1916 Tulane Olive and Blue football team

1916 Tulane Olive and Blue football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–3–1 (2–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Clark Shaughnessy (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Home stadium	First Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

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

The 1916 Tulane Olive and Blue football team represented Tulane University during the 1916 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 14	Spring Hill*	New Orleans, LA	W 14–0
October 21	Jefferson College (LA)*	New Orleans, LA	W 39–3
October 27	at Mississippi College	Jackson, MS	W 13–3
November 4	at Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	L 0–45
November 11	at Rice*	Houston, TX	L 13–23
November 18	Alabama	New Orleans, LA	W 33–0
November 30	LSU	New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)	T 14–14
December 9	Georgetown*	New Orleans, LA	L 0–61
*Non-conference game