1916 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team

1916 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2
Head coach	Sol Metzger (1st season)

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 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by first-year head Sol Metzger, Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 10–0–1.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23		Bethany (WV)	Washington, PA	W 37–6
September 30		Geneva	Washington, PA	W 53–0
October 7		West Virginia Wesleyan	Washington, PA	W 21–0
October 14		Marietta	Washington, PA	W 47–6
October 21		Westminster (PA)	Washington, PA	W 12–0
October 28		at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–36
November 11	2:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–37	25,000
November 18		vs. Washington and Lee	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA	W 10–6
November 25		Chattanooga	Washington, PA	W 41–0
November 30		vs. Rutgers	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 12–9