1916 Texas Longhorns football team

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1916 Texas Longhorns football
UT&T text logo.svg
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1916 record7–2 (6–1 SWC)
Head coach
  • Eugene Van Gent (1st season)
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas 5 1 0 7 2 0
Baylor 3 1 0 9 1 0
Rice 2 1 0 6 1 2
Oklahoma 2 1 0 6 5 0
Texas A&M 1 2 0 6 3 0
Arkansas 0 2 0 4 4 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 3 0 4 4 0
Southwestern (TX) 0 3 0 3 5 0
  • No champion recognized[1]

The 1916 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1916 college football season.[2]

During the A&M game the first Bevo was unveiled.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 30SMU*
W 74–0
October 7Rice
W 16–2
October 13vs. Oklahoma A&MSan Antonio, TXW 14–66,000
October 21vs. Oklahoma
  • Fair Park Stadium
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)
W 21–7
October 28Baylor
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
L 3–7
November 4at Missouri*
L 0–3
November 14Arkansas
W 52–0
November 21Southwestern (TX)
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 17–3
November 30Texas A&M
W 21–715,000
  • *Non-conference game

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. ^ "1916 Texas Longhorns Stats".
  3. ^ "1916 Texas Longhorns". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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