1916 Swarthmore Quakers football team

American college football season

1916 Swarthmore Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1–1
Head coach	Bill Roper (2nd season)
Home stadium	Swarthmore Field
Seasons← 1915 1917 →

1916 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Army		–		9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		8	–	0	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		8	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore		–		6	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		8	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		6	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth		–		5	–	2	–	2
Harvard		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		7	–	3	–	1
Temple		–		3	–	1	–	2
Tufts		–		5	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		4	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		3	–	2	–	2
NYU		–		4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	5	–	0
Vermont		–		4	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		3	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire		–		3	–	5	–	2
Geneva		–		2	–	5	–	2
Carlisle		–		1	–	3	–	1
Lafayette		–		2	–	6	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	9	–	0
Columbia		–		1	–	5	–	2
Franklin & Marshall		–		1	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		1	–	8	–	0

The 1916 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 94 to 45. Bill Roper was the head coach.

A new football field was donated during the 1916 season. The field was built with a contribution from Morris L. Clothier, a Swarthmore alumnus and Philadelphia merchant, and was named Swarthmore Field.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 7		at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	W 10–6
October 14		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 6–0
October 21		at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	W 6–0
October 28		Ursinus	Swarthmore, PA	W 13–3
November 4	2:00 p.m.	at Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 14–6
November 11		at Columbia	South Field New York, NY	W 18–0
November 18		Dickinson	Swarthmore, PA	T 20–20
November 25		at Haverford	Haverford, PA (rivalry)	L 7–10

References

"Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
"Noble Gift To Swarthmore". Delaware County Times. October 13, 1916. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
"Mr. Clothier's Gift". Delaware County Daily Times. October 18, 1916. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
"Big Gridiron Games On Schedule Today". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. November 4, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

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Venues	Clothier Field Stadium (1878–2000)
Bowls & rivalries	Haverford
People	Head coaches
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