1916 Iowa State Cyclones football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1916
| team = Iowa State Cyclones
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = MVC
| record = 5–2–1
| conf_record = 2–1–1
| head_coach = Charles Mayser
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Dury Moss
| stadium = State Field
}}
{{1916 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
The 1916 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1916 college football season. In their second season under head coach Charles Mayser, the Cyclones compiled a 5–2–1 record (2–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 107 to 36.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/iowa-state/1916-schedule.html|title=1916 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=September 24, 2017}}{{cite web|title=2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book|publisher=Iowa State University|year=2017|page=130|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/isuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2015/5/5/Media_Guide.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2017}} They played their home games at State Field in Ames, Iowa. Dury Moss was the team captain.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link |year=1916|team=Iowa State Teachers|title=Iowa State Teachers}}
| site_stadium = State Field
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| score = 19–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Highland Park
| site_stadium = State Field
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| score = 19–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = w
| opponent = Kansas
| site_stadium = State Field
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| score = 13–0
| attend = 5,200
| source = {{cite news|title=Hitting K.U. Line Hard, Ames Wins Easy Victory|newspaper=The Topeka Daily Capital|date=October 15, 1916|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54689048/1916-iowa-state-football-vs-kansas/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = t
| away = y
| opponent = Missouri
| site_stadium = Rollins Field
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Nebraska
| site_stadium = Nebraska Field
| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE
| score = 0–3
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1916|team=Morningside Maroons|title=Morningside}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Sioux City, IA
| score = 7–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = State Field
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 16–19
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1916|team=Drake Bulldogs|title=Drake}}
| site_stadium = State Field
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| score = 32–14
}}
}}