1915 college football season

The 1915 NCAA football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Cornell, Oklahoma, and Pittsburgh as having been selected national champions.[1] Only Cornell, Washington State, and Pittsburgh claim national championships for the 1915 season.

Conference and program changes

Conference establishments

Membership changes

School1914 Conference1915 Conference
Akron footballIndependentOhio Athletic
Arkansas RazorbacksIndependentSouthwest
Baylor BearsIndependentSouthwest
California Golden BearsProgram reinstatedIndependent
Chattanooga MocsIndependentSIAA
Catholic CardinalsIndependentSAIAA
Louisville CardinalsIndependentSIAA
Oklahoma SoonersIndependentSouthwest
Oklahoma A&M CowboysIndependentSouthwest
Rice OwlsIndependentSouthwest
Southern Methodist ParsonsProgram EstablishedTIAA
Southwestern (TX) PiratesIndependentSouthwest
Texas LonghornsIndependentSouthwest
Texas A&M AggiesIndependentSouthwest
Transylvania PioneersIndependentSIAA

Rose Bowl

The Rose Bowl was played for the first time since its inception on January 1, 1902, following the 1901 season. Washington State would defeat Brown 14-0. The game has been played annually ever since.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1915 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Minnesota + 3 –0 –1  6 –0 –1
Illinois + 3 –0 –2  5 –0 –2
Chicago 4 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Ohio State 2 –1 –1  5 –1 –1
Purdue 2 –2 –0  3 –3 –1
Wisconsin 2 –3 –0  4 –3 –0
Iowa 1 –2 –0  3 –4 –0
Indiana 1 –3 –0  3 –3 –1
Northwestern 0 –5 –0  2 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1915 IIAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Southern Illinois   –  –   6 –2 –0
1915 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Cornell   –    9 –0 –0
Pittsburgh   –    8 –0 –0
Dubuque   –    7 –0 –0
Washington   –    7 –0 –0
Washington State   –    7 –0 –0
Carleton   –    6 –0 –0
Columbia   –    5 –0 –0
Georgia Tech   –    7 –0 –1
Wabash   –    7 –0 –1
Harvard   –    8 –1 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    7 –1 –0
Notre Dame   –    7 –1 –0
Ouachita Baptist   –    7 –1 –0
Rutgers   –    7 –1 –0
Grinnell   –    6 –1 –0
Holy Trinity   –    6 –1 –0
Spring Hill   –    6 –1 –0
Villanova   –    6 –1 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –    8 –1 –1
Colgate   –    5 –1 –0
Michigan Agricultural   –    5 –1 –0
Western State   –    5 –1 –0
Syracuse   –    9 –1 –2
Dartmouth   –    7 –1 –1
West Virginia   –    5 –1 –1
Hawaii   –    4 –1 –1
First District   –    4 –1 –1
Tufts   –    5 –1 –2
Penn State   –    7 –2 –0
Oregon   –    7 –2 –0
Lafayette   –    8 –3 –0
Princeton   –    6 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    6 –2 –0
Johns Hopkins   –    6 –2 –0
New Mexico   –    3 –1 –0
VMI   –    6 –2 –1
New Mexico A&M   –    5 –2 –0
Temple   –    3 –1 –1
Millikin   –    5 –2 –1
Delaware   –    6 –3 –0
Maryland   –    6 –3 –0
Nebraska Wesleyan   –    6 –3 –0
Louisiana Normal College   –    4 –2 –0
Wesleyan   –    6 –3 –0
North Texas State Normal   –    4 –2 –1
Michigan State Normal   –    4 –2 –1
Montana Agricultural   –    4 –2 –1
Oregon Agricultural   –    5 –3 –0
Allegheny   –    5 –3 –0
Arizona   –    5 –3 –0
Doane   –    5 –3 –0
Swarthmore   –    5 –3 –0
California   –    8 –5 –0
Army   –    5 –3 –1
Marquette   –    4 –2 –2
Lehigh   –    6 –4 –0
Tempe Normal   –    3 –2 –0
University Farm   –    3 –2 –0
Southwest Texas State   –    5 –3 –2
Jamestown   –    3 –2 –1
Penn (IA)   –    4 –3 –0
Davidson   –    4 –3 –1
Michigan   –    4 –3 –1
Brown   –    5 –4 –1
Creighton   –    5 –4 –1
Buffalo   –    4 –4 –0
Fordham   –    4 –4 –0
Holy Cross   –    3 –2 –2
Knox (IL)   –    1 –1 –0
Middle Tennessee   –    3 –3 –1
Mississippi Normal   –    4 –4 –0
Saint Louis   –    3 –3 –1
Haskell   –    3 –3 –0
NYU   –    4 –4 –1
Montana   –    2 –2 –2
Presbyterian   –    4 –4 –0
St. Thomas (MN)   –    2 –2 –1
Willamette   –    2 –2 –1
Middlebury   –    3 –4 –2
Henderson-Brown   –    3 –4 –1
Muhlenberg   –    4 –5 –0
TCU   –    4 –5 –0
Yale   –    4 –5 –0
Boston College   –    3 –4 –0
Wake Forest   –    3 –4 –0
USC   –    3 –4 –0
WPI   –    3 –5 –1
Navy   –    3 –5 –1
Carlisle   –    3 –6 –2
Penn   –    3 –5 –2
Rhode Island State   –    3 –5 –0
New Hampshire   –    3 –6 –1
Gettysburg   –    3 –6 –0
Hanover   –    2 –4 –0
Rochester   –    3 –6 –0
Bucknell   –    2 –6 –3
Lawrence   –    2 –5 –0
Earlham   –    2 –6 –0
Idaho   –    1 –4 –1
Detroit   –    1 –5 –0
Butler   –    1 –6 –0
Williams   –    1 –7 –0
William & Mary   –    0 –9 –1
1915 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nebraska $ 4 –0 –0  8 –0 –0
Kansas 3 –1 –0  6 –2 –0
Iowa State 2 –1 –0  6 –2 –0
Washington (MO) 1 –1 –0  3 –2 –0
Missouri 1 –3 –1  2 –5 –1
Drake 1 –4 –0  2 –6 –0
Kansas State 0 –2 –1  3 –4 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1915 RMFAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Utah 4 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Colorado 0 –5 –0  1 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1915 SAIAA football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Virginia + 2 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
Washington and Lee + 2 –0 –0  6 –1 –1
Georgetown + 2 –0 –0  7 –2 –0
Catholic University 1 –0 –0  5 –2 –0
Johns Hopkins 1 –0 –0  1 –0 –0
Richmond 0 –1 –0  4 –4 –1
VPI 0 –1 –0  4 –4 –0
North Carolina A&M 0 –2 –0  3 –3 –1
North Carolina 0 –2 –0  4 –3 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1915 SIAA football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt $ 5 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Alabama 5 –0 –0  6 –2 –0
LSU 4 –0 –0  6 –2 –0
Transylvania 3 –0 –1  7 –1 –1
Auburn 5 –1 –0  6 –2 –0
Georgia 3 –1 –1  5 –2 –2
Chattanooga 2 –1 –2  5 –2 –2
Mississippi A&M 4 –2 –1  5 –2 –1
Kentucky 2 –1 –1  6 –1 –1
Florida 3 –3 –0  4 –3 –0
Clemson 2 –2 –1  2 –4 –2
South Carolina 1 –1 –1  5 –3 –1
Furman 1 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Mercer 1 –1 –0  5 –4 –0
Mississippi College 2 –3 –0  4 –4 –1
The Citadel 1 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Sewanee 1 –2 –2  4 –3 –2
Tulane 1 –4 –0  4 –4 –0
Howard 0 –2 –0  0 –2 –0
Wofford 0 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
Louisville 0 –3 –0  1 –5 –1
Tennessee 0 –4 –0  4 –4 –0
Ole Miss 0 –5 –0  2 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1915 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oklahoma $ 3 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
Baylor 3 –0 –0  7 –1 –0
Arkansas 1 –1 –0  4 –2 –1
Texas 2 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Texas A&M 1 –1 –0  6 –2 –0
Rice 1 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Oklahoma A&M 0 –3 –0  4 –5 –1
Southwestern (TX) 0 –2 –0  4 –3 –0
  • Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player.[2]

Minor conferences

Conference Champion(s) Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hampton Institute 3–0–0
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin River Falls Normal 5–0–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Baker (KS)
Kansas State Normal		 —
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association Transylvania —
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Louisiana Industrial 2–0–1
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Albion
Alma		 4–0–1
Ohio Athletic Conference Western Reserve 6–1–0
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Central State Teachers —
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Occidental 4–0–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Fisk —

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Charley Barrett 6'0" 180 Sr. Cleveland, Ohio Cornell
HB Dick King 5'8" 175 Sr. Boston, Massachusetts Harvard
HB Bart Macomber 5'9" 183 Jr. Oak Park, Illinois Illinois
HB Buck Mayer 172 Sr. Norfolk, Virginia Virginia
HB Neno DaPrato 5'10" 185 Sr. Iron Mountain, Michigan Michigan Agricultural
FB Eddie Mahan 5'11" 171 Sr. Natick, Massachusetts Harvard
E Murray Shelton 6'1" 170 Sr. Dunkirk, New York Cornell
E Bert Baston 6'1" 170 Jr. St. Louis Park, Minnesota Minnesota
T Cub Buck Sr. Eau Claire, Wisconsin Wisconsin
G Clarence Spears Sr. De Witt, Arkansas Dartmouth
C Bob Peck 5'9" 179 So. Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
G Harold White 6'6" 273 Sr. New York, New York Syracuse
T Joseph Gilman Jr. Honolulu, Hawaii Harvard
E Guy Chamberlin 6'2" 196 Sr. Blue Springs, Nebraska Nebraska
E Bob Higgins So. Corning, New York Penn State

Statistical leaders

  • Team scoring most points: Vanderbilt, 514 to 38.
  • Player scoring most points: Jerry DaPrato, Michigan Agricultural, 185
  • Player scoring most touchdowns: Jerry DaPrato, Michigan Agricultural, 34
  • Player scoring most goals after touchdown: F. Parke Geyer, Oklahoma, 56
  • Player scoring most field goals: William T. Van de Graaff, Alabama, 11
  • Longest punt: Fritz Shiverick, Cornell, 86 yards, inclusive of roll of ball
  • Longest run from kickoff: John Barrett, Washington & Lee, 101 yards
  • Longest punt return: James DeHart, Pittsburgh, 105 yards
  • Longest run from scrimmage: Dave Tayloe, North Carolina, and John R. Georgetown, 90 yards each

References

  1. ↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  2. ↑ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
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