# 1916–17 Dundee F.C. season

The 1915–16 season was the twenty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 16th place. Due to the ongoing First World War, the Scottish Cup was cancelled for the 1916–17 season. At the end of the season, due to travel difficulties during wartime, Dundee were asked to retire from the league at the end of the season.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 19 August | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 10,000 |
| 2 | 26 August | Clyde | H | 0–1 | | 7,000 |
| 3 | 2 September | Motherwell | A | 2–4 | McCulloch, Brown | |
| 4 | 9 September | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Steven | 8,000 |
| 5 | 16 September | Hibernian | A | 2–1 | Herron, Troup | 3,000 |
| 6 | 23 September | Airdrieonians | H | 2–2 | McDonald, Brown | 5,000 |
| 7 | 30 September | Queen's Park | A | 2–2 | Brown (2) | 4,000 |
| 8 | 7 October | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Steven | 6,000 |
| 9 | 14 October | Greenock Morton | A | 0–1 | | |
| 10 | 21 October | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–1 | Brown (2), McCulloch | 7,000 |
| 11 | 28 October | Kilmarnock | A | 0–3 | | |
| 12 | 4 November | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Brown | 14,000 |
| 13 | 11 November | Dumbarton | A | 3–4 | Brown (2), Troup | 2,000 |
| 14 | 18 November | St Mirren | H | 0–2 | | 1,200 |
| 15 | 25 November | Partick Thistle | A | 0–3 | | |
| 16 | 2 December | Third Lanark | H | 0–2 | | |
| 17 | 9 December | Raith Rovers | H | 6–2 | Brown (6) | 2,000 |
| 18 | 16 December | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | | 5,000 |
| 19 | 23 December | Airdrieonians | A | 3–2 | Brown (2), Steven | |
| 20 | 30 December | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | | 4,000 |
| 21 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 1–5 | Brown | 4,000 |
| 22 | 2 January | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | McCulloch (2), Steven | 4,000 |
| 23 | 6 January | Falkirk | A | 0–2 | | |
| 24 | 20 January | Ayr United | H | 2–1 | Stirling, Brown | |
| 25 | 27 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–3 | Murray, McCulloch | 4,000 |
| 26 | 3 February | Ayr United | A | 2–1 | Fisher, Brown | |
| 27 | 10 February | Partick Thistle | H | 5–1 | Murray, Thomson (2), Brown, Stirling | 5,000 |
| 28 | 17 February | Celtic | A | 0–2 | | 10,000 |
| 29 | 24 February | Greenock Morton | H | 3–1 | Steven, Brown (2) | 4,000 |
| 30 | 3 March | Raith Rovers | A | 2–3 | McCulloch, Steven | |
| 31 | 10 March | St Mirren | A | 0–2 | | 5,000 |
| 32 | 17 March | Dumbarton | H | 4–1 | Fisher, Brown (3) | 5,000 |
| 33 | 24 March | Clyde | A | 0–2 | | |
| 34 | 31 March | Queen's Park | H | 2–1 | Thomson, Brown | 4,000 |
| 35 | 7 April | Hamilton Academical | A | 4–2 | Herron, Brown (3) | 5,000 |
| 36 | 14 April | Motherwell | H | 0–2 | | 4,000 |
| 37 | 21 April | Third Lanark | A | 0–0 | | 5,000 |
| 38 | 28 April | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Brown, Fisher | 7,500 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 32 |
| 15 | Ayr United | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 31 |
| 16 | Dundee | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 30 |
| 16 | Hibernian | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 30 |
| 18 | Queen's Park | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 56 | 81 | −25 | 29 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | SCO | Alec Aitken | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Baxter | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bob Bower | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Brown | 36 | 31 | 36 | 31 |
| | DF | SCO | Paddy Burns | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Cargill | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Duffus | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Erskine | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ernie Ferguson | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy Fisher | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Herron | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| | GK | SCO | Kennedy (trialist) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom McCulloch | 31 | 6 | 31 | 6 |
| | MF | SCO | Roy McDonald | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Bert McIntosh | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Moyes | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Frank Murray | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | George Murray | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Pearson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bob Roberts | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ralph Rogerson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jack Simpson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Steven | 26 | 6 | 26 | 6 |
| | MF | SCO | John Stirling | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Thomson | 29 | 3 | 29 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Troup | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 |