1914 college football season

The 1914 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army, Illinois, and Texas as having been selected national champions.[1] Only Illinois claims a national championship for the 1914 season.

1914 college football season
Harvard–Yale game
Champion(s)Illinois
football seasons

Conference program and changes

Conference changes

Membership changes
School1913 Conference1914 Conference
Colorado College TigersIndependentRocky Mountain
Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsSIAAIndependent
Louisville CardinalsIndependentKIAA
Southern California TrojansReinstated ProgramIndependent
Texas State M&M MinersProgram EstablishedIndependent
Utah Agricultural AggiesIndependentRocky Mountain

Program changes

Stadiums

Final Season
  • Alabama plays their final season at The Quad. The Quad has been Alabama's home field since their first home game in 1893. The final game at The Quad was a 21-3 victory over Chattanooga on 11/13/1914. For 1915, Alabama would move into University Field on the southern edge of campus.

Conference standings

Major conference standings
1914 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nebraska $ 3 –0 –0  7 –0 –1
Missouri 4 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Iowa State 2 –1 –0  4 –3 –0
Kansas 2 –2 –0  5 –2 –1
Washington University 0 –3 –1  3 –3 –1
Drake 0 –3 –1  4 –3 –1
Kansas State 0 –3 –0  1 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1914 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Colorado Mines $ 5 –0 –1  5 –0 –1
Colorado 4 –1 –0  5 –1 –0
Colorado College 3 –1 –1  4 –1 –1
Colorado Agricultural 3 –3 –0  3 –4 –0
Utah 2 –3 –0  3 –3 –0
Utah Agricultural 1 –2 –0  2 –5 –0
Denver 1 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Wyoming 0 –5 –0  1 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1914 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Washington and Lee + 3 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Virginia + 3 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
North Carolina 1 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
VPI 1 –1 –0  6 –2 –1
Georgetown 0 –1 –1  2 –4 –2
North Carolina A&M 0 –2 –1  3 –3 –1
St. John's (MD) 0 –1 –0  0 –1 –0
Johns Hopkins 0 –1 –0  0 –2 –0
Richmond 0 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tennessee + 6 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Auburn + 4 –0 –1  8 –0 –1
Texas A&M 2 –0 –0  6 –1 –1
Ole Miss 2 –1 –1  5 –4 –1
Mississippi A&M 4 –2 –0  6 –2 –0
Sewanee 4 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Florida 3 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Georgia 2 –2 –1  3 –5 –1
Clemson 2 –2 –0  5 –3 –1
Alabama 3 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Kentucky 1 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
LSU 1 –2 –1  4 –4 –1
Chattanooga 1 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –3 –0  2 –6 –0
Mississippi College 0 –1 –1  4 –3 –1
Wofford 0 –1 –0  1 –7 –1
Centre 0 –1 –0  1 –3 –1
Mercer 0 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Tulane 0 –3 –1  3 –3 –1
The Citadel 0 –3 –0  2 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1914 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Illinois $ 6 –0 –0  7 –0 –0
Minnesota 3 –1 –0  6 –1 –0
Chicago 4 –2 –1  4 –2 –1
Wisconsin 2 –2 –1  4 –2 –1
Ohio State 2 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Purdue 2 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Iowa 1 –2 –0  4 –3 –0
Indiana 1 –4 –0  3 –4 –0
Northwestern 0 –6 –0  1 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Independents
1914 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Army   –    9 –0 –0
Harvard   –    7 –0 –2
Wash. & Jeff.   –    10 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –    8 –1 –0
Lehigh   –    8 –1 –0
Pittsburgh   –    8 –1 –0
Cornell   –    8 –2 –0
Yale   –    7 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    6 –2 –1
Colgate   –    5 –2 –1
Princeton   –    5 –2 –1
Brown   –    5 –2 –2
Fordham   –    6 –3 –1
Geneva   –    5 –3 –0
Tufts   –    5 –3 –0
NYU   –    5 –3 –1
Penn State   –    5 –3 –1
Rutgers   –    5 –3 –1
Lafayette   –    5 –3 –2
Syracuse   –    5 –3 –2
Boston College   –    5 –4 –0
Villanova   –    4 –3 –1
Carnegie Tech   –    4 –4 –0
Penn   –    4 –4 –1
Temple   –    3 –3 –0
Rhode Island State   –    2 –3 –3
Carlisle   –    5 –10 –1
Duquesne   –    1 –5 –0
1914 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Western State (MI)   –    6 –0 –0
Notre Dame   –    6 –2 –0
Michigan Agricultural   –    5 –2 –0
Butler   –    4 –2 –0
Michigan   –    6 –3 –0
North Dakota Agricultural   –    5 –3 –0
Haskell   –    5 –4 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    3 –2 –1
Heidelberg   –    4 –3 –1
Akron   –    4 –4 –1
Doane   –    3 –3 –2
Fairmount   –    3 –3 –1
Wabash   –    2 –2 –2
Detroit   –    2 –3 –2
Lake Forest   –    3 –5 –0
Marquette   –    2 –7 –0
1914 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas   –    8 –0 –0
Middle Tennessee   –    5 –0 –1
Oklahoma   –    9 –1 –1
Delaware   –    7 –1 –1
Davidson   –    5 –1 –1
Georgia Tech   –    6 –2 –0
Presbyterian   –    4 –1 –1
Oklahoma A&M   –    6 –2 –1
Navy   –    6 –3 –0
Maryville   –    6 –4 –0
Maryland   –    5 –3 –0
West Virginia   –    5 –4 –0
Rice   –    3 –2 –3
South Carolina   –    5 –5 –1
VMI   –    4 –4 –0
Texas Mines   –    2 –3 –0
Baylor   –    3 –5 –2
Arkansas   –    3 –6 –0
Wake Forest   –    3 –6 –0
Furman   –    2 –5 –0
Southwest Texas   –    2 –6 –0
William & Mary   –    1 –7 –0
Louisville   –    1 –7 –0
Catholic University   –    0 –6 –1
1914 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Montana   –    7 –0 –1
Oregon Agricultural   –    7 –0 –2
Washington   –    6 –0 –1
Arizona   –    5 –1 –0
Montana A&M   –    5 –1 –0
New Mexico   –    3 –1 –1
New Mexico A&M   –    4 –2 –1
Oregon   –    4 –2 –1
USC   –    4 –3 –0
Idaho   –    2 –3 –1
Washington State   –    2 –4 –0

Minor conferences
Conference Champion(s) Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hampton Institute
Howard
Lincoln (PA)		 2–1
1–1
1–1
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin Whitewater Normal 4–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Friends (KS) —
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association Transylvania —
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southwestern Louisiana Industrial 5–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Olivet
Hillsdale		 3–1
Ohio Athletic Conference Denison 5–1
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Central State Teachers —
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Talladega —
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Texas —

Minor conference standings
1914 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Southern Illinois   –  –   2 –5 –1
1914 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Denison $ 5 –1 –0  7 –1 –0
Mount Union 4 –1 –0  6 –4 –0
Cincinnati 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Miami (OH) 4 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Ohio 4 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Oberlin 3 –4 –0  4 –4 –0
Case 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Kenyon 2 –3 –0  4 –3 –1
Western Reserve 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Wooster 2 –5 –0  2 –6 –0
Ohio Wesleyan 2 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
Wittenberg 0 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
Ohio State * 3 –0 –0  5 –2 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1914 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Charley Barrett 6'0" 180 Jr. Cleveland, Ohio Cornell
HB John Maulbetsch 5'9" 153 So. Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan
HB Eddie Mahan 5'11" 171 Jr. Natick, Massachusetts Harvard
HB Johnny Spiegel Sr. Washington & Jefferson
FB Harry LeGore Jr. Woodsboro, Maryland Yale
E Huntington Hardwick 6'0" 171 Sr. Quincy, Massachusetts Harvard
E John E. O'Hearn 5'10" 173 Sr. Brookline, Massachusetts Cornell
T Harold Ballin 6'1" 194 Sr. New York, New York Princeton
G Stan Pennock 5'8" 193 Sr. Syracuse, New York Harvard
G Clarence Spears Jr. De Witt, Arkansas Dartmouth
C John McEwan 6'4" 200 So. Alexandria, Minnesota Army
G Ralph Chapman Sr. Vienna, Illinois Illinois
T Walter H. Trumbull Sr. Salem, Massachusetts Harvard
E Perry Graves Jr. Rockford, Illinois Illinois

Statistical leaders
  • Player scoring most points: Buck Mayer, Virginia, 142

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.
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