1916 Santa Clara Missionites football team

1916 Santa Clara Missionites football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0
Head coach
Seasons
← 1914
1917 →
1916 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Santa Clara     10 0 0
University Farm     6 1 1
Montana     4 1 1
Washington State     4 2 0
Arizona     5 3 0
USC     5 3 0
New Mexico     3 2 0
Hawaii     3 2 1
Saint Mary's     5 4 1
Montana State     2 2 2
Idaho     3 5 0
Nevada     3 5 0
Tempe Normal     0 3 0

The 1916 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1916 college football season In their first and only season under head coach Charles A. 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.[1] In keeping with West Coast practice during the 1910s, the team played principally under rugby rules rather than American football rules.

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.[2]

  1. ^ "History of Santa Clara University Football" (PDF). Santa Clara Athletic Media Relations Office. pp. 2–3. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Douglas Erskine (November 12, 1916). "Cardinals Helpless After First 5 Minutes of Play: Coach Austin's Machine Superior in All Points of the Game". San Francisco Examiner – via Newspapers.com.