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1916 Miami Redskins football
OAC champion
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record7–0–1 (6–0–1 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Miami Field
Seasons
←  1915
1917 →
1916 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH) $ 6 0 1 7 0 1
Mount Union 6 1 0 8 2 0
Denison 5 0 2 5 1 2
Ohio 4 1 1 5 2 1
Wooster 5 2 0 6 2 0
Case 4 3 0 5 5 0
Ohio Wesleyan 2 2 2 2 3 2
Western Reserve 3 4 0 3 7 0
Akron 2 4 0 2 7 0
Ohio Northern 2 5 0 3 7 0
Kenyon 2 5 0 2 7 0
Wittenberg 0 5 1 2 5 2
Cincinnati 0 6 1 0 8 2
Baldwin–Wallace 0 1 0 0 2 0
Oberlin 0 5 0 0 7 0
Ohio State * 3 0 0 7 0 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship

The 1916 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1916 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Little, Miami compiled a 7–0–1 record (6–0–1 against conference opponents), shut out six of eight opponents, and won the OAC championship. [1]

The season was part of a 27-game unbeaten streak that began in November 1915 and ended in October 1919. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30 Ohio NorthernW 27–0
October 7 Earlham*
  • Miami Field
  • Oxford, OH
W 58–0
October 14at Wooster Wooster, OHW 10–6
October 21 Kenyon
  • Miami Field
  • Oxford, OH
W 66–0
November 4vs. Denison Dayton, OHT 0–0
November 11at Ohio Wesleyan Delaware, OHW 9–0
November 18 Western Reserve
  • Miami Field
  • Oxford, OH
W 35–6
November 30at Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH ( Victory Bell)W 34–0
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ a b "2019 Football Media Guide" (PDF). 2019. pp. 54, 61. Retrieved October 25, 2020.