1907 Western Conference football season

August 2023 1907 Western Conference football season Football Chicago Champion Football 1906 1908 The 1907 Western Conference football season was the twelfth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1907 college football season. In April 1907, Michigan was voted out of the conference for refusing to adhere to new league rules that had been adopted earlier and spearheaded by UM president James Burrill Angell.The University of Michigan, an encyclopedic survey ... Wilfred B. Shaw, editor 1941 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umsurvey/AAS3302.0004.001/1:3.4.1?rgn=div3;view=fulltextDuderstadt James J. Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University: A University President's Perspective 4 September 2003 University of Michigan Press 0-472-08943-9 https://books.google.com/books?id=tEg_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA232https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/04/14/106748007.pdf The New York Times CONFERENCE OUSTS MICHIGAN; Severs Relations with University for Non-Observance of Rules April 14, 1907 As a result, Western Conference schools were not supposed to play Michigan again until they rejoined the league in 1918. In 1907, Iowa helped form the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association with Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Washington University in St. Louis, while still maintaining membership in the Western Conference. The MVIAA would eventually become the Big Eight Conference. Season overview With a 4–0 conference record, the Chicago Maroons would claim the 1907 championship, finishing 4–1 overall. Their only loss came to the Carlisle Indians, led by head coach Pop Warner, All-American Pete Hauser, and newcomer Jim Thorpe Wisconsin would finish behind the Maroons at 3-1-1 (all Western games), and Illinois followed at 3-2 (also, all Western games). Iowa also had a 3–2 overall record, but went 1–1 in conference play. Minnesota, Indiana, and Purdue all wrapped up the year winless in the conference, but only Purdue went the 1907 season without a victory. Northwestern was in their second season without a football program, last playing a game in 1905. The Purple would be welcomed back to the gridiron in 1908. Chicago section January 2026 y y October 12 Indiana Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 27-6 October 19 at Illinois Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 42-6 November 2 at Minnesota Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN W 18-12 18,000 November 9 Purdue Marshall Field Chicago, IL (rivalry) W 56-0 November 23 Carlisle<ncg> Marshall Field Chicago, IL L 4-18 Wisconsin section January 2026 October 26 l Illinois Randall Field Madison, WI 4–15 November 2 w y Iowa Iowa Field Iowa City, IA rivalry 6–5 November 9 w Indiana Randall Field Madison, WI 12–6 November 16 w y Purdue Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN 12–6 November 23 t Minnesota Randall Field Madison, WI rivalry 17–17 Illinois section January 2026 October 19 Chicago Illinois Field Champaign, IL L 6-42 October 26 at Wisconsin Randall Field Madison, WI W 15-4 November 2 Purdue (rivalry) Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 21-4 November 9 at Iowa Iowa Field Iowa City, IA L 12-25 November 22 at Indiana Jordan Field Bloomington, IN (rivalry) W 10-6 Iowa October 10 w Missouri Iowa Field Iowa City, IA 21–6 January 2026 October 26 w y y Drake Haskins Field Des Moines, IA 25–4 Old Gold Victor, But Drake Score: Iowa Wins by a Score of 25 to 4 The Des Moines Register October 27, 1907 II-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116700089/drake/ Newspapers.com November 2 l y Wisconsin Randall Field Madison, WI rivalry 5–6 January 2026 November 9 w Illinois Iowa Field Iowa City, IA 25–12 January 2026 November 23 l y y Iowa State State Field Ames, IA rivalry 14–20 January 2026 Minnesota section January 2026 October 12 w y Iowa State Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 8–0 5,000 October 19 w y Nebraska Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN rivalry 8–5 8,000 November 2 l Chicago Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 12–18 18,000 November 16 l y Carlisle Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 10–12 15,000 November 23 t y Wisconsin Randall Field Madison, WI rivalry 17–17 Indiana Eastern October 5 w y 1907 DePauw DePauw Jordan Field Bloomington, IN 25–9 October 12 l y Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL 6–27 October 19 w Indiana alumni Jordan Field Bloomington, IN 40–0 November 2 t y Notre Dame Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN 0–0 November 9 l y Wisconsin Randall Field Madison, WI 8–11 November 22 l y Illinois Jordan Field Bloomington, IN rivalry 6–10 Purdue y October 12 1907 Wabash Little Giants Wabash<ncg> Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN L 0-2 November 2 at Illinois Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry) L 4-21 November 9 at Chicago Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry) L 0-56 November 16 Wisconsin Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN L 6-12 November 23 Notre Dame Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry) L 0-17 https://fightingirish.com/m-footbl-archive-m-footbl-sched-1907-html/ 2024-11-11 University of Notre Dame 1907 schedule 2022 Purdue Football Record Book https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf Purdue University Athletics 81 January 29, 2023 Bowl games No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1907 season. All-American honors 1907 All-America college football team The following Western Conference players were selected as first-team players on the 1907 All-America college football team. (Consensus All-Americans displayed in bold). Quarterbacks Walter Steffen, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3) Halfbacks George Capron, Minnesota (WC-3) Key NCAA recognized selectors for 1907 WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter CampCamp Selects His All American Team Trenton Evening Times December 27, 1903 CW = Caspar WhitneyWhitney Picks Out the Champ Eleven: All-American Eleven Taken from the East La Crosse Tribune December 26, 1907Casper Whitney Shuns the West: Eleven Eastern Players Picked for All-American Eleven Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette December 26, 1907 Other selectors NYH = New York HeraldAll-America Elevens Picked: Difference of Opinion by Experts; Biglow of Yale General Choice for Captain The Hartford Courant 14 December 9, 1907 https://secure.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/764274622.html?dids=764274622:764274622&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+09%2C+1907&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=ALL-AMERICA+ELEVENS+PICKED&pqatl=google https://archive.today/20130216161729/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/764274622.html?dids=764274622:764274622&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+09,+1907&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=ALL-AMERICA+ELEVENS+PICKED&pqatl=google dead February 16, 2013 NYT = New York Tribune NYW = New York World (Robert Edgren) NYP = New York Press FY = Fielding H. Yost, football coach of the University of Michigan, for the North American Press Syndicate.COACH YOST AND HIS TEAM Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette December 2, 1907 ("Of all the football men in America, none has attained greater prominence than Fielding H. Yost, who has coached the University of Michigan for six years. Yost's football vision is broad. His football judgment is superior. His football pre-eminence is generally accepted. It is thus a matter of considerable football moment when Mr. Yost breaks his previous precedence and names an all-American football team. This he has done for the North American Press Syndicate.") CF = Carl Flanders CR = Constant Reader AFR = Abilene Semi Weekly Farm Reporter.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1985204/abilene_semi_weekly_farm_reporter/ Abilene Semi Weekly Farm Reporter Outlook Is Blue 2 March 14, 2015 November 23, 1907 Newspapers.com "selected not according to their weight, but their conception of the new game" Bold = Consensus All-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf 1 – First-team selection 2 – Second-team selection 3 – Third-team selection All-Western selections 1907 All-Western college football team Hewitt, End, Chicago (CA, CDN, CP, CRH) Harlan Page, End, Chicago (CIO, CJ, CP) (CBHOF) Harlan Rogers, End, Wisconsin (CE) John Messmer, Tackle, Wisconsin (CA, CIO, CJ, COL [guard], CRH, WE [guard]) George Leland Case, Tackle, Minnesota (CDN, CIO, CP, WE) Ivan Doseff, Tackle, Chicago (CE, CJ, COL) Forest Van Hook, Guard, Illinois (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH, WE) William John Bandelin, Guard, Minnesota (CA, CE) Harris, Guard, Chicago (CDN) Walter Steffen, Quarterback, Chicago (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH, WE) (CFHOF) Leo DeTray, Halfback,Chicago (CA [fullback], CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH [fullback], WE) Carroll N. Kirk, Halfback,Iowa (CA, CE, CRH) John Robert Schuknecht, Halfback,Minnesota (CIO, CJ, COL [fullback]) Harold Iddings, Halfback,Chicago (CDN, COL [end], WE) Oscar Osthoff, Halfback, Wisconsin (CP) George Capron, Fullback, Minnesota (CA [halfback], CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL [halfback], CP, CRH [halfback], WE [end]) References