1916 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
  • Morton L. Clevett (1st season)
Seasons
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1916 Eastern college football independents records
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
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 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by Morton L. Clevett in his first and only season as head coach, the Indians compiled a record of 3–4–1.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 17Lebanon Valley reservesCarlisle, PAW 20–6[1]
October 21Conway HallCarlisle, PAW 26–0[2]
October 28at SusquehannaSelinsgrove, PAL 0–12[3]
November 4at ConshohockenConshohocken, PAT 6–64,000[4]
November 11at Carson Long InstituteNew Bloomfield, PAW 47–13[5]
November 18at Lebanon Valley
L 0–33[6]
November 24at AlfredAlfred, NYL 17–27[7]
December 22:00 p.m.vs. Winchester Club
L 6–20[8]

References

  1. ^ "Carlisle Indians Hand Out Football Surprise; Return To Gridiron Sport". Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1916. p. 11. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Indians Play With Dash". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 22, 1916. p. 102. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Defeat For Indians". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1916. p. 16. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Indians Leave Field". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1916. p. 16. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Big Score For Indians". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1916. p. 18. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Lebanon Valley Won From the Indians". Lebanon Daily News. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Alfred Lifts Scalps Of Carlisle Indians". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 25, 1916. p. 23. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Lightning Shots At Sporting Targets". The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer. Bridgeport, Connecticut. December 2, 1916. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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