1906 Western Conference football season

August 2023 1906 Western Conference football season Football 8 Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan Champion Football 1905 1907 The 1906 Western Conference football season was the eleventh 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 1906 college football season. In 1906, Michigan president James Burrill Angell called for several meetings to further regulate football in the Western Conference.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=fulltext One of the new rules would require the football coach to be a full-time employee of the university, causing Michigan's head football coach, Fielding Yost, to object. Yost convinced Michigan's board to support him over Angell and against the conference.Duderstadt 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=PA232 In April 1907, Michigan was voted out of the conference for refusing to adhere to the new league rules, which they insisted they would not follow.https://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 did not play Michigan again until they rejoined the league in 1918. Season overview There was a three-way tie for the conference title between Wisconsin, who went 5-0 (3-0 in conference play); Minnesota, who went 4-1 (2-0); and Michigan, who went 4-1 (1-0) Chicago finished with an overall record of 4-1 (3-1), Illinois went 1-3-1 (1-3), Iowa went 2-3 (0-1), Indiana wound up at 4-2 (0-2), and Purdue followed with a record of 0-5 (0-3). Northwestern did not field a team in 1906, nor would they for the 1907 college football season. The Purple would return to the gridiron in 1908. Wisconsin October 13 w y 1906 Lawrence Vikings Lawrence Randall Field Madison, WI 5–0 October 20 w y 1905 North Dakota Flickertails North Dakota Randall Field Madison, WI 10–0 November 3 w Iowa Randall Field Madison, WI rivalry 18–4 3,000 Badgers Capture Scalp of Iowa: Coach Hutchins Men Turn Defeat Into Victory and Win 18 to 4 Wisconsin State Journal November 5, 1906 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-badgers-capture/172365835/ Newspapers.com November 10 w y Illinois Illinois Field Champaign, IL 16–6 November 17 w Purdue Randall Field Madison, WI 29–5 Badgers in Easy Win: Defeat Purdue Team 23 to 5 The Indianapolis Star November 18, 1906 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21107064/badgers_in_easy_win_defeat_purdue_team/ Newspapers.com Minnesota October 27 w y Iowa State Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 22–4 3,000 November 3 w y Nebraska Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN rivalry 13–0 5,000 November 10 w y Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL 4–2 7,000 November 17 l y Carlisle Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 0–17 20,000 November 24 w Indiana Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 8–6 10,000 Michigan Eastern October 6 w y 1906 Case Case Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI 28–0 2,000 October 20 2:40 p.m. w y y Ohio State University Park Columbus, OH rivalry 6–0 6,000 October 27 2:37 p.m. w Illinois Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI rivalry 28–9 5,000 November 3 w y Vanderbilt Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI 10–4 10,000 November 17 l y y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 0–17 26,000 Chicago y y October 20 Purdue Marshall Field Chicago, IL (rivalry) W 39-0 7,000–8,000 Purdue Is Easy for the Maroons Chicago Tribune October 21, 1906 13–14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21106798/purdue_is_easy_for_the_maroons/ Newspapers.com October 27 Indiana Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 33-8 November 10 Minnesota Marshall Field Chicago, IL L 2-4 7,000 November 17 Illinois Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 63-0 November 24 Nebraska<ncg> Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 38-5 Illinois y y October 13 1906 Wabash Little Giants Wabash<ncg> Illinois Field Champaign, IL T 0-0 October 27 at Michigan (rivalry) Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI L 9-28 5,000 November 10 Wisconsin Illinois Field Champaign, IL L 6-16 November 17 at Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL L 0-63 November 24 at Purdue (rivalry) Stuart Field Lafayette, IN W 5-0 > 4,000 Run by Pettigrew Is Fatal to Purdue The Indianapolis Star November 25, 1906 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21107678/run_by_pettigrew_is_fatal_to_purdue/ Newspapers.com Iowa October 27 w y Missouri Iowa Field Iowa City, IA rivalry 26–4 November 3 l y Wisconsin Randall Field Madison, WI rivalry 4–18 3,000 November 10 w y 1906 Coe Crimson Coe Iowa Field Iowa City, IA 15–12 November 24 l y Iowa State Iowa Field Iowa City, IA 0–2 November 29 l y y Saint Louis Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO 0–39 13,000 Cochems, Leader of the New Rugby St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 30, 1906 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30396405/cochems_leader_of_the_new_rugby/ Newspapers.comIowa Overwhelmed by St. Louis U. The Register and Leader (Des Moines) November 30, 1906 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30396529/iowa_overwhelmed_by_st_louis_u/ Newspapers.com Indiana Eastern October 13 w y Indiana alumni Jordan Field Bloomington, IN 16–0 October 20 w y y 1906 Wabash Little Giants Wabash Crawfordsville, IN 12–5 October 27 l y Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL 8–33 November 3 w y 1906 DePauw DePauw Jordan Field Bloomington, IN 55–0 November 10 w y y Notre Dame Indianapolis, IN 12–0 Chronicling America Bloomington Victor Against Notre Dame https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045366/1906-11-11/ed-1/seq-31/ November 21, 2024 The Minneapolis journal November 11, 1906 Minneapolis, Minnesota 31 November 24 l y Minnesota Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN 6–8 10,000 Purdue y y October 20 at Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL (rivalry) L 0-39 7,000–8,000 October 27 1906 Wabash Little Giants Wabash<ncg> Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN L 0-11 5,000 Purdue Lowers Her Colors To Wabash The Indianapolis News October 28, 1906 9–10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21107818/purdue_lowers_her_colors_to_wabash/ Newspapers.com November 3 Notre Dame<ncg> Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry) L 0-2 Notre Dame Victor Over Purdue by 2-0 The Indianapolis Star November 4, 1906 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21106925/notre_dame_victor_over_purdue_by_20/ Newspapers.com November 17 at Wisconsin Randall Field Madison, WI L 5-29 November 24 Illinois Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry) L 0-5 > 4,000 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 1906 season. All-American honors 1906 College Football All-America Team The following Western Conference players were selected as first-team players on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. (Consensus All-Americans displayed in bold). thumb|right|180px|End Bobby Mitchell of Minnesota, one of the first black players named to an All-America team. Bobby Marshall, End, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2) Walter Eckersall, Quarterback, Chicago (WC-1; CW-1 [fb]; NYM-1; COMP) John Garrels, Fullback, Michigan (WC-3) Key NCAA recognized selectors for 1906 WC = Walter Camp for Collier's WeeklyWalter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards// dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards 2009-03-30 CW = Caspar Whitney for Outing magazineCaspar Whitney The View-Point Outing 1907 537 https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa9hAAAAIAAJ Other selectors NYW = New York World by Robert W. Edgren'Bob' Edgren Picks Out An All-American Team: Yale and Princeton Predominate His Choice The Post-Standard (Syracuse) 1905-12-03 NYS = New York Sun'Philistine' Is Generous: Sun Accords Syracuse Bank Amid First Sixtten The Post-Standard 1906-12-04 CC = Charles Chadwick NYT = The New York TimesNew Football Produces Individual Brilliancy: Many Players Merit Places on Fanciful All-American Team The New York Times 1906-12-09 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/12/09/101810947.pdf NYM = New York Mailuntitled Daily Gazette And Bulletin 1906-12-05 COMP = A composite All-American team distilled from the All-American selected by nine of "the most prominent of the eastern sporting writers and critics"Choose Eckey Over Libbey: Eastern Authorities Give Maroon Star Place on All American Lake County Times (Hammond, IN) 1906-12-15 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 1906 All-Western college football team Ends Bobby Marshall, Minnesota (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF) Mysterious Walker, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, CRH, ECP-1, SLG) Charles J. Moynihan, Illinois (ECP-2) Tackles Joe Curtis, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, SLG) Ed Parry, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP [end], CIO, CJ, CRH [guard], ECP-1, OL [end], SLG) George Leland Case, Minnesota (CC [guard], CE [guard], CEP, CRH [guard], CT, ECP-2, OL) Franklin C. Wade, Indiana (ECP-2) Guards Forest Van Hook, Illinois (CDN, CEP, CT, ECP-1, SLG) Theodore Vita, Minnesota (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CJ, CT, ECP-2, OL, SLG) William "Bill" Ittner, Minnesota (CC, CIO, CRH [tackle], ECP-1, OL [tackle]) Warren A. Gelbach, Wisconsin (CIO) Walter D. Graham, Michigan (CJ, ECP-2) Smith, Minnesota (CA, OL) Centers Orren Eark Safford, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG) Lloyd A. Waugh, Indiana (CJ, ECP-2) Stechm, Wisconsin (CT) W. Wellinghoff, Purdue (CA) Quarterbacks Walter Eckersall, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF) Frank K. Hare, Indiana (ECP-2) Halfbacks Walter Steffen, Chicago (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CT, ECP-2, SLG) (CFHOF) John Schuknecht, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG) Heze Clark, Indiana (CE, CEP, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1) Hodge, Illinois (CA) Paul Magoffin, Michigan (CC, ECP-2) William C. Doane, Minnesota (OL) Fullbacks John Garrels, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) Earl Current, Minnesota (ECP-2) References