1916 University of Utah football team

1916 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

Kickoff during the 1916 Colorado – Utah game

The 1916 University of Utah football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah during the 1916 college football season. Head coach Nelson Norgren led the team to a 2–2 mark in the RMFAC and 3–2 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 21	at USC*	Fiesta Park Los Angeles, CA	W 27–12	2,000	^[1]
October 28	Colorado	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 28–0		^[2]
November 11	Utah Agricultural	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 46–0
November 18	at Colorado Agricultural	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	L 6–12
November 30	Colorado College	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT	L 6–21
*Non-conference game

^ "USC Football History" (PDF). University of Southern California. p. 14. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
^ "Norgren's men beat Colorado after tussle". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 29, 1916. Retrieved April 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Coaching Record Game by Game Nelson H. Norgren 1916". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-07-09.

v t Utah Utes football
Venues	Robert Rice Stadium (1927–97) Rice–Eccles Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)
Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah Utah pass
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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
National championship seasons in bold

1916 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Colorado Agricultural $	6	–	0	–	1	6	–	0	–	1
Colorado College	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Denver	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	2	–	1
Utah	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	2	–	0
Colorado Mines	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	2	–	1
Wyoming	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	4	–	0
Colorado	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	5	–	1
Utah Agricultural	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion