1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football 1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.jpg 285 Western Conference Western 7–0 6–0 Robert Zuppke 2nd I formationhttps://books.google.com/books?id=5pPYAODf6ZAC&pg=PA207 Football Ralph Chapman Illinois Field National champion (Billingsley)Co-national champion (Davis)Western Conference champion The 1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the Western Conference during the 1914 college football season. In their second season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Fighting Illini compiled a 7–0 record (6–0 in conference games), won the Western Conference championship, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 224 to 22.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1914-schedule.html 1914 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 30, 2022 There was no contemporaneous system in 1914 for determining a national champion. However, Illinois was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. Army was chosen as co-champion by Davis and as national champion by three other selectors.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records The National Collegiate Athletic Association 112–114 July 2020 Indianapolis January 12, 2021 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf live End Perry Graves and guard Ralph Chapman were consensus picks for the 1914 All-America college football team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Chapman was the team captain.Fighting Illini Football Record Book University of Illinois 2015 December 28, 2016 156 http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf November 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201129040612/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf dead Seven Illini players were also honored on the 1914 All-Western Conference football team selected by Walter Eckersall: quarterback Potsy Clark (first team); halfbacks Harold Pogue (first team); ends George K. Squier (first team) and Perry Graves (second team); guard Ralph Chapman (first team); fullback Eugene Schobinger (second team); and tackle Lennox F. Armstrtong (second team).https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2816851/the_wichita_beacon/ The Wichita Beacon November 24, 1914 7 All Conference Elevens of "Big Nine" Selected July 15, 2015 Newspapers.com Schedule October 3 w y 1914 Christian Brothers Christian Brothers (MO) Illinois Field Champaign, IL 37–0 Illini Win Opener Decatur Herald October 4, 1914 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98709895/illini-win-opener/ Newspapers.com October 10 w Indiana Illinois Field Champaign, IL rivalry 51–0 Indiana Swamped by Illinois The Indianapolis Star October 11, 1914 45 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98710127/indiana-swamped-by-illinois/ Newspapers.com October 17 w Ohio State Illinois Field Champaign, IL rivalry 37–0 Illini Tramples Over Ohio, 37-0 Chicago Tribune October 18, 1914 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98710424/illini-tramples-over-ohio-37-0/ Newspapers.com October 24 w y Northwestern Northwestern Field Evanston, IL 33–0 Illini Substitutes Are Enough to Defeat Purple Decatur Herald October 25, 1914 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98710727/illini-substitutes-are-enough-to-defeat/ Newspapers.com October 31 w y Minnesota Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 21–6 10,000 Illini Backs Outspeed Gophers and Win Great Open Gridiron Battle, 21-6 The Sunday Journal Minneapolis November 1, 1914 27–28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98711174/illini-backs-outspeed-gophers-and-win/ Newspapers.com November 14 w Chicago Illinois Field Champaign, IL 21–7 Maroons Crushed by Zuppke's Illini The Decatur Daily Herald November 15, 1914 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98711512/maroons-crushed-by-zuppkes-illini/ Newspapers.com November 21 w y Wisconsin Randall Field Madison, WI 24–9 Badgers Put Up Game Battle But Lose The Last Game to Illinois: Gophers Second in Fight for "Big Nine" Flag The Sunday State Journal Madison, Wisconsin November 22, 1914 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98712055/badgers-put-up-game-battle-but-lose/ Newspapers.com Roster PlayerPositionPerry GravesRight endManley Ross PettyRight tackleFrank StewartRight guardJohn Ward NelsonRight guardJohn Wesley WatsonCenterRalph Chapman (captain)Left guardLennox Francois ArmstrongLeft tackleOlay MadsenLeft tackleSylvester Randall DerbyLeft endGeorge Kasson SquierLeft endGeorge ClarkQuarterbackBart MacomberRight halfbackFrank Howard PethybridgeRight halfbackEugene SchobingerFullbackOrlie RueFullbackAlexander WagnerLeft halfbackHarold PogueLeft halfback July 2025 Head coach: Robert Zuppke (second year at Illinois) Awards and honors Perry Graves, end Consensus first-team selection on the 1914 All-America team Ralph Chapman, guard Consensus first-team selection on the 1914 All-America team Lennox F. Armstrong, tackle Third-team All-American selection by Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of the International News ServiceMenke Selects Annual All-American Eleven New Castle News November 25, 1914 Potsy Clark Third-team All-American selection by Frank G. Menke Outing magazine's "Football Roll of Honor: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914"Football Roll of Honor: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914 Outing 1915 498 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_65/outLXV04/outLXV04s.pdf March 15, 2016 December 29, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160315084431/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_65/outLXV04/outLXV04s.pdf dead Harold Pogue, halfback First-team selection by Fred M. Walker of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and The Michigan Daily for the 1914 All-America teamSpalding's Official Football Guide 1915 Second-team selection by Walter Eckersall for the 1914 All-America team of the Chicago TribuneEckersall Names All-Stars: Eckersall Names One Western Man; Maulbetsch of Michigan on All-American Waterloo Evening Courier December 12, 1914 Third-team selection by Walter Camp and Frank G. Menke for the 1914 All-America teamWalter Camp's Three All-American Elevens The Syracuse Herald 1914-12-13Menke Selects Annual All-American Eleven New Castle News 1914-11-25 Outing magazine's "Football Roll of Honor" References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:Big Ten Conference football champion seasons Illinois Fighting Illini football Category:Long stubs with short prose