1916 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

The 1916 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga—now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1916 college football season. Led by Johnny Spiegel in his second and final year as head coach, the Moccasins compiled an overall record of 3–5 with a mark of 1–4 in conference play.[1]

1916 Chattanooga Moccasins football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–5 (1–4 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainErnest Eldridge
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
Seasons
← 1915
1919 →
1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 5 0 0 8 0 1
Tennessee + 6 0 1 8 0 1
Vanderbilt 4 1 1 7 1 1
LSU 3 1 1 7 1 2
The Citadel 3 1 0 6 1 1
Tulane 2 1 1 4 3 1
Kentucky 2 1 2 4 1 2
Auburn 6 2 0 6 2 0
Georgia 5 2 0 6 3 0
Alabama 4 3 0 6 3 0
Sewanee 2 2 2 5 2 2
Centre 1 1 1 5 1 3
Howard (AL) 1 1 0 6 4 0
Georgetown (KY) 1 1 0 2 1 0
Mississippi A&M 3 4 0 4 4 1
Transylvania 2 3 1 3 3 2
Mississippi College 2 3 0 6 3 0
Clemson 2 4 0 3 6 0
South Carolina 2 4 0 2 7 0
Wofford 1 2 0 2 7 0
Louisville 1 2 1 2 3 1
Furman 1 3 0 4 5 0
Chattanooga 1 4 0 3 5 0
Florida 0 4 0 0 5 0
Mercer 0 5 0 1 6 0
Ole Miss 0 6 0 3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30Middle Tennessee State Normal*W 20–6[2]
October 7Mercer
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 49–0[3]
October 14Mississippi A&M
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 0–33[4]
October 21at LouisvilleL 0–6[5]
October 28at Emory and Henry*
W 27–0[6]
November 4Tennessee
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 7–12[7]
November 11at SewaneeL 0–54[8]
November 25at Washington & Jefferson*Washington, PAL 0–41[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1916 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "University of Chattanooga eleven held to low score by Murfreesboro Normals". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 1, 1916. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Moccasins' terrific drive crushes Mercer". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 8, 1916. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Mississippi Aggies drub Chattanooga". The Birmingham News. October 15, 1916. Retrieved February 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Louisville eleven wins from Chattanooga team". The Courier-Journal. October 22, 1916. p. III-9. Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lookouts win game of spectacular features". The Bristol Herald Courier. October 29, 1916. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Poor headwork lost for 'Nooga". The Atlanta Journal. November 5, 1916. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Moccasins fall before Sewanee". The Birmingham News. November 12, 1916. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Gibson, Florent (November 26, 1916). "Chattanooga Offers Little Resistance To W. & J." The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 21. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .