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Conference | Western Conference |
Record | 7–0 (6–0 Western) |
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Offensive scheme | I formation[1] |
Captain | Ralph Chapman |
Home stadium | Illinois Field |
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Illinois $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the Western Conference during the 1914 college football season. In their second season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Fighting Illini compiled a 7–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 224 to 22.[2]
There was no contemporaneous system in 1914 for determining a national champion. However, Illinois was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. Army was chosen as co-champion by Davis and as national champion by three other selectors.[3]
End Perry Graves and guard Ralph Chapman were consensus picks for the 1914 All-America college football team.[4] Chapman was the team captain.[5] Seven Illini players were also honored on the 1914 All-Western Conference football team selected by Walter Eckersall: quarterback Potsy Clark (first teaam); halfbacks Harold Pogue (first team); ends George K. Squier (first team) and Perry Graves (second team); guard Ralph Chapman (first team); fullback Eugene Schobinger (second team); and tackle Lennox F. Armstrtong (second team).[6]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 3 | Christian Brothers (MO)* | W 37–0 | [7] | ||
October 10 | Indiana |
| W 51–0 | [8] | |
October 17 | Ohio State |
| W 37–0 | [9] | |
October 24 | at Northwestern | W 33–0 | [10] | ||
October 31 | at Minnesota | W 21–6 | 10,000 | [11] | |
November 14 | Chicago |
| W 21–7 | [12] | |
November 21 | at Wisconsin | W 24–9 | [13] | ||
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Roster
[edit]Player | Position |
Perry Graves | Right End |
Manley Ross Petty | Right Tackle |
Frank Stewart | Right Guard |
John Ward Nelson | Right guard |
John Wesley Watson | Center |
Ralph Chapman (captain) | Left guard |
Lennox Francois Armstrong | Left tackle |
Olay Madsen | Left tackle |
Sylvester Randall Derby | Left end |
George Kasson Squier | Left end |
George Clark | Quarterback |
Bart Macomber | Right halfback |
Frank Howard Pethybridge | Right halfback |
Eugene Schobinger | Fullback |
Orlie Rue | Fullback |
Alexander Wagner | Left halfback |
Harold Pogue | Left halfback |
- Head coach: Robert Zuppke (second year at Illinois)
Awards and honors
[edit]- Perry Graves, end
- Consensus first-team selection on the 1914 College Football All-America Team[4]
- Ralph Chapman, guard
- Consensus first-team selection on the 1914 All-America team[4]
- Lennox F. Armstrong, tackle
- Third-team All-American selection by Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of the International News Service[14]
- Harold Pogue, halfback
- First-team selection by Fred M. Walker of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and The Michigan Daily for the 1914 All-America team[16]
- Second-team selection by Walter Eckersall for the 1914 All-America team of the Chicago Tribune[17]
- Third-team selection by Walter Camp and Frank G. Menke for the 1914 All-America team[18][19]
- Outing magazine's "Football Roll of Honor"[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Football".
- ^ "1914 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ "All Conference Elevens of "Big Nine" Selected". The Wichita Beacon. November 24, 1914. p. 7. Retrieved July 15, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Illini Win Opener". Decatur Herald. October 4, 1914. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indiana Swamped by Illinois". The Indianapolis Star. October 11, 1914. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Illini Tramples Over Ohio, 37-0". Chicago Tribune. October 18, 1914. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Illini Substitutes Are Enough to Defeat Purple". Decatur Herald. October 25, 1914. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Illini Backs Outspeed Gophers and Win Great Open Gridiron Battle, 21-6". The Sunday Journal. Minneapolis. November 1, 1914. pp. 27–28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maroons Crushed by Zuppke's Illini". The Decatur Daily Herald. November 15, 1914. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Badgers Put Up Game Battle But Lose The Last Game to Illinois: Gophers Second in Fight for "Big Nine" Flag". The Sunday State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. November 22, 1914. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Menke Selects Annual All-American Eleven". New Castle News. November 25, 1914.
- ^ a b "Football Roll of Honor: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914" (PDF). Outing. 1915. p. 498.
- ^ Spalding's Official Football Guide 1915
- ^ "Eckersall Names All-Stars: Eckersall Names One Western Man; Maulbetsch of Michigan on All-American". Waterloo Evening Courier. December 12, 1914.
- ^ "Walter Camp's Three All-American Elevens". The Syracuse Herald. December 13, 1914.
- ^ "Menke Selects Annual All-American Eleven". New Castle News. November 25, 1914.