1916 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1916 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Western Conference
Record	3–3–1 (2–2–1 Western)
Head coach	Robert Zuppke (4th season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Captain	Bart Macomber
Home stadium	Illinois Field

1916 Western Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ohio State $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	0
Northwestern	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Chicago	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Illinois	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Iowa	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Indiana	0	–	3	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
Purdue	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1916 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1916 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 3–3–1 record and finished in fifth place in the Western Conference.^[1] Quarterback Bart Macomber was the team captain.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	Kansas*	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 30–0	3,788	[3]
October 14	Colgate*	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	L 3–15	5,263
October 21	Ohio State	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 6–7	4,388
October 28	at Purdue	Stuart Field Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 14–7		[4]
November 4	at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 14–9	11,368	[5]
November 18	Chicago	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	L 7–20	831	[6]
November 25	at Wisconsin	Randall Field Madison, WI	T 0–0	6,000	[7]
*Non-conference game

Awards and honors

• Bart Macomber, quarterback

• First-team selection by Fielding H. Yost for the 1916 College Football All-America Team^[8]
• Second-team selection by Walter Eckersall and Paul Purman for the 1916 All-America team^[9][10]

References

1. "1916 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
2. "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
3. "Jayhawks Lose To Zupmen, 30-0". The Daily Illini. October 8, 1916. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Illinois Faster; Does Purdue 14-7". The Muncie Sunday Star. October 29, 1916. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Illinois Eleven Springs Big Surprise by Defeating the Gophers". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 5, 1916. pp. Sporting 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Maroons Show Fight and Surprise Illinois, 20-7". Chicago Tribune. November 19, 1916. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Badgers Hold Illinois to a 0 to 0 Score in Mud". The Wisconsin State Journal. November 26, 1916. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Yost's 1916 All American". Mansfield News. December 27, 1916.
9. "Four Westerners On All-American: 1916 Selection Made by W. Eckersall". Daily Review. Decatur, IL. December 11, 1916.
10. Paul Purman (December 2, 1916). "The News' Own All-American 1916 Football Team". Des Moines Daily News.