–2011, 2013–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oregon Washington State: Apple Cup Northwest Championship
Culture & lore	Dubs Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington" Husky Marching Band Quarterback U The Wave 1985 Oregon State game Whammy in Miami
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Annual awards NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Pac-12 Conference football champions
Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) California & Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) California, Oregon, Stanford, & USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)
AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)
Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)
Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)
Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016) USC (2017) Washington (2018) Oregon (2019) Oregon (2020) Utah (2021) Utah (2022) Washington (2023)
National championships in bold

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