1916 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

1916 Virginia Tech Hokies football
SAIAA Champion
Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record 7–2 (4–0 SAIAA)
Head coach Jack Ingersoll (1st year)
Home stadium Miles Field
1916 SAIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Virginia Tech † 4 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Maryland 4 – 0 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Georgetown 2 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 0 – 0     5 – 2 – 2
North Carolina 3 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Virginia 3 – 1 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
George Washington 2 – 1 – 0     3 – 3 – 1
Catholic 2 – 1 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Davidson 1 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1
Richmond 1 – 3 – 1     5 – 2 – 2
VMI 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
St. John's (MD) 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
William & Mary 0 – 2 – 1     2 – 5 – 2
Johns Hopkins 0 – 2 – 0     0 – 2 – 0
North Carolina A&M 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 5 – 0
† – Conference champion

The 1916 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1916 college football season. Led by Jack Ingersoll in his only year as Tech head coach, the team went 7–2 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result
September 30, 1916 Richmond Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA W 13–0  
October 7, 1916 Hampden–Sydney Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA W 10–0  
October 14, 1916 vs. West Virginia Charleston, WV L 0–20  
October 20, 1916 at Yale Yale Field • New Haven, CT L 0–19  
October 28, 1916 vs. North Carolina State Norfolk, VA W 40–0  
November 4, 1916 North Carolina Roanoke, VA W 14–7  
November 11, 1916 Wake Forest Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA W 52–0  
November 18, 1916 Roanoke Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA W 41–0  
November 30, 1916 vs. VMI Roanoke, VA W 23–14  
*Non-conference game.

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References

  1. ↑ Conference Champions of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association,College Football Data Warehouse
  2. ↑ "1916 Virginia Tech schedule".