| 1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
| Conference | Western Conference |
|---|---|
| 1914 record | 7–0 (6–0 Western) |
| Head coach | Robert Zuppke |
| Offensive scheme | I formation[1] |
| Captain | Ralph Chapman |
Seasons | |
Template:1914 Western Conference football standings The 1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1914 college football season. The Fighting Illini compiled a 7–0 record (6–0 against Western Conference opponents), claim a national championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 224 to 22.[2] The team was retroactively selected as the national champion for 1914 by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion with Army by Parke H. Davis.[3]
End Perry Graves and guard Ralph Chapman were consensus All-Americans. Chapman was the team captain.[4]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Christian Brothers* | W 37–0 | |
| October 10 | Indiana |
| W 51–0 |
| October 17 | Ohio State |
| W 37–0 |
| October 24 | at Northwestern | W 33–0 | |
| October 31 | Minnesota | W 21–6 | |
| November 14 | Chicago |
| W 21–7 |
| November 21 | at Wisconsin | Madison, WI | W 24–9 |
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Roster[]
| 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[]
- Perry Graves, end
- Consensus first-team selection on the 1914 College Football All-America Team[5]
- Ralph Chapman, guard
- Consensus first-team selection on the 1914 All-America team[5]
- Lennox F. Armstrong, tackle
- Third-team All-American selection by Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of the International News Service[6]
- 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[8]
- Second-team selection by Walter Eckersall for the 1914 All-America team of the Chicago Tribune[9]
- Third-team selection by Walter Camp and Frank G. Menke for the 1914 All-America team[10][11]
- Outing magazine's "Football Roll of Honor"[7]
References[]
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=5pPYAODf6ZAC&pg=PA207
- ↑ "1914 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1914-schedule.html.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book". University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Menke Selects Annual All-American Eleven". New Castle News. November 25, 1914.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Football Roll of Honor: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914". Outing: p. 498. 1915. http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_65/outLXV04/outLXV04s.pdf.
- ↑ 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. 1914-12-13.
- ↑ "Menke Selects Annual All-American Eleven". New Castle News. 1914-11-25.
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