The 1916 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1916 college football season. In their first season under head coach Ewald O. Stiehm, the Hoosiers compiled a 2âÂÂ4âÂÂ1 record and finished in eighth place in the Western Conference. They won games against (20âÂÂ0) and Florida (14âÂÂ3), played Purdue to a scoreless tie, and lost to Chicago (22âÂÂ0), (12âÂÂ10), Northwestern (7âÂÂ0), and Ohio State (46âÂÂ7).