1916 Pensacola hurricane, Meteorological history
After reaching the Gulf of Mexico, the cyclone then curved towards the central Gulf and restrengthened, attaining hurricane intensity on October 17. As it was accelerating north towards the central U.S. Gulf Coast on October 18, the hurricane's winds once again reached 110 mph (175 km/h), equivalent to a Category 2 on the modern Saffir–Simpson scale. With this intensity, the hurricane made landfall near Pensacola, Florida, at 14:00 UTC that day. Its central pressure was estimated to have been 970 mbar (hPa; 28.64 inHg). Pensacola briefly experienced the storm's calm center.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Meteorological history
The storm quickly weakened after moving inland, tracking over Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois before ultimately merging with another area of low pressure near the Great Lakes by 12:00 UTC on October 19. This resulting combined system was initially broad and diffuse, but a dominant center of circulation soon emerged over Illinois on October 19. This new storm tracked northeast into the Great Lakes region and was last observed crossing Ontario.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
Communications with the Swan Islands were disrupted as the hurricane passed nearby. Three wireless towers were destroyed and two thousand coconut trees were blown down. Buildings sustained slight damage. Several barges were grounded on the Swan Islands' shores. Twenty people were killed following a ship's sinking in the western Caribbean. Most plantains and hundreds of coconut trees in the British Honduras were destroyed by the hurricane. Heavy rainfall was documented on the Yucatán Peninsula.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
Beginning on October 14, the Weather Bureau began advising ships in the Gulf of Mexico of the storm's possible approach via the Yucatán Channel. Storm warnings were issued by the Weather Bureau for a stretch of the U.S. Gulf Coast between Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and Carrabelle, Florida, on the morning of October 17. Hurricane warnings were issued for areas between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Apalachicola, Florida, on October 18 as the cyclone drew nearer.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
Storm warnings were also issued on the Eastern Seaboard between Savannah, Georgia, and Cape Henry, Virginia, and additional warnings for damaging gale-force winds were issued for inland areas in Alabama, western Georgia, northwestern Florida, and Mississippi. These alerts were radioed to coastal interests and yielded enough time for substantial precautionary measures to be put in place. The warnings advised for ships to remain in port. Eight ships bound for Central Americana and European ports remained anchored at the mouth of the Mississippi River.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
A hundred fishing schooners operating in the wetlands of Louisiana fled for Biloxi, Mississippi, to avoid the storm. The United States Coast Guard dispatched the cutter Tallapoosa to render assistance to vessels in distress if necessary. Shipping firms authorized the resumption of shipping operations at noon on October 18. The perceived threat of the hurricane to Alabama's cotton-growing regions caused the price of cotton at the New Orleans Cotton Exchange to advance by $4.50 per bale, reaching autumnal highs unseen since the Civil War. On the evening of October 18, all warnings concerning the hurricane's landfall were terminated.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
Category 2 hurricane conditions were experienced in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The storm's damaging effects were localized; in Florida, damage was limited to the Pensacola area. At the coast, the hurricane produced a storm surge generally 3–4 ft (0.91–1.22 m) above mean tide. These values were low relative to the storm's intensity due to the storm's small size and fast forward speed at landfall. Rough seas along Santa Rosa Island and the Fairpoint Peninsula caused $10,000 in damage to railroads as embankments were eroded.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
Most of the damage associated with the hurricane at its Gulf landfall was caused by the strong winds that accompanied the storm. Mobile, Alabama, recorded a peak gust of 120 mph (190 km/h), while a peak gust of 128 mph (206 km/h) was registered in Pensacola, Florida. These were new highs for both cities, topping records set three months prior in the 1916 Gulf Coast hurricane. One-minute sustained winds of 94 mph (152 km/h) were also documented in the two cities.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
The anemometer in Pensacola was blown away a minute after recording the peak gust and shortly before the storm's eye passed overhead. The winds damaged fences, roofs, signs, and trees. In Pensacola, 200 trees were felled. Several ships were lost in the Pensacola harbor and many small craft were damaged. Three schooners were driven ashore. The sinking of the steamship Flanders off Pensacola killed one person. Plateglass windows were smashed; a 13-year-old boy sustained injuries after being defenestrated by the winds. All electric and communication wires in Pensacola were knocked out of commission for 12 hours. Storm damage suspended rail service between the city and Jacksonville, Florida, for a week. The roof of a school was almost entirely peeled away. At the Pensacola Naval Yard, an office building was unroofed and the sheathing of the hangar was partially torn off.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
In Alabama, the heaviest damage occurred in Dale, Covington, and Coffee counties. Strong winds blew down homes and timber. Mobile was caught in the storm's core for two hours. A steamship sank and two large ships were driven aground. One steamship, the James A. Carney, partially sunk in her dry dock after being raised following the 1916 Gulf Coast hurricane. Many smaller skiffs and launches in the Mobile area were driven ashore or capsized. Damage was relatively light in the city proper, totaling a few thousand dollars. Two buildings in the business district were unroofed and plateglass windows were broken.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
Communications wires were downed on the morning of October 18, though restorations of telecommunications began within hours. Trains in Mobile bound for New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile-bound trains from Montgomery, Alabama, were halted due to the loss of communications. Seven people were killed when a home was razed. One person was killed due to electrocution by a live electric wire. Electric crews from Albany, Alabama, were dispatched to repair telecommunications infrastructure in the Mobile area. Other towns in South Alabama reported homes unroofed and trees blown down, but without loss of life.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
Rainfall associated with the hurricane was heaviest farther away from the storm's center to the west and east, with totals above 5 in (130 mm) across much of the Mississippi River Delta. Most rain occurred ahead of the system as it was approaching the coast, with drier conditions prevailing to the storm's south after it moved inland. At Burrwood, Louisiana, the storm produced 12.8 in (330 mm) of rain overall; 11.88 in (302 mm) of rain fell in the 24-hours ending on the morning of October 18. Five stations, including the one at Burwood, set 24-hour rainfall records during the hurricane's passage. Rainfall in the state proved beneficial, relieving drought conditions and helping to restore struggling crops.


1916 Pensacola hurricane, Preparations and impact
Despite the intensity of the hurricane, the warnings from the Weather Bureau combined with the storm's small size and fast motion kept losses low along the Gulf coast, reducing the damage potential of storm surge and rainfall. Total property damage in the Mobile and Pensacola area was approximately $100,000. Shipping interests incurred about $25,000 in losses. The storm's extratropical stages contributed to the formation of a powerful storm that brought gusty winds throughout all of the Great Lakes and gale-force winds off the coasts of the Mid-Atlantic states and New England between October 15–20. Winds reaching 60–75 mph (95–120 km/h) on Lake Erie claimed the lives of 49 people and sank 4 ships in what became known as Black Friday. The influence of this system was extensive; in Florida, the cold temperatures brought equatorward by the cyclone were still in place through October 23.


1916 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 36 wins and 117 losses. The 1916 team is often considered by baseball historians the worst team in American League history, and its .235 winning percentage is still the lowest ever for a modern (post-1900) big-league team.


1916 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1916 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1916 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Philadelphia Phillies season
The following lists the events of the 1916 Philadelphia Phillies season.


1916 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1916 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1916 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Philippine Assembly elections
The elections for the members of the Philippine Assembly were held on June 6, 1916 pursuant to the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 which prescribed elections for every three years. After the passage of the Jones Law on August 29, 1916 in where the Philippine Assembly would be replaced by the House of Representatives of the Philippines or the Lower House, the elected members of the Philippine Assembly would be automatically members of the new House of Representatives.


1916 Philippine Senate elections
The first-ever elections to Philippine Senate were held on October 3, 1916, immediately after the passage of the Philippine Autonomy Act, known as the Jones Law. The Act created the Senate of the Philippines. The Senate replaced the Philippine Commission as the upper house of the Philippine Legislature, thus creating for the first time a fully elected national legislative branch in the Philippines, under the American colonial Insular Government. Each district elected two senators (plurality-at-large): The first-placer was to serve a six-year term while the second-placer was to serve a three-year term. On each election thereafter, one seat per district was up (first past the post). The senators from the 12th district were appointed by the American governor-general for no fixed term.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by coach Pop Warner, the Panthers won all eight games and outscored their opponents by a total of 255 to 25. The team was retroactively selected as the national champion by multiple NCAA-designated major selectors, including the Billingsley Report (using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology), Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and by others as a co-national champion with Army by Parke H. Davis.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The lone scare of the 1916 season occurred at Navy when, following a delay of the team's train heading to Annapolis that caused a late arrival, the team overcame several fumbles and eked out a 20–19 victory. The 1916 team was led by center Bob Peck, Pitt's first first-team All-American, and All-American end James Pat Herron, as well as All-Americans fullback Andy Hastings and guard "Tiny" Thornhill. Also on that team were Jock Sutherland and H.C. "Doc" Carlson who would go on to become perhaps Pitt's most legendary coaches in football and basketball, respectively. This Pitt Panthers football team was given the nickname "the greatest eleven in the world."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Graduate manager Karl Davis finalized the schedule for 1916 by December 22, 1915. The schedule was a carbon copy of the 1915 slate except that Syracuse replaced Carlisle. In June, a home game against Buffalo on September 30 was added but never materialized, as The Pittsburg Press reported in late August: "The University of Buffalo team, scheduled to open the season against the varsity, has found it necessary to cancel the game."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Student manager John Thompson and his assistants began preparations at Camp Hamilton for preseason workouts during the last week of August.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
"All work in connection with the camp will be done by students. Pitt boys will act as waiters, direct the transportation of camp supplies, do the laundry work and keep the big field in shape for scrimmage. Prof. G. W. Case of the Department of Sanitary Engineering superintended the installation of a complete sanitary system and has directed the construction of a new well-equipped trainer's room and additional shower baths. The water used at Camp Hamilton has been carefully tested by expert chemists at the University and has been found absolutely pure. The University's athletic authorities pride themselves on having done everything possible to make Camp Hamilton equal to the most comfortable and completely equipped training headquarters in the country."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
On September 5, graduate manager John Thompson assembled the 30-odd aspirants for positions on the 1916 Pitt football roster at Union Station for the Pennsylvania Railroad trip to Windber, PA. In addition, the coach, the manager and his assistants; Dr. Moyer, the team physician; trainer, Hunter Johnston; and a corps of efficient workers were on board.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
"There are six men in the party this year who were not included in the group at Windber last year, while 11 huskies who formed part of Warner's contingent in 1915 are missing from this year's squad due to graduation, leaving school or other causes." All in all over forty men attended camp. On September 6, the second edition of Coach Warner's preseason camp commenced.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Richard Guy of The Gazette Times visited camp and reported: "After watching the candidates for the University of Pittsburgh football team go through a day's work out here, one is compelled to ask himself how the team, once it strikes its gait can help be anything but a winner." The daily routine – Rise at 6:30 a.m.; Breakfast at 7; Practice 10 to 11; Lunch at 12; Practice 3:30 to 4:45; Dinner at 6; Lights out at 10. Coach Warner was subdued in his assessment "All I hope for is that we have a team as good as last year.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
I cannot say I anticipate anything better, but if we reach our power of last season we ought to be satisfied. Our chances are bright but we must consider there are many things that can transpire between now and Thanksgiving." Camp lasted approximately two and a half weeks (September 6 – September 22) and the players left reluctantly, "for this is an ideal place to condition a team."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
"The early season conditioning has been severe but a pleasant change just at the close of the stay at camp sent the men back to Pittsburgh feeling rather as though at least part of the trip had been simply a vacation. On Thursday evening a reception was held at camp in which about 30 girls from Johnstown, Windber and adjacent towns were the guests of the footballers. After a big corn roast, with wieners, ice cream and other staples on the side, a very enjoyable dance was held,. The hour at which the athletes are usually required to retire being advanced a little in consideration of the imminent departure."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
After arriving back at school, the team registered for classes, had a weekend break and then began to practice at Forbes Field in preparation for the opening game against Westminster.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
The University of Pittsburgh Athletic Council published a seventy-two page Seventh Annual Football Year Book as the game program, which sold for ten cents. The cover was illustrated by Andrew Brady McSwigan. Mr. McSwigan was president of Kennywood Amusement Park for 41 years.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
On Saturday October 7, Richard Guy of The Gazette Times prognosticated: "Pitt will open by playing Westminster. While the team from New Wilmington always puts up an aggressive article of football, it nevertheless does not stand much of a chance of winning today. Its only hope is in keeping down a score. Westminster has not been organized yet, while Pitt has a machine which needs oiling only to start it off at top speed."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Pitt team was healthy. Coach Warner hoped to play his entire squad if possible so he could evaluate the personnel before two successive hard road games. This week he made an important change in the squad by moving Roy Easterday and Cliff Brown from halfback to end.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Westminster Titans were led by second year coach Tuss McLaughry and sported a 0–1 record, having lost to Penn State by a score of 55 to 0. The Titans would finish the season with a 2–5–1 record.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
"An extra feature of the Westminster fracas will be the reading of bulletins from the first world series baseball game, which will be received promptly at Forbes Field and megaphoned to the crowds. The Pitt student band will, as usual, furnish music before the game and between periods." The 1918 Owl Yearbook summarized the game best: "Pitt 57 - Westminster 0. In prying off the lid of the 1916 season, the Gold and Blue eleven swamped Westminster's gridders in a contest that was not much more than a stiff signal workout for the varsity.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Pitt attack was driving and almost irresistible. It showed eight touchdowns, six resultant goals and one field goal. Hastings, DeHart and McLaren advanced the ball at will, as did McNulty and Gougler, when the opportunity was given them. Many substitutions were made and every man played up to form. It was an auspicious start for Capt. 'Bob' Peck's boys."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Florent Gibson in his analysis of the game was the first reporter to mention the Pitt team as Panthers:


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
"They esteem themselves quite bloodthirsty and ferocious out at Pitt, and desirous of impressing the multitudes with the plenteousness of their ferocity, they've taken unto themselves the nom de guerre of Panthers, which they further emphasized yesterday by producing at Forbes Field something neat and nifty in the line of a scorecard, the back of which is embellished with the likeness of a Pitt gridder in heroic mood, right fist clenched and drawn back outside the picture, in company with a lithe, agile and muscular panther, clawed and toothed cap-a-pie. All done neatly in the traditional and conventional Blue and Gold. Hence-forth we will conform with their wishes and allude to them as Panthers."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Westminster was H. Clifford Carlson (left end), Claude Thornhill (left tackle), John Sutherland (left guard), Bob Peck (center), Randall Soppitt (right guard), Fred Seidel (right tackle), James Herron (right end), William Miller (quarterback), Andy Hastings (left halfback), James DeHart (right halfback) and George McLaren (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt included Eric Meadows, Roscoe Gougler, Sam Friedlander, Frank McNulty, Dale Sies, James Morrow, William McClelland, Clifford Brown, O. C. Ammons, Roy Easterday, Frank Eckert, Harry Stahlman, Leonard Hilty, Alvar Ginn, James McIntyre, Edward Stahl, Thomas Kendrick. The game was played in 12-minute quarters.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
The first road game of  the 1916 season was to Annapolis, Maryland to do battle with the Midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Navy was led by second-year coach Jonas H. Ingram and came into the Pitt game with a 2-0-1 record.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
"Coach Warner, Manager Thompson and Capt. Peck left at 11:10 Friday night (October 13) in charge of a party of 23 players accompanied by alumni and other friends of the team. The arrival at Annapolis is scheduled for 8:30 a.m., giving the players a few hours rest before the game, which begins at 2:30." However, "The engine cab took fire 40 miles north of Baltimore and during the delay while the engine men were putting out the fire the members of the team left the train for a little workout. The Maryland fields furnished them with a delightful playground. After a long wait, all boarded the train at the call of the conductor and the train continued on its way." The team arrived three hours late, but  "every member of the Pitt team is in the finest physical condition."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
The 1918 Owl Yearbook recap refuted the above assessment: "Arriving at Annapolis only a few hours before game time, Pitt displayed poor form against the Middies and just managed to win by a single point. The long hours spent on the delayed train without breakfast had its effect on the team, as was shown by the excessive fumbling. Despite the closeness of the score, Pitt's play was far superior to that of Navy."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
Richard Guy of the Post-Gazette reported: "Pitt defeated the Navy this afternoon, 20 to 19, in a football game that was characterized by errors of omission and commission on the part of the Pittsburghers. That the Midshipmen did not win was not the fault of Coach Warner's pupils, for they seemed to be bent upon handing the annual affair to Uncle Sam's future admirals."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
For Pitt, Andy Hastings, George McLaren and James DeHart scored touchdowns. Hastings kicked two goals after. "Pitt's scoring was the result of taking the ball down the field on straight football tactics. It was purely a case of earning everything it got, while Navy's touchdowns were handed to them."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
The Baltimore Sun noted: "The Middies drew first blood early in the opening period when (Eric) Meadows fumbled a punt on his own five yard line. Jackson recovered for Navy and darted across the goal line. The try for goal failed." Pitt then proceeded to advance the ball down the field and Hastings' touchdown tied the game. He was successful on the goal after to put Pitt ahead 7–6 at the end of the first quarter. George McLaren scored his touchdown in the second quarter and Hastings again added the point after to make the score 14–6 at halftime.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
Early in the third quarter, "a 48-yard sprint by Welcher after receiving one of Hastings' punts was a hair-raising incident. He finally was tackled inside of Pittsburgh's five-yard line. Three line plunges and Ingram shot through the visitor's left side for a touchdown." Holtman kicked the goal and Pitt led 14 to 13. Pitt again retaliated with a long drive. It ended when "McLaren double passed to DeHart, who went around the Navy right flank for touchdown. Hastings missed goal." Pitt led 20 to 13.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
Late in the fourth quarter, Davis of Navy recovered a Pitt fumble on the Pitt 20-yard line. "The Middies came through with a touchdown as the result of the forward pass from Hanafee to Welcher that caught the Pitt boys napping. The Navy rooters literally held their breath as Holtman steadied himself for the try at goal and there was keen dismay when his toe proved untrue." Final score Pitt 20 – Navy 19. The Midshipmen finished the season with a 6-3-1 record.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
The Pitt lineup for the game against Navy was James Herron (left end), Claude Thornhill (left tackle), John Sutherland (left guard), Bob Peck (center), Randall Soppitt and Dale Sies (right guard), Fred Seidel and Leonard Hilty (right tackle), H. Clifford Carlson (right end), Eric Meadows and William Miller (quarterback), Andy Hastings and Roscoe Gougler (left halfback), James DeHart and Frank McNulty (right halfback), George McLaren and James Morrow (fullback). The game was played in 15-minute quarters. "It was a costly win for Pitt inasmuch as Randall Soppitt was injured and out for the season."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
On October 21 Pitt traveled to Syracuse, NY to play the Syracuse Orangemen for the first time. Syracuse finished the 1915 season with a 9-1-2 record and were presently 3–0 in 1916 under first year coach Bill Hollenback.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
"Pitt's football squad will leave on Friday morning for Syracuse, the schedule bringing them into the New York State town about 8 o'clock that evening. This will enable the wearers of the Blue and Gold, after a good night's rest, to try out the stadium on Saturday morning. The eleven will be further cheered through the game by the presence of the 30-piece student band, which is to make the trip. Pitt's cheerleader and band will make their appearance in the tasty new uniforms, those of the yellmasters being the gift of the athletic committee, while the band was equipped through the generosity of two trustees of the university, E. V. Bobcock and Howard Heinz."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
Richard Guy of The Gazette Times reported that Coach Warner would start James Morrow at quarterback for the Syracuse game and that (George)"McLaren, who was badly shaken up in the game at Annapolis, reports himself in shape. Dale Sies will play Soppitt's guard."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
The Binghamton Press was impressed with Pitt: "Hastings and McLaren of Pittsburgh tore so many holes in the Syracuse eleven here Saturday that Captain Peck's visiting eleven had little trouble defeating the heavy farmers in Syracuse Stadium by the score of 30 to 0. It was the most disappointing demonstration of home inefficiency which Syracuse has exhibited in several years. The visitors outplayed, outbucked, outran and outtackled the local eleven, and really could have scored several more touchdowns. Upwards of 15,000 spectators sat through the contest, but only an few hundred (Pitt fans) really enjoyed the affair."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
Richard Guy of The Gazette Times agreed: "The Pitt football team rose in its power this afternoon and smote the haughty and valiant Syracuse hosts a crushing 30 to 0 defeat in the presence of 10,000 persons in the stadium here. It was a different Pitt team that went out this afternoon to do battle with the Orange compared with that which played the Navy last Saturday. The team which Capt. Bob Peck led on the stadium field to meet Syracuse for the first time in their gridiron history was determined, and five minutes after the play was underway Syracuse was beaten."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
The Pittsburgh Press was blunt: "Mowing down the much-touted defense of the ponderous University of Syracuse football eleven, the University of Pittsburgh gridiron warriors this afternoon vanquished the local team and completely outclassed them, never allowing them to appear dangerous. The score, Pitt 30, Syracuse 0, tells how the Pitt boys fairly made the local giants look like fondled pets."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
On Pitt's second possession they advanced the ball inside the Syracuse five yard line and fullback "McLaren went through for a touchdown. Hastings kicked goal." Early in the second quarter, Pitt had the ball on Syracuse's seven yard line. "Hastings, at right guard, went through for a touchdown. Hastings missed goal." Pitt led 13 to 0. On Pitt's next possession, "James Herron intercepted a forward pass and went from the 50 to the 25-yard line." Four plays later, "standing on the 21-yard line, Hastings kicked a field goal. Score: Pitt 16, Syracuse 0."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
In the third quarter, "Pitt received the ball on its 10-yard line and made an uninterrupted procession to a score." James DeHart slipped through left guard from the 5-yard line for the touchdown. "Hastings kicked the goal. Score: Pitt 23, Syracuse 0." Pitt had possession of the ball on Syracuse's 43-yard line to start the fourth period. Eight running plays later from the 2-yard line, James "Morrow bucked the line for a touchdown and was laid out on the play. Hastings kicked the goal. Score: Pitt 30, Syracuse 0." The statistics emphasize how dominating the Pitt machine performed.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
"In the first half, Pitt gained 146 yards and 10 first downs; Syracuse had 11 yards and 1 first down. In the second half, Pitt had 183 yards and 10 first downs against 18 yards and 1 first down. For the game, Pitt outgained Syracuse 329 yards to 29." Syracuse finished the season with a 5–4 record.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
The Pittsburgh Press reported: "Walter Camp arrived this morning to witness the game because it was regarded as the most important struggle on today's card. "Marvelous," said the distinguished authority on one occasion when he saw the team crashing through the Syracuse defense. "The team play is perfect. They are a most wonderful machine. Pitt is a marvelous combination." It is expected that his visit will have an important bearing on the choice of an All-American team."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
The Pitt lineup for the game against Syracuse was H. Clifford Carlson (left end), Claude Thornhill (left tackle), John Sutherland (left guard), Bob Peck (center), Dale Sies and Edward Stahl (right guard), Fred Seidel and Leonard Hilty (right tackle), James Herron (right end), James Morrow and Frank McNulty (quarterback), Andy Hastings and Roscoe Gougler (left halfback), James DeHart and Eric Meadows (right halfback), and George McLaren (fullback). The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
The fourth opponent for the 1916 season was the University of Pennsylvania Quakers led by first year coach Bob Folwell. The Quakers sported a record of 3–1, having lost to Swarthmore 6–0, but beating Penn State, West Virginia and Franklin & Marshall.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
Earlier in the week, The Gazette Times reported that Coach Warner's contract was extended through the 1920 season. "The fact that since Warner took charge of the football squad over a year ago not a single game has been lost is in itself ample cause for this action on the part of the Pitt athletic committee, but there is something more back of the action.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
They believe that Glenn Warner is not only the ablest and most efficient coach in the country, but that his influence upon the men he coaches and the student body generally is something the value of which cannot be estimated. The demand that Coach Warner be retained as long as possible came to the athletic committee from students and alumni alike; it was unanimous."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
The Philadelphia Inquirer described the team send-off: "With the cheers of more than five thousand loyal students echoing in their ears, twenty-five members of the Pennsylvania Varsity football team departed last night for Pittsburgh, where they will do battle with the University of Pittsburgh eleven tomorrow afternoon on Forbes Field. The spectacle of the mob of madly cheering students in the train shed of Broad Street Station just prior to the leaving of the Red and Blue squad of gridironers was the greatest witnessed in this city for many a year.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
In fact, the demonstration given by undergraduates from the training house; the conveying of the players and coaches in a big bus pulled by freshmen to Broad Street Station, the snake dance, the singing of songs and the speeches, has been equaled only once in the history of Old Penn, that being some eleven years ago, when Penn was represented by an unbeatable eleven."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
Both teams were healthy as Ralph Davis of The Pittsburgh Press reported: "Pitt took the field today with the same lineup which defeated Syracuse a week ago. Penn had practically the same lineup which defeated State."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
The Philadelphia Inquirer sporting editor was not amused after the game: "Pennsylvania's hopeful football team was outclassed, crumpled and beaten by the score of 20 to 0 this afternoon on Forbes Field by the gridiron warriors of the University of Pittsburgh. To tell of the rout of the resplendent Red and Blue team it is only necessary to say that the Pitt husky battlers scored a goal from the field in the first period of the game and another in the second, the quarter in which they added a touchdown.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
In the third period even the mighty Smoky City men could not score, in which the fiercest of the fighting was done, but in the fourth and last period the Blue and Gold clan forced the ball once more over Penn's goal line and brought their score up to 20 points. And when the Pitt score topped Penn's by 12 points the Pittsburgh supporters were enriched by several thousand dollars."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
W. B. McVicker of The Pittsburgh Press praised the game of Andy Hastings and James DeHart: "Hastings tallied the most points for Pitt, scoring 14 of the 20 points annexed by the Panthers. It was Hastings who booted a goal from placement in the first quarter thus scoring a field goal. It was Hastings who tallied again in the second quarter in the same fashion and Hastings who crossed the coveted chalk mark in the last period with the pigskin tucked safely beneath his arm for Pitt's last score. Andy also kicked the goals following his own and DeHart's touchdowns. ... DeHart, the Panthers' wonderful halfback, contributed the most sensational features of the struggle. Time after time, the monstrous crowd was brought to its feet by some thrilling run by DeHart, and when the whistle announced the close of hostilities, this star had covered himself with glory."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
Richard Guy of the Post-Gazette praised the coaches: "It was another battle between those two master minds of football, Coaches Glenn Warner and Bob Folwell, and the sweet taste of victory belongs to the Pittsburgh mentor because his men showed the superior offensive line strength and better interference."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
Coach Folwell credited his opponents: "Pop Warner has the best team that ever played football and deserves a lot of credit for such a wonderful exhibition as his boys showed us today. Man for man no team in the country can compare with this year's Pitt team. There is no luck in football, you have to play the game to win and that's what Warner's boys did today. It was a wonderful game of football and Warner is to be congratulated."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn
The Pitt lineup for the game against Penn was H. Clifford Carlson (left end), Claude Thornhill and H. Austin Stahlman (left tackle), John Sutherland (left guard), Bob Peck and Thomas Kendrick (center), Dale Sies (right guard), Fred Seidel and Leonard Hilty (right tackle), James Herron (right end), James Morrow and William Miller (quarterback), Andy Hastings and Roscoe Goughler (left halfback), James DeHart, Frank McNulty and Eric Meadows (right halfback) and George McLaren (fullback). The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
The Allegheny Methodists led by fourth year coach Charles E. Hammett were next on the schedule and arrived in town with a 2-1-1 record. Their only loss occurred on their October 21 visit to Pittsburgh  against Carnegie Tech. "The Alleghenians are in much better condition than at any time this season, and while Coach Hammett realizes that his men have but a faint prospect of victory over the Warnerites, he predicted they would surprise spectators by their showing against the conquerors of Penn. The Panthers are in pretty good shape too."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
“This game was the concluding event of Pittsburgh's Charter Centennial celebration. Two hundred boys from the Kingsley settlement house attended the struggle as guests of Pitt management. This arrangement was made through Ian Forbes, president of the Y. M. C. A. at the University, who is at present connected with the Kingsley House work. Mr. Forbes is a member of the varsity wrestling team.”


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
W. B. McVicker of The Pittsburgh Press reported: "As a cat plays with a mouse, so did the Panther eleven toy with the Allegheny College grid team yesterday on Forbes Field, but the “killing” was finally accomplished after Pitt had tallied 46 points and held her Meadville opponents scoreless." The rain prior to kickoff kept the attendance low. "The Panther band was on the job, however, and made up for the lack of enthusiasm of the student body. The game was played on a field, one-half of which was muddy, and the other half muddier."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times noted: "Pitt started its regular lineup except that Bill McClelland was at fullback instead of (George) McLaren, who is nursing a bruised hip. (Andy) Hastings, who has a bad ankle, was removed from the game in the first period and (Roscoe) Gougler took his place." Gougler took advantage of the opportunity and scored three touchdowns in the second quarter. "One run of 62 yards for touchdown after catching a punt was a thrilling piece of work. He took the kick near the west side lines, one foot being but inches from the line. He then swung to the right and cut across the field and outran the left side of the Allegheny team. His speed in the mud was remarkable."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
The second string played the third quarter with William Miller contributing a touchdown. Sam Friedlander, another benchwarmer, scored on an 11-yard double pass play early in the fourth quarter. James DeHart added two touchdowns, a one-yard plunge in the first period and a six-yard pass reception in the final stanza. Pitt converted four goal kicks to run the tally the 46. "Allegheny sent a weak team on the field, its defense being unable to cope with the Pitt attack, and its offense was on a plane with the attack."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
The 1918 Owl Yearbook recapped: "Allegheny's sensational aerial attack of a year ago was missing and Pitt had no trouble in trouncing the Methodists on a very muddy field..... It was pre-eminently the reserves' day, Gougler and Friedlander starring on the offense. Coach Warner was  at Ithaca watching Cornell play (Carnegie) Tech."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Allegheny was H. Clifford Carlson (left end), Claude Thornhill (left tackle), John Sutherland (left guard), Bob Peck (center), Dale Sies (right guard), Fred Seidel (right tackle), James Herron (right end), James Morrow (quarterback), Andy Hastings (left halfback), James DeHart (right halfback) and William McClelland (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt included Roscoe Gougler, Sam Friedlander, Eric Meadows, H. Austin Stahlman, William Miller, Clifford Brown, O. C. Ammons, Roy Easterday, Frank Eckert, Edward Stahl, R. P.  Nicholls, James McIntyre, Thomas Kendrick, Alvar Ginn, and Leonard Hilty. The game was played in 12, 10, 12, and 10-minute quarters.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
When head coach Bob Folwell left W. & J. for the University of Pennsylvania, the Red and Black hired Penn graduate Sol Metzger. Metzger previously coached at Baylor, Penn and West Virginia. His 1908 Penn team was undefeated and retroactively named national champs. The 1916 Red and Black came into the game with a 5–1 record, having lost to Yale the previous Saturday 36–14. Wash-Jeff would finish the season with an 8–2 record.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Pittsburg Press noted Coach Metzger's confidence: "My boys may hand Pitt a surprise today. They have been specially trained and coached for this game, and are confident, even though Pitt seems to be a universal favorite. My boys are in good shape physically, and are able to endure through a hard battle." Coach Warner was somewhat cautious with his pregame remarks: "My team is not in as good physical condition as it was for the Penn game. But I think the boys will play good football, nevertheless. We are meeting a strong foe, and my hope is that the mental attitude of the Pitt players will be such as to enable them to put forth their best efforts. The strength of the W. & J. team must not be underrated."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Florent Gibson described the 37 to 0 result with his usual flair: "All the king's horses and all the king's men could not have kept us away from Forbes Field yesterday afternoon, where from 2:30 to 4:30, the Pitt Panthers gave the Washington and Jefferson eleven a practical lesson in football as she is played, and registered five touchdowns, a field goal and four goals from touchdown, for 37 points while they were doing it."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Richard Guy of The Pittsburgh Gazette Times reported: "Never before in the history of W. and J. football was it beaten by such a margin in Pittsburgh. And never before in the memory of the old-time football patrons was a W. and J. team so completely outplayed, outwitted and outgeneraled. Pitt encompassed the downfall of the red and black through wonderful football, showing a keen knowledge of the fundamentals, quick thinking and splendid performances."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
In the first quarter, W. & J. tried to punt from the end zone. "(Left end H. Clifford) Carlson with outstretched arms and a jump, breasted the ball to the ground. It rolled several yards to the side and (right end James) Herron fell upon it for a Pitt touchdown. (Roscoe) Gougler kicked goal and Pitt was leading by seven points."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
At the start of the second quarter, "Gougler dropped back to the 38-yard mark and kicked a goal from placement making the score 10 to 0." After an exchange of possessions, "a double pass from the 40-yard mark, (George) McLaren to (James) DeHart, brought Pitt's second touchdown, the latter making a brilliant run of 40 yards. Gougler failed to kick goal." Pitt led at halftime 16 to 0.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Gibson of The Pittsburgh Sunday Post described the opening of the third quarter: "For we saw a football team rise to the ultimate heights yesterday in the first six minutes of the second half, heights which exceed ordinary meritorious football as the peak of Mt. Everest towers above the Himalayan foothills. It rivals fiction, the steady advance which Pitt made from its own 1-yard line,  where it received the kickoff, to the Wash-Jeff goal line for a touchdown. Not even the creator of the well-known Frank Merriwell ever had the temerity to imagine such a charge.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Pitt made a prodigal display of power that took the breath of the spectators. In 20 plays, following an eight yard return of Henry's kickoff by Jimmy DeHart, who received on the Pitt one-yard line, fumbled, recovered and came back to the nine mark, Pitt went up the field as resistless as the Johnstown flood and scored. It was a team achievement." Harry Keck of The Pittsburgh Sunday Post added "The crowd was awe-stricken by the beautiful precision with which the team lined up and hit-and gained. It was smash, smash, smash, and always an advance. It was a pretty spectacle to behold, but one could not help pitying the Wash-Jeff players who must stand up before the attack." DeHart "glided safely around left end" from the three to score the touchdown. Gougler kicked goal. Pitt led 23 – 0.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
"There followed exchanges of the ball and Gougler intercepted a pass on the Pitt 43-yard line. The Warner pupils showed they could handle the pass themselves by DeHart hurling to Miller on the five-yard line." McLaren plunged for the score, Gougler kicked goal and the total was 30 for Pitt. Minutes later W. & J. fumbled and "Carlson picked it up on the run and sped across the chalk lines 28 yards for a touchdown." Peck kicked the resultant goal and that closed the scoring. Pitt 37 – W. & J. 0


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Pitt registered 25 first downs to 5 for the Red and Black and Pitt gained 682 yards to 183 for Wash-Jeff. DeHart led the backfield with 202 yards, McLaren gained 140 and Gougler added 102. The only negative was 5 fumbles by the Pitt backs.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
In the postgame interviews, Sol Metzger praised Pitt: "We lost to the best team in the country, and no explanation is necessary. My boys gave the best they had, but it wasn't good enough to beat Pitt. We will have a better team next year, and there may be a different story then. Warner's boys are great and there is no sting attached to our defeat." Coach Warner was happy: "My team was at its best. I couldn't ask for more. I am mighty proud of the boys. W. & J. played a clean, hard game, and tried all the way. I did not expect so large a score, but I am greatly pleased with the outcome."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Pitt lineup for the game against Washington & Jefferson was H. Clifford Carlson (left end), Claude Thornhill and Leonard Hilty (left tackle), John Sutherland (left guard), Bob Peck (center), Dale Sies and Edward Stahl (right guard), Fred Seidel (right tackle), James Herron (right end), James Morrow, William Miller and Frank McNulty (quarterback), Roscoe Gougler and Sam Friedlander (left halfback), James DeHart and Eric Meadows (right halfback) and George McLaren (fullback). The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The seventh battle between Oakland's neighboring Universities took place on November 18. Forbes Field had a full schedule of events planned for the day. "In addition to being able to witness the start, progress and finish of the P.A.A. cross-country run, the fans will see a preliminary football game between the Pitt freshmen and Thiel College eleven. This contest will begin at 1 o'clock and the same classy officials who will handle the big game have been secured to take care of the earlier engagement." The Boy Scouts of Allegheny County and boys from the Irene Kauffman Settlement were guests of the Pitt management. They congregated at Wabash station and marched with a 70 piece band in a procession to the Oakland stadium. General admission for this doubleheader was fifty cents.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The Tartans of Carnegie Tech led by third year coach Walter Steffens had a 4–2 record, losing to heavyweights Yale and Cornell. “The Tech team was intact for the game. Every one of Coach Steffen's regulars was in fine trim for the big clash, and every man was imbued with a steadfast determination to hand the Panthers an unpleasant surprise.”


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
"Andy Hastings and Jim Morrow are the Pitt regulars who were not expected to be used by coach Warner today. (Roscoe) Gougler was slated to play left half and (William) Miller quarterback." Otherwise, the lineup is the same that played Wash-Jeff.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
Richard Guy of The Pittsburgh Gazette Times reported: "The University of Pittsburgh's football team defeated the representatives of the Carnegie Institute of Technology yesterday afternoon at Forbes Field, 14 to 6, and it had a man's job on its hands encompassing the downfall of the Plaid. Pitt won the game and that is about all it did, for the greater share of the praise goes to the Tech team, which earned it through its earnest endeavor. Pitt was not keyed up to the occasion while Tech was, and this disparity in mental attitude of the men was manifest in their work."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The 1918 Owl Yearbook agreed: "Pitt was not up to form, while our neighbors from Schenley Park were in fine fettle, so consequently the Panther was held to the lowest score of the season. The failure of the Blue and Gold backfield to get going was a big surprise to the fans who expected a larger score. This was partly due to the Plaids' stubborn defense  and also to a slight condition of staleness resultant from the previous hard games without a letup. Tech had a wonderful team though, and it looked as good as any that had been met. The play was slow and long drawn out on account of the over alertness of the officials."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
James DeHart fumbled the opening kickoff and Tech recovered on the Pitt 20-yard line. "Altdoerfer, a giant fullback, smashed off tackle for a six yard gain. On second down, Altdoerfer essayed another play off tackle, and this time he fumbled when Red Carlson and Bob Peck hit him hard. The ball fell to the ground and Miller, the tow-head who was playing quarter for Morrow, gathered it up on the 12-yard line and sped down the field 88 yards for a touchdown. Gougler kicked goal, and the issue looked easy for Pitt, indeed."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
On Pitt's second possession of the second quarter, James DeHart and George McLaren steadily advanced the ball from midfield to the three yard line. "McLaren smashed his sturdy body against left tackle again and came up on the other side of the goal line for Pitt's second and final touchdown. Gougler kicked goal. Score: Pitt 14, Tech 0."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
In the fourth quarter Tech advanced the ball to the Pitt 15-yard line. "Kesner dropped back to the 24-yard line as if to prepare for a drop-kick. It was a fake, and he shot a long, pretty forward pass over the goal line to Early, the substitute fullback, who was standing alone when he made the catch. It was a daring play but executed in a fine manner. Kesner missed the goal from a difficult angle. (Final) Score: Pitt 14, Tech 6."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The Pittsburgh Sunday Post reported: "The Techites regard the game as a moral victory, and not without reason. The Tartan team was carried collectively, from the field on the shoulders of their fellow students, and the Tech parade after the game was the most impressive and joyous ever staged within Forbes Field walls."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
Pop Warner stated: "Tech has a splendid team. Tech played twice as good a game against us as they did against Cornell, when I watched them through the game. They surprised me. Steffen has made a great team out of mighty fine material. I don't want to "alibi," but it must be apparent that we were not up to our usual form. If I had thought Tech would be this tough, we'd been better prepared, but at that I don't believe we'd beaten them by many more points."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The Pitt lineup for the game against Carnegie Tech was H. Clifford Carlson (left end), Claude Thornhill and Edward Stahl (left tackle), John Sutherland (left guard), Bob Peck (center), Dale Sies (right guard), Fred Seidel(right tackle), James Herron (right end), William Miller and James Morrow (quarterback), Roscoe Gougler (left halfback), James DeHart (right halfback), and George McLaren (fullback). The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Thanks to Colgate beating Brown, the only thing standing between Pitt and the National Championship on Thanksgiving Day, 1916,  were the Nittany Lions of Centre County. Penn State was led by second year coach Dick Harlow and All-American end Bob Higgins. The Lions were 8–1 on the season. Their only loss was to the Penn Quakers in Philadelphia by a score of 15–0.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
"Coach Harlow told The Gazette Times: "Our boys are going to Pittsburgh to give the best they have." State will face the Warnerites on Forbes Field coached to the minute and in excellent physical condition."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Florent Gibson of The Pittsburgh Post prophesied "The Pitt machine will be seen at its best today, and put up a game inferior to none it has played this year, not even excepting that played against Wash-Jeff, which was the high-water mark of the year, although it was good against Penn and Syracuse. For one thing, both Andy Hastings and Jimmy Morrow, who have been nursing injuries, will be in, as good as new...Claude Thornhill's arm is strong again, and he is expected to distinguish himself in today's game, the last of his career. Captain Bob Peck and right end James Herron also are playing their last games, and no doubt will be keyed to heroic efforts."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Ralph Davis of The Pittsburg Press reported: "The football season of 1916 is now history – and it is glorious history, so far as Glenn Warner's University of Pittsburgh Panthers are concerned. The Blue and Gold team wound up its campaign yesterday at Forbes Field, defeating Pennsylvania State by the decisive score of 31 to 0. At the same time Brown was defeated by the count of 28 to 0 at the hands of Colgate, thus giving Pitt undisputed right to the intercollegiate football championship of the world."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Richard Guy of The Gazette Times added his praise: "The University of Pittsburgh rounded out a glorious football season yesterday at Forbes Field when it triumphed over the well prepared and courageous team from Pennsylvania State College, 31 points to 0. These figures represent four touchdowns, Herron, Hastings, DeHart and McLaren, one each, and one resultant goal by Gougler. Six points were added by the medium of two field goals by Red Hastings...


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
When the news was flashed to the throng that Colgate had whipped Brown in Providence, thus giving Pitt the undisputed championship of the Intercollegiate world there was a mighty cheer: the blue and gold warriors entered into the spirit of the occasion. From Capt. Peck down every man fought hard and moved about in his duties in workmanlike manner."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Florent Gibson of The Pittsburgh Post was impressed with the work of Hastings: "Let us briefly enumerate the high points in Hastings' activities. First – When Penn State halted the Pitt onset in the opening quarter, Hastings dropped back and booted a field goal from the 12-yard line. Second – Hastings tossed a forward pass to Pat Herron - “Herron from Monessen”- that was good for a 48-yard gain and touchdown. Third – Hastings slipped around right end for a 75-yard gain and a touchdown. Fourth – Hastings forward passed to Jimmy DeHart for a 28-yard gain and a touchdown. Fifth – Hastings kicked a field goal from the 32-yard line. And all these things happened in the first half."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The 1918 Owl Yearbook recap agreed: "The smashing irresistible and smooth working offense that had made Pitt famous was again in evidence against State. The Centre County lads couldn't cope with the fierce attack, and they went down to the worst defeat suffered from Pitt in history. Andy Hastings, making his reappearance in the lineup, was the sensation of the day. He booted two field goals and scored a touchdown. Capt . Peck brought his career to an end in a blaze of glory. He was here, there, and everywhere.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
DeHart, McLaren, Herron and Carlson also were very much in the limelight. At the same time as the Panther was drubbing State, Brown was being eliminated by Colgate. Pitt then had a clear claim to the Intercollegiate football title. Verily, 'twas a day of thanks, long to be remembered by Pittites."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Pitt lineup for the game against State College was H. Clifford Carlson (left end), Claude Thornhill (left tackle), John Sutherland (left guard), Bob Peck (center), Dale Sies (right guard), Fred Seidel (right tackle), James Herron (right end), James Morrow (quarterback), Andy Hastings (left halfback), James DeHart (right halfback), and George McLaren (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Roscoe Gougler, William Miller, Frank McNulty, William McClelland, Edward Stahl and Leonard Hilty. The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
The New York Times headline of Sunday, December 3, 1916 read: "Pitt Entitled to the Throne." "The close of the football season of 1916, which was a combination of merry-go-round, maelstrom, and ferris wheel, finds the so-called big Eastern elevens of past years overshadowed by smaller college teams, which for several seasons now have been threatening the gridiron prestige of the great universities. Colgate engineered the greatest upset of the season by beating Brown so badly that there was no question of her superiority over the Providence eleven, which was unquestionably in line for the title.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
The University of Pittsburgh team had gone through the season undefeated and, while its schedule has not called for games with the best of Eastern opponents, the Panthers of Glenn Warner stand out as being entitled to the position at the top of the Eastern list. College teams in the South and West are not considered in this ranking."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
Daniel of The Sun (New York) gave the Pitt eleven their due: "Pittsburg deserves the Eastern football championship. There can be no questioning that fact now. Glenn Warner's eleven earned the title not so much by its own efforts in the homestretch as through the elimination of Brown by Colgate last Thursday. With its clean-cut victory over Penn State, Pittsburg wound up a glorious season with an immaculate record. It's a great son of a great father, that Smoky City outfit, and as much as it may cut New Haven, Cambridge and Plymouth Rock, the title this year must for the first time in the history of the game leave the Atlantic shore."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
Coach Warner summed up his feelings at the banquet honoring the team:


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
"We are being called the greatest team of the East and of the country and I suppose you are anxious to know the reason for our success. Harmony is the answer. There is perfect harmony in football all along the line in the institution. Nothing is done loosely. The management has been perfect and no coach could ask for more loyal support than I received on all sides. Many of the large Eastern teams are failures simply because of a lack of harmony. Absolute harmony is the secret to our success.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
The players maintained perfect harmony among themselves all season and this made for the very best teamwork. For assistants, I had two of the best football men in the country. It was a great pleasure for me to work with such men as Floyd Rose and Alec Stevenson and a good deal of the credit for our success is due them. And I want to say a few words for the reserves and freshmen. These fellows gave us real opposition in the practices and worked faithfully all season. In closing, I want to thank everybody for the loyal support accorded myself and the players throughout the season."


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, List of national championship selectors
Among the four teams that all selectors chose retrospectively as national champions for 1916, these selectors determined Pitt to be national champions.


1916 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, List of national championship selectors
* A "major selector" that was "national in scope" according to the official NCAA football records book.


1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 35th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 30th in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 65–89.


1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1916 Portland, Maine streetcar strike
The Portland, Maine Streetcar Strike occurred from July 12 to July 17, 1916 in Portland, Maine, United States. It was won by the workers largely due to overwhelming public support.


1916 Portland, Maine streetcar strike, Background
The first electric streetcars appeared in Portland in 1895 and fully replaced horse-drawn carriages in the spring of 1896. The city's streetcars were owned and operated by the Portland Railroad Company, which was initially locally owned but was purchased by the out-of-state brokerage firm E. W. Clark & Co. in 1912. Working 10-hour shifts seven days a week and regularly exposed to hazardous weather, a section of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America was formed in 1905 but all of the workers associated with it were immediately fired.


1916 Portsmouth by-election
The Portsmouth by-election, 1916 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Portsmouth on 15 January 1916. The seat had become vacant when Lord Charles Beresford (one of the constituency's two Conservative Members of Parliament) was elevated to peerage as Baron Beresford.


1916 Portsmouth by-election
The Conservative candidate, Hon. Sir Hedworth Meux, was returned unopposed. He held the seat until the constituency was divided at the 1918 general election, and did not stand for Parliament again.


1916 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
The 1916 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College during the 1916 college football season. The Blue Hose's team captain was A. P. McFie.


1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
The 1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were awards announced on 22 December 1916 to mark the exit of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, who resigned in early December.


1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1916 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1916 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1916 college football season. The team finished with a 6–2 record under second-year head coach John H. Rush. Princeton guard Frank T. Hogg was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1916 College Football All-America Team. Three other Princeton players (end Charles Highley, center Alfred Gennert, and a tackle with the surname McLean) were selected as first-team honorees by at least one selector in 1916.


1916 Progressive National Convention
The 1916 Progressive National Convention was held in July 1916, in conjunction with the Republican national convention. This was to facilitate a possible reconciliation. Five delegates from each convention met to negotiate.


1916 Progressive National Convention
The Progressives wanted reunification, but with Roosevelt as the Republican presidential nominee, which the Republicans adamantly opposed. Meanwhile, Charles Evans Hughes, a moderate progressive, became the front-runner at the Republican convention, though opposed by many conservatives. The Progressives suggested Hughes as a compromise candidate. Then Roosevelt sent a message proposing conservative Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. As a result, the Progressives immediately nominated Roosevelt again, with Louisiana businessman John M. Parker as the Vice Presidential nominee. Parker had run for governor as a Progressive early in 1916. (The Republican Party was deeply unpopular in Louisiana.)


1916 Progressive National Convention
Parker got a respectable 37% of the vote. He was the only Progressive to run for governor that year. Others suggested for the Vice-Presidency were California Governor and the 1912 Vice-Presidential nominee Hiram Johnson, and Chairman of the Party Convention Raymond Robins, but both withdrew their names in favor of Parker. However, Roosevelt later telegraphed the convention and declared that he could not accept their nomination and would be endorsing Republican nominee Charles Hughes for the Presidency.


1916 Progressive National Convention, Confusion and collapse
With Roosevelt refusing to be their candidate, the Progressive Party quickly fell into disarray; there was a temporary shout led by former Congressman Victor Murdock of Kansas for a ticket consisting of three-time Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan and industrialist Henry Ford but it amounted to little.


1916 Progressive National Convention, Confusion and collapse
Some like National Committeeman Harold L. Ickes refused to consider endorsing Hughes, and there was some talk of nominating another for the Presidency in Roosevelt's stead, such as Hiram Johnson or Gifford Pinchot. However those discussed refused to consider the notion, and by this point some leaders like Henry Justin Allen had started to follow Roosevelt's lead and endorsed the Republican ticket, and various state parties such as those in Iowa and Maine began to disband.


1916 Progressive National Convention, Confusion and collapse
Finally, when the Progressive Party National Committee met in Chicago on June 26, those in attendance begrudgingly endorsed Hughes; even those like Ickes who had vehemently refused to consider granting an endorsement to Hughes began to recognize that without Roosevelt the party had no electoral staying power. There had been a weak attempt to replace Roosevelt on the ticket with the former Kansas Congressman Victor Murdock, but the motion was defeated 31 to 15.


1916 Progressive National Convention, Confusion and collapse, Candidates gallery
Most of its members would return to the Republican Party, although a substantial minority supported Wilson for his efforts in keeping the United States out of World War I. Roosevelt had turned down the Progressive nomination for both personal and political reasons; he had become convinced that running for president on a third-party ticket again would merely give the election to the Democrats, a result he loathed to make possible, since he had developed a strong dislike for President Wilson. He also believed Wilson was allowing Germany and other warring nations in Europe to "bully" and intimidate the United States.


1916 Progressive National Convention, Confusion and collapse, Candidates gallery
The Roosevelt-Parker ticket did manage to get on the ballot in several states.


1916 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1916 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1916 college football season. In their first season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the Boilermakers compiled a 2–4–1 record, finished in last place in the Western Conference with an 0–4–1 record against conference opponents, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 99 to 67. P. H. Hake was the team captain.


1916 Quebec general election
The 1916 Quebec general election was held on May 22, 1916, to elect members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Philémon Cousineau.


1916 Quebec general election, Further reading
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1916 Republican National Convention
The 1916 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago from June 7 to June 10. A major goal of the party's bosses at the convention was to heal the bitter split within the party that had occurred in the 1912 presidential campaign. In that year, Theodore Roosevelt bolted the GOP and formed his own political party, the Progressive Party, which contained most of the GOP's liberals. William Howard Taft, the incumbent president, won the nomination of the regular Republican Party. This split in the GOP ranks divided the Republican vote and led to the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson.


1916 Republican National Convention
Although several candidates were openly competing for the 1916 nomination—most prominently conservative Senator Elihu Root of New York, Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, and liberal Senator Albert Cummins of Iowa—the party's bosses wanted a moderate who would be acceptable to all factions of the party. They turned to Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, who had served on the court since 1910 and thus had the advantage of not having publicly spoken about political issues in six years.


1916 Republican National Convention
Although he had not sought the nomination, Hughes made it known that he would not turn it down; he won the presidential nomination on the third ballot. Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks was nominated as his running mate. Hughes is the only Supreme Court Justice to be nominated for president by a major political party. Fairbanks is the last former vice president, to be nominated for vice president.


1916 Republican National Convention
Then-Senator Warren G. Harding is credited with coining the phrase "Founding Fathers" during his keynote address.


1916 Republican National Convention, Presidential candidates
At the start, Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes was widely seen as the favorite due to his ability to unite the party, though the nomination of a dark horse candidate such as Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge or General Leonard Wood seemed possible. Many Republicans sought to nominate a candidate palatable to Theodore Roosevelt in hopes of averting another third-party run by progressive Republicans, though these Republicans were unwilling to nominate Roosevelt himself. Roosevelt's influence put a stop to the potential presidential candidacies of former Ohio Representative Theodore E. Burton and Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding. Former Vice President Charles Fairbanks made a run at the presidency and attempted to curry Roosevelt's support, but Roosevelt refused to support Fairbanks. Hughes won the nomination on the third ballot, and Roosevelt chose to forgo a third-party bid.


1916 Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential candidates
Former Vice President Charles Fairbanks had no interest in serving another term as vice president, but when the party nominated him, he accepted the nomination.


1916 Republican Party presidential primaries
From March 7 to June 6, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1916 U.S. presidential election. The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1916 Republican National Convention held from June 7 to June 10, 1916, in Chicago, Illinois.


1916 Rhode Island State Rams football team
The 1916 Rhode Island State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In its second year under head coach James A. Baldwin, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record.


1916 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1916 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican Robert Livingston Beeckman defeated Democratic nominee Addison P. Munroe with 55.92% of the vote.


1916 Rice Owls football team
The 1916 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1916 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record (2–1 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 346 to 62.


1916 Rice Owls football team
On November 17, 1916, the team scored 146 points against SMU. This remains the single-game scoring record for a Rice football team. Rice scored 23 touchdowns in the game, including six by left halfback Griffith Vance. The Houston Daily Post wrote that Vance's work was the "outstanding feature of the game", describing a "wonderful side step" and "quick change of pace" that enabled him to run through the entire SMU team several times for touchdowns.


1916 Richmond Spiders football team
The 1916 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—as a member of the Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (EVIAA) and the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1916 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Frank Dobson, Richmond finished the season 5–4–2 overall, 4–1–2 in EVIAA play, and 1–3–1 against SAIAA opponents. The Spiders tied with Hampden–Sydney for the EVIAA title.


1916 Rock Island Independents season
The 1916 Rock Island Independents season was the team's last season held at Island City Park, before moving into Douglas Park. The season resulted in the team posting a 5-3-1 record.


1916 Rose Bowl
Originally titled the "Tournament East-West football game," the second of what is now known as the Rose Bowl Game was played on January 1, 1916. The Rose Bowl game has been played annually since this game.


1916 Rose Bowl
The first game, the 1902 Tournament East-West football game, was so lopsided that for the next 13 years, the Tournament of Roses officials ran chariot races, ostrich races, and other various events instead of football. But, on New Year's Day 1916, football returned to stay as undefeated Washington State College defeated Brown University in this first annual Tournament of Roses football game.


1916 Rose Bowl, Tournament Park
Before the Rose Bowl stadium was built for the 1923 game, the Rose Bowl was played in Pasadena's Tournament Park, approximately three miles (5 km) of the current stadium. It is best known for being the site of the first edition in 1902, and the second to eighth (1916 to 1922) before the current stadium opened in the fall of 1922. Its capacity at the time was 43,000.


1916 Rose Bowl, Teams
Washington State had an undefeated season. They won 28–3 over Oregon, 29–0 over Oregon State, 41–0 over Idaho, 27–7 over Montana, 17–0 over Whitman and 48–0 over Gonzaga.


1916 Rose Bowl, Teams
The Brown lost 7–0 to Amherst, 6–0 to Syracuse, and 16–7 to Harvard. They had a scoreless tie with Trinity. Brown outscored its opponents 167–32 that year, beating Rhode Island 38–0, Williams 33–0, Vermont 46–0, Yale 3-0 and Carlisle 39–3. Brown was chosen as the Eastern representative with a 5–3–1 record.


1916 Rose Bowl, Teams
The Tournament of Roses committee were responsible for selecting and inviting the teams. Brown's victories over Yale and Carlisle were deciding factors for inviting Brown to participate.


1916 Rose Bowl, Game summary
Fritz Pollard became the first African-American to play in the Rose Bowl Game. He was limited to 47 yards in 13 carries during the game. Wallace Wade played on the line. The game was played in a cold quagmire of mud from several days of rain.


1916 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
Coach William Henry "Lone Star" Dietz and his Washington State squad served as extras in the football film Tom Brown of Harvard each morning and then practiced for the bowl game in the afternoon. They were paid $100 for the movie work.


1916 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The Tournament of Roses organization continues to have a college football game to this day as part of the New Year's Day celebrations.


1916 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The Western and Northern universities permitted minority players, a situation that would eventually lead to the Pacific Coast Conference - Big Nine conference agreement for the 1947 Rose Bowl. Most Southern universities were still segregated until the 1960s. None of the Southeastern Conference schools had an African American athlete until 1966. The Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Sugar Bowl would not be integrated until 1948, 1955, and 1956 respectively.


1916 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
Carl Dietz, the Washington State fullback, was named the Most Valuable Player of the game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. Later, Pollard was the first black named to the Walter Camp All-America team and became the first black NFL head coach.


1916 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The official 2007 NCAA Division I football records book lists the attendance at 7,000. Washington State listed at 10,000 in its media guide.


1916 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The quarterback of the Washington State University team, Thomas Arthur Durham, later had a successful Naval career.


1916 Rotherham by-election
The Rotherham by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP)  to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.


1916 Rotherham by-election, Vacancy
Rt Hon. Jack Pease had been Liberal MP for the seat of Rotherham since the 1910 Rotherham by-election. In 1916, he was appointed Postmaster General, an office of profit under the Crown and therefore required to seek re-election.


1916 Rotherham by-election, Electoral history
This was a safe Liberal seat and at the last General Election, Pease was re-elected comfortably;


1916 Rotherham by-election, Result
Due to the war-time electoral truce between the main parties, Pease did not face a Unionist or Labour Party opponent. He was returned unopposed.


1916 Rotherham by-election, Aftermath
Pease was made Baron Gainford in 1917 which resulted in the 1917 Rotherham by-election.


1916 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1916 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1916 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach George "Sandy" Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 3–2–2 record and outscored their opponents, 106 to 52. Coach Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.


1916 SAPFL Grand Final
The 1916 SAPFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the West Torrens Football Club, held at Hindmarsh Oval on Saturday 19 August 1916. It was the 1st Grand Final of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1916 SAPFL season. The match was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 34 points, marking that clubs first patriotic premiership victory.


1916 SAPFL Grand Final
The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I. Hindmarsh Oval was the contingency venue for the Grand Final if an agreement with the SACA could not be reached as the Adelaide Oval was the preferred venue of the SAPFL.


1916 SAPFL season
The 1916 SAPFL season was the 1st season of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, a competition formed in the absence of the South Australian Football League during World War I. The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I. Hindmarsh Oval was the contingency venue for the 1916 SAPFL Grand Final if an agreement with the SACA could not be reached as the Adelaide Oval was the preferred venue of the SAPFL.


1916 SMU Mustangs football team
The 1916 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented the Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1916 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 0–8–2 record and was outscored by a total of 455 to 27.


1916 Saint Louis Billikens football team
The 1916 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University during the 1916 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Erle V. Painter, the Billikens compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 157 to 126. The team played its home games at Sportsman's Park at St. Louis.


1916 Santa Clara Missionites football team
The 1916 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1916 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Charlie Austin, the team compiled a 10–0 record, shut out seven of its opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 318 to 13. In keeping with West Coast practice during the 1910s, the team played principally under rugby rules rather than American football rules.


1916 Santa Clara Missionites football team
The season ended on November 11 with a match between undefeated Santa Clara and undefeated Stanford; Santa Clara won convincingly by a 28–5 score at Ewing Field in San Francisco.


1916 Santos FC season
The 1916 season was the fifth season for Santos Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football club, based in the Vila Belmiro bairro, Zona Intermediária, Santos, Brazil.


1916 Sewanee Tigers football team
The 1916 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.


1916 Sheffield Hallam by-election
The Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1916 was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Sheffield Hallam in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 23 December 1916.


1916 Sheffield Hallam by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting Unionist MP, Charles Wortley. Wortley's ascent to the House of Lords was to enable a seat in the Commons to be found for H A L Fisher. Fisher was an historian and noted expert on education. From 1913-1917 he served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield. The prime minister David Lloyd George wanted Fisher to serve in his cabinet as President of the Board of Education.


1916 Sheffield Hallam by-election, Candidates
Lloyd George's government was a Coalition with the Conservatives and despite Fisher being a Liberal, Lloyd George's Unionist allies were willing to lend the Sheffield Hallam seat to him for the sake of the formation of the government and because of his close connection with the city of Sheffield.


1916 Sheffield Hallam by-election, The result
There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Fisher was returned unopposed, a technical Liberal gain from the Conservatives.


1916 South American Championship
The 1916 South American Championship was the first continental championship for national association football teams in South America. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2 July to 17 July during Argentina's Independence Centenary commemorations. The tournament was won by Uruguay, who drew with Argentina in the last match of the tournament at Racing Club Stadium.


1916 South American Championship, Squads
For a complete list of participating squads see: 1916 South American Championship squads


1916 South American Championship, Format
There was no qualifying for the tournament. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The teams played a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.


1916 South American Championship, Final round
Each team played one match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points were awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.


1916 South American Championship, Goalscorers
There were 18 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.


1916 South American Championship squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1916 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.


1916 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1916 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina during the 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.


1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Richard Irvine Manning III faced a strong challenge from former governor Coleman Livingston Blease in the Democratic primary, but Manning won a second two-year term as governor.


1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
Governor Richard Irvine Manning III ran for a second term, but faced a challenge in the state Democratic primary from former governor Coleman Livingston Blease and Robert Archer Cooper. The progressive reforms initiated by Governor Manning alarmed many of the textile owners who threw their support to Cooper. Blease revived his political coalition of mill workers and sharecroppers and he made political capital out of Manning's use of troops to enforce a court eviction order against strikers at a mill in Anderson. Senator Ben Tillman openly supported the re-election of Governor Manning.


1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The results of the primary on August 29 had Blease in first place, but just short of a majority necessary to avoid a runoff election. With the elimination of Cooper, the mill executives threw their support to Manning. Indeed, most South Carolinians not already supporting Blease preferred Manning to Blease. Many viewed the election as one of government and misgovernment. Manning eked out a victory in the runoff on September 12 and was essentially elected to a second two-year term because there was nominal opposition in the general election.


1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election, General election
The general election was held on November 7, 1916, and Richard Irvine Manning III was re-elected governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout increased over the previous gubernatorial election because there was also a presidential election on the ballot.


1916 South Dakota Coyotes football team
The 1916 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota during the 1916 college football season.


1916 South Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1916 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican Governor Frank M. Byrne declined to seek re-election to a third term. Lieutenant Governor Peter Norbeck won the Republican primary to succeed him, and in the general election faced State Representative Orville V. Rinehart. Norbeck won his first term as Governor in a landslide over Rinehart.


1916 South Londonderry by-election
The South Londonderry by-election of 1916 was held on 22 May 1916. The by-election was held due to the resignation  of the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, John Gordon. It was won by the Irish Unionist candidate Denis Henry (a Catholic).


1916 South Londonderry by-election
It was the first by-election to be held in Ireland after the Easter rebellion, and the rebellion had had no discernible impact on the contest.


1916 South Shields by-election
The South Shields by-election, 1916 was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of South Shields on 18 March 1916.


1916 South Shields by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Russell Rea who had held the seat since himself winning it in a by-election on 27 October 1910.


1916 South Shields by-election, Candidates
The Liberals selected Cecil Cochrane a 46-year-old ironmaster from Middlesbrough as their candidate. Cochrane had contested Durham for the Liberals at the December 1910 general election. In view of the wartime truce between the parties, neither the Unionists nor the Labour Party put forward candidates and there were no Independent candidates either.


1916 South Tyrone by-election
The South Tyrone by-election of 1916 was held on 28 February 1916. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Andrew Horner. It was won by the Irish Unionist candidate William Coote, who was unopposed.


1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
The 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season  was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1916 college football season. The season began on September 23. Georgia Tech and Tennessee tied for the conference championship. Tech beat Cumberland 222–0.


1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season, Awards and honors, All-Southern team
The following includes the composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 4 newspapers,


1916 Southwest Texas State football team
The 1916 Southwest Texas State football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Normal School—now known as Texas State University–as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by first-year head coach G. B. Marsh, the team finished the season with a record of 3–1–3. The team's captain was H. A. Chapman, who played halfback.


1916 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial football team
The 1916 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their first year under head coach T. R. Mobley, the team compiled a 7–1 record.


1916 Spanish general election
The 1916 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 9 April and on Sunday, 23 April 1916, to elect the 16th Restoration Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. All 409 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.


1916 Spanish general election, Overview, Background
The Spanish Constitution of 1876 enshrined Spain as a constitutional monarchy, awarding the King power to name senators and to revoke laws, as well as the title of commander-in-chief of the army. The King would also play a key role in the system of El Turno Pacífico (the Peaceful Turn) by appointing and toppling governments and allowing the opposition to take power. Under this system, the Conservative and Liberal parties alternated in power by means of election rigging, which they achieved through the encasillado, using the links between the Ministry of Governance, the provincial civil governors, and the local bosses (caciques) to ensure victory and exclude minor parties from the power sharing.


1916 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
The Spanish Cortes were envisaged as "co-legislative bodies", based on a nearly perfect bicameralism. Both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate had legislative, control and budgetary functions, sharing equal powers except for laws on contributions or public credit, where the Congress had preeminence. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal manhood suffrage, which comprised all national males over twenty-five, having at least a two-year residency in a municipality and in full enjoyment of their civil rights. Voting was compulsory except for those older than 70, the clergy, first instance judges and public notaries.


1916 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
For the Congress of Deputies, 173 seats were elected using a partial block voting in 44 multi-member constituencies, with the remaining 236 being elected under a one-round first-past-the-post system in single-member districts. Candidates winning a plurality in each constituency were elected.


1916 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
In constituencies electing ten seats or more, electors could vote for no more than four candidates less than the number of seats to be allocated; in those with more than eight seats and up to ten, for no more than three less; in those with more than four seats and up to eight, for no more than two less; in those with more than one seat and up to four, for no more than one less; and for one candidate in single-member districts.


1916 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
Additionally, in single-member districts where candidates ran unopposed, as well as in multi-member districts where the number of candidates was equal or less than the number of seats to be filled, candidates were to be automatically proclaimed without an election.


1916 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
The Congress was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants, with each multi-member constituency being allocated a fixed number of seats: 13 for Barcelona and Madrid, 6 for Valencia, 5 for La Coruña, Palma, Santander and Seville, 4 for Alicante, Almería, Badajoz, Córdoba, Huelva, Jaén, Lugo, Málaga, Murcia and Oviedo and 3 for Alcázar de San Juan, Alcoy, Algeciras, Bilbao, Burgos, Cádiz, Cartagena, Castellón de la Plana, Ciudad Real, El Ferrol, Gijón, Granada, Jerez de la Frontera, Las Palmas, Lérida, Llerena, Lorca, Orense, Pamplona, Pontevedra, San Sebastián, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tarragona, Valladolid, Vera, Vigo and Zaragoza. The law also provided for by-elections to fill seats vacated throughout the legislature.


1916 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
For the Senate, 180 seats were indirectly elected, with electors voting for delegates instead of senators. Elected delegates—equivalent in number to one-sixth of the councillors in each municipal corporation—would then vote for senators using a write-in, two-round majority voting system. The provinces of Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia were allocated four seats each, whereas each of the remaining provinces was allocated three seats, for a total of 150.