1916 Ohio Green and White football team

1916 Ohio Green and White football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–2–1 (4–1–1 OAC)
Head coach
1916 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH) $ 6 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
Mount Union 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Denison 5 – 0 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
4 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Wooster 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Case 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 3 – 2
Western Reserve 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Akron 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Ohio Northern 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Kenyon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Wittenberg 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Cincinnati 0 – 6 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
Baldwin–Wallace 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
Oberlin 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Ohio State * 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship

The 1916 Ohio Green and White football team represented Ohio University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1916 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach M. B. Banks, the Green and White compiled an overall record of 5–2–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, placing fourth in the OAC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30at Ohio WesleyanDelaware, OHT 0–0
October 7at Syracuse*L 0–73[2]
October 14Otterbein*Athens, OHW 13–7
October 21at OberlinOberlin, OHW 13–7[3]
October 28KenyonAthens, OHW 6–0
November 3WittenbergAthens, OHW 89–3[4]
November 11at CincinnatiCincinnati, OHW 33–10
November 17at WoosterWooster, OHL 0–9
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2021 Ohio Football Media Guide" (PDF). Athens, Ohio: Ohio University. 2021. p. 23. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "Syracuse Rips Up Ohio". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 8, 1916. p. 120. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Ohio 13, Oberlin 7". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 22, 1916. p. 18. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Wittenberg Was Easy". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. November 4, 1916. p. 6. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.