1916 Washington football team

1916 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington $	3	–	0	–	1	6	–	0	–	1
Oregon ^	2	–	0	–	1	7	–	0	–	1
Oregon Agricultural	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
California	0	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

The 1916 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1916 college football season. In its ninth season under coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record, was champion of the new Pacific Coast Conference,^[1] and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 189 to 16.^[2] Louis Seagraves was the team captain.

Washington played to a scoreless tie with border rival Oregon at Eugene. Both ended the season undefeated, but Oregon was invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.^[3]^[4]^[5]

For a second consecutive year, Washington did not play in-state rival Washington State.

^ "2015 Pac-12 Media Guide" (PDF). www.pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. p. 163. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
^ "Washington Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
^ "Oregon plays Penn on New Year's Day". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 20, 1916. p. 12.
^ "Oregon to meet Pennsy eleven". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1916. p. 16.
^ "Oregon selected to meet eastern team". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). November 21, 1916. p. 3.