1916 NYU Violets football team

1916 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3–1
Head coach	Richard E. Eustis (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

1916 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	2	–	2
Harvard			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	2	–	2
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	5	–	2
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	2
Carlisle			–					1	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					2	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	9	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	8	–	0

The 1916 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their only year under head coach Richard E. Eustis, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 7	RPI	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 22–0	[1]
October 14	Haverford	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 7–7	[2]
October 21	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–14	[3]
October 28	at Union (NY)	Alexander Field Schenectady, NY	W 13–0	[4]
November 7	Bucknell	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 13–0	[5]
November 11	Colby	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–3	[6]
November 18	Maryland State	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 7–10	[7]
November 25	at Columbia	South Field New York, NY	W 6–0	[8]

References

1. "N.Y.U. football season starts with a victory". New York Tribune. October 8, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Haverford held to a tie score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Wesleyan vanquishes N.Y.U." The Hartford Daily Courant. November 22, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "N.Y.U. springs big surprise on Union". The Sun. New York. October 29, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "New York U. gridders triumph over Bucknell". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. November 8, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Field goal causes defeat of N.Y.U." The Sun. New York. November 12, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Maryland State wins". The Baltimore Sun. November 19, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "N.Y.U. triumphs over Columbia in close game". New York Tribune. November 26, 1916. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.