1914 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1914 Yale vs harvard game at new haven 1914.jpg Harvard–Yale game 250 ArmyIllinoisTexas Not awarded until 1935 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, all retroactively.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book 70 The National Collegiate Athletic Association August 2009 Indianapolis, IN 2009-10-16 Army and Illinois claim 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 JacketsSIAAIndependent 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. Stadiums Final Season Alabama plays their final season at The Quad. The Quad has been Alabama's home field since their first home game in 1893. The final game at The Quad was a 21–3 victory over Chattanooga on 11/13/1914. For 1915, Alabama would move into University Field on the southern edge of campus. Conference standings Major conference standings Independents Minor conferences ConferenceChampion(s)Record Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hampton InstituteHowardLincoln (PA) 2–11–11–1 Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin Whitewater Normal 4–0 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Friends (KS) — Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association Transylvania — Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southwestern Louisiana Industrial 5–0 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association OlivetHillsdale 3–1 Ohio Athletic Conference Denison 5–1 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Central State Teachers — Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Talladega — Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Texas — Minor conference standings Awards and honors All-Americans 1914 College Football All-America Team The consensus All-America team included: PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeamQBCharley Barrett6'0"180Jr.Cleveland, OhioCornellHBJohn Maulbetsch5'9"153So.Ann Arbor, MichiganMichiganHBEddie Mahan5'11"171Jr.Natick, MassachusettsHarvardHBJohnny SpiegelSr.Washington & JeffersonFBHarry LeGoreJr.Woodsboro, MarylandYaleEHuntington Hardwick6'0"171Sr.Quincy, MassachusettsHarvardEJohn E. O'Hearn5'10"173Sr.Brookline, MassachusettsCornellTHarold Ballin6'1"194Sr.New York, New YorkPrincetonGStan Pennock5'8"193Sr.Syracuse, New YorkHarvardGClarence SpearsJr.De Witt, ArkansasDartmouthCJohn McEwan6'4"200So.Alexandria, MinnesotaArmyGRalph ChapmanSr.Vienna, IllinoisIllinoisTWalter H. TrumbullSr.Salem, MassachusettsHarvardEPerry GravesJr.Rockford, IllinoisIllinois Statistical leaders Player scoring most points: Buck Mayer, Virginia, 142 References