1914 college football season

1914 college football season

Harvard–Yale game

College football seasons « 1913 1915 »

The 1914 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army, Illinois, and Texas as having been selected national champions. Only Illinois claims a national championship for the 1914 season.

Conference program and changes

Conference changes

• Three conferences began football play in 1914:
  • Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference – active through the 1928 season; one of two conferences to bear this name, the second would be active between 1974 and 1996
  • Hawkeye College Conference – active through the 1917 season
  • Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association – active through the 1916 season

Membership changes

School	1913 Conference	1914 Conference
Colorado College Tigers	Independent	Rocky Mountain
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	SIAA	Independent
Louisville Cardinals	Independent	KIAA
Southern California Trojans	Reinstated Program	Independent
Texas State M&M Miners	Program Established	Independent
Utah Agricultural Aggies	Independent	Rocky Mountain

Program changes

• After reinstating their football program after a 3-year hiatus, the University of Southern California Methodists officially changed their nickname to the now-eponymous Trojans.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1914 SIAA football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Tennessee § 6 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0 Auburn § 4 – 0 – 1     8 – 0 – 1 Texas A&M 2 – 0 – 0     6 – 1 – 1 Ole Miss 2 – 1 – 1     5 – 4 – 1 Mississippi A&M 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Sewanee 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Florida 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Georgia 2 – 2 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 Clemson 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1 Alabama 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Kentucky 1 – 1 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 LSU 1 – 2 – 1     4 – 4 – 1 Chattanooga 1 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Mississippi College 0 – 1 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 Wofford 0 – 1 – 0     1 – 7 – 1 Mercer 0 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Tulane 0 – 3 – 1     3 – 3 – 1 The Citadel 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 5 – 0 Vanderbilt 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 § – Conference co-champions	1914 NCAA independents football records Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Army   –       9 – 0 – 0 Montana   –       7 – 0 – 1 Oregon Agricultural   –       7 – 0 – 2 Dartmouth   –       8 – 1 – 0 Pittsburgh   –       8 – 1 – 0 Washington   –       6 – 0 – 1 Cornell   –       8 – 2 – 0 Notre Dame   –       6 – 2 – 0 Navy   –       6 – 3 – 0 Maryland   –       5 – 3 – 0 Penn State   –       5 – 3 – 1 Oregon   –       4 – 2 – 1 USC   –       4 – 3 – 0 Villanova   –       4 – 3 – 1 Idaho   –       2 – 3 – 1 Washington State   –       2 – 4 – 0
1914 Missouri Valley football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Nebraska 3 – 0 – 0     7 – 0 – 1 Missouri 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Iowa State 2 – 1 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Kansas 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 1 Washington (MO) 0 – 3 – 1     3 – 3 – 1 Drake 0 – 3 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 Kansas State 0 – 3 – 0     1 – 5 – 1	1914 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Colorado Mines † 5 – 0 – 1     5 – 0 – 1 Colorado 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 1 – 0 Colorado College 3 – 1 – 1     4 – 1 – 1 Colorado Agricultural 3 – 3 – 0     3 – 4 – 0 Utah 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 3 – 0 Utah Agricultural 1 – 2 – 0     2 – 5 – 0 Denver 1 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Wyoming 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 5 – 0 † – Conference champion
1914 Big 9 football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T 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 † – Conference champion	1914 SAIAA football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Washington and Lee § 3 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0 Virginia § 3 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 North Carolina 1 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0 VPI 1 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 1 Georgetown 0 – 1 – 1     2 – 4 – 2 St. John's (MD) 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0 Johns Hopkins 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 2 – 0 North Carolina A&M 0 – 2 – 1     3 – 2 – 1 Richmond 0 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 § – Conference co-champions
1914 IIAC football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Southern Illinois   –   –       2 – 5 – 1

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	Hampton Institute Howard Lincoln (PA)	2–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin	Whitewater Normal	4–0–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Friends (KS)	—
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Transylvania	—
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southwestern Louisiana Industrial	5–0–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Olivet Hillsdale	3–1–0
Ohio Athletic Conference	Denison	5–1–0
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference	Central State Teachers	—
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Talladega	—
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Texas	—

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1914 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Charley Barrett	6'0"	180	Jr.	Cleveland, Ohio	Cornell
HB	John Maulbetsch	5'9"	153	So.	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Michigan
HB	Eddie Mahan	5'11"	171	Jr.	Natick, Massachusetts	Harvard
HB	Johnny Spiegel			Sr.		Washington & Jefferson
FB	Harry LeGore			Jr.	Woodsboro, Maryland	Yale
E	Huntington Hardwick	6'0"	171	Sr.	Quincy, Massachusetts	Harvard
E	John E. O'Hearn	5'10"	173	Sr.	Brookline, Massachusetts	Cornell
T	Harold Ballin	6'1"	194	Sr.	New York, New York	Princeton
G	Stan Pennock	5'8"	193	Sr.	Syracuse, New York	Harvard
G	Clarence Spears			Jr.	De Witt, Arkansas	Dartmouth
C	John McEwan	6'4"	200	So.	Alexandria, Minnesota	Army
G	Ralph Chapman			Sr.	Vienna, Illinois	Illinois
T	Walter H. Trumbull			Sr.	Salem, Massachusetts	Harvard
E	Perry Graves			Jr.	Rockford, Illinois	Illinois

Statistical leaders

• Player scoring most points: Buck Mayer, Virginia, 142