1916 Vermont Green and Gold football team

The 1916 Vermont Green and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their first year under head coach Edwin W. Leary, the team compiled a 4–5 record.

1916 Vermont Green and Gold football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumCentennial Field
Seasons
← 1915
1918 →
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

Schedule

edit
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4Saint Michael'sW 33–0[1]
October 7Clarkson
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
W 52–7[2]
October 14at Columbia
L 0–6[3]
October 21Connecticut
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
W 21–10[4]
October 28at New HampshireDover, NHW 13–9[5]
November 4at Brown
L 0–42[6]
November 11at NorwichNorthfield, VTL 6–7[7]
November 18Middlebury
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
L 2–6[8]
November 30at Rochester
L 6–10[9]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Vermont wins from St. Michael's 33–0". The Burlington Free Press. October 5, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Clarkson Tech is east for Vermont". The Burlington Free Press. October 9, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Columbia downs Vermont on pass". The New York Times. October 15, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Aggies are beaten by Vermont team". The Hartford Courant. October 22, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Vermont provides surprise". The Boston Globe. October 29, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Vermont easy for Brown". The Baltimore Sun. November 5, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Norwich trims Vermont, 7 to 6". Rutland Daily Herald. November 13, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Middlebury beats Vermont, 6 to 2". The Burlington Free Press. November 20, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Harris's open field dash and his drop kick defeat Vermont in notable game". Democrat and Chronicle. December 1, 1916. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.