1923 Big Ten Conference football season

August 2023 1923 Big Ten Conference football season Football 10 Illinois, Michigan Co-champions Football 1922 1924 thumb | right | alt=Results for football in the Big Ten Conference in 1923 | Results for football in the Big Ten Conference in 1923 The 1923 Big Ten Conference football season was the 28th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1923 college football season. Illinois, under head coach Robert Zuppke, compiled an 8–0 record, outscored opponents by a combined total of 136 to 20, and tied for the Big Ten championship. Halfback Red Grange was recognized as a consensus All-American and was one of the inaugural inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame. The 1923 Illinois team has been recognized as the national champion by selected retroactively as the national champion by the Boand System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the Berryman QPRS system, National Championship Foundation, and Jeff Sagarin (using the ELO-Chess methodology).http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 8, 2016 PDF August 6, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220806220105/https://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf dead Michigan, under head coach Fielding H. Yost, compiled an 8–0 record, tied for the Big Ten championship, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 150 to 12. Michigan led the conference in both scoring offense (18.8 points per game) and scoring defense (1.5 points per game). Center Jack Blott was a consensus All-American, and halfback Harry Kipke was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The season was part of a 20-game undefeated streak for Michigan that began on October 29, 1921, and continued until October 18, 1924. During the combined 1922 and 1923 seasons, Michigan compiled a 14–0–1 record. The 1923 Michigan team has been recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation.In games against common opponents, Michigan won by a total of 32 points whereas Illinois won against the same opponents by a total of 22 points. Michigan defeated Ohio State by 23 points (Illinois defeated Ohio State by nine points). Michigan defeated Iowa six points (Illinois defeated Iowa by three points). Illinois defeated Wisconsin by 10 points (Michigan defeated Wisconsin by three points). Season overview Results and team statistics Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG1 (tie)IllinoisRobert Zuppke8–05–017.02.51 (tie)MichiganFielding H. Yost8–04–018.81.53ChicagoAmos A. Stagg7–15–116.82.84MinnesotaWilliam H. Spaulding5-1-13-1-116.38.65IowaHoward Jones5–33–315.56.96IndianaBill Ingram3–42–26.916.77WisconsinJohn J. Ryan3–3–11–3–112.74.68Ohio StateJohn Wilce3–4–11–415.512.49PurdueJames Phelan2–5–11–48.113.310NorthwesternGlenn Thistlethwaite2–60–614.67.0 Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game1923 Big Ten Conference Year Summary Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 28, 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/western/1923.html Regular season Bowl games No Big Ten teams participated in any bowl games during the 1923 season. All-Big Ten players the complete All-Western selections 1923 All-Big Ten Conference football team Ten players received first-team honors on the 1923 All-Big Ten Conference football team from at least two of the following selectors: Billy Evans (BE)Coaches Select All-Conference Football Team for Evans Billy Evans The New Castle Herald December 4, 1923 9 https://www.newspapers.com/image/76335691/?terms=workman%2Bgrange%2Bkipke Norman E. Brown (NB), and Walter Eckersall (WE).Eckersall's All-Conference Elevens Detroit Free Press December 2, 1923 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5216330/detroit_free_press/ Ray Eklund, end, Minnesota (BE, NB, WE) Marty Below, tackle, Wisconsin (BE, NB, WE) Stanley Muirhead, tackle, Michigan (BE, NB, WE) Jim McMillen, guard, Illinois (BE, NB, WE) Jack Blott, center, Michigan (BE, NB, WE) Hoge Workman, quarterback, Ohio State (NB, WE) Red Grange, halfback, Illinois (BE, NB, WE) Earl Martineau, halfback, Minnesota (BE, NB) Harry Kipke, halfback, Michigan (BE, WE) Merrill Taft, fullback, Wisconsin (BE, NB, WE) All-Americans the complete All-America selections 1923 College Football All-America Team Five Big Ten players were recognized as consensus first-team players on the 1923 College Football All-America Team:2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2014 August 16, 2014 5 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf November 26, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf dead Red Grange, halfback, Illinois (Athletic World magazine [AW],Athletic World All America The Decatur Review 1923-12-16 Walter Camp [WC],Walter Camp's All-American Team Alton Evening Telegraph 1923-12-19 Football World magazine [FW],ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1155 Lawrence Perry [LP],Lawrence Perry Cornell and Michigan Get Two Places on Perry Eleven, One for Syracuse: Famed Gridiron Expert Rates Pfann, Sundstrom and MacRae Among Best Syracuse Herald 1923-12-16 Norman E. Brown [NB],Norman E. Brown Marty Below On First All-American Eleven: Merrill Taft Gets Berth On Second Team The Capital Times Madison, WI 1923-12-10 Davis J. Walsh [DW],Walsh Picks Three Teams of All-Americans In 1923 Seasonal Postmortem The Coshocton Tribune 1923-12-06 Tom Thorp [TT],Tom Thorp Eastern Grid Players Get Six Places On All-American: Tom Thorp Picks Star Mythical Eleven of 1923 for the Baltimore News Cumberland Evening Times 1923-12-08 Percy Haughton [PH],All Americans: Percy Haughton's Team Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 1923-12-11) Ray Eklund, end, Minnesota (AW, FW, LP, NB, TT, PH) Marty Below, tackle, Wisconsin (AW, FW, NB, DW) Jim McMillen, guard, Illinois (AW, FW, NB, DW, TT) Jack Blott, center, Michigan (AW, WC, FW, NB, DW) References