1919 college football season

The 1919 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Centre, Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M as having been deemed national champions by major selectors[1] Only Harvard, Illinois, and Texas A&M claim national championships for the 1919 season. Texas A&M began claiming the 1919 national championship in 2012.

1919 college football season
Centre after its defeat of West Virginia
Number of bowls1
Champion(s)Harvard
Illinois
Texas A&M
football seasons

Conference and program changes

Conference memberships
School1918 Conference1919 Conference
Bowling Green State Normal NormalsProgram EstablishedIndependent
Grinnell PioneersIndependentMissouri Valley
Nebraska CornhuskersMissouri ValleyIndependent
Stanford IndiansIndependentPCC
UCLA BruinsProgram EstablishedIndependent
Washington State CougarsIndependentPCC

Program changes

Rose Bowl

Harvard defeated Oregon, 7–6, in the 1920 Rose Bowl.

Conference standings

Major conference standings
1919 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Illinois $ 6 –1 –0  6 –1 –0
Ohio State 3 –1 –0  6 –1 –0
Chicago 4 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Wisconsin 3 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Minnesota 3 –2 –0  4 –2 –1
Iowa 2 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Michigan 1 –4 –0  3 –4 –0
Northwestern 1 –4 –0  2 –5 –0
Indiana 0 –2 –0  3 –4 –0
Purdue 0 –3 –0  2 –4 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1919 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Missouri $ 4 –0 –1  5 –1 –2
Iowa State 3 –1 –1  5 –2 –1
Washington University 2 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Drake 2 –2 –0  4 –3 –0
Kansas 1 –1 –1  3 –2 –3
Kansas State 0 –3 –1  3 –5 –1
Grinnell 0 –3 –0  1 –4 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1919 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oregon ^ + 2 –1 –0  5 –2 –0
Washington + 2 –1 –0  5 –1 –0
California 2 –2 –0  6 –2 –1
Washington State 2 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Stanford 1 –1 –0  4 –3 –0
Oregon Agricultural 1 –3 –0  4 –4 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
1919 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Colorado Agricultural 7 –1 –0  7 –1 –0
Utah 4 –1 –0  5 –2 –0
Colorado College 3 –1 –1  4 –2 –1
Utah Agricultural 3 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Wyoming † 3 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
Colorado 2 –3 –1  2 –3 –1
Denver 0 –4 –1  1 –5 –1
Colorado Mines 0 –4 –1  0 –4 –3
Montana State † 0 –3 –0  1 –3 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † Ineligible for conference title
1919 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Georgetown $ 2 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Maryland State 4 –1 –0  5 –4 –0
NC State 3 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
North Carolina 3 –1 –0  4 –3 –1
Washington and Lee 2 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
VMI 4 –2 –0  6 –2 –0
Richmond 2 –2 –1  5 –2 –2
Virginia 1 –1 –1  2 –5 –2
VPI 2 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
William & Mary 1 –3 –0  2 –6 –1
Catholic University 0 –1 –0  1 –6 –1
St. John's (MD) 0 –1 –0  0 –1 –0
Johns Hopkins 0 –1 –0  0 –2 –0
Davidson 0 –4 –0  4 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Auburn $ 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Alabama 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Centre 1 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Kentucky 3 –1 –1  3 –4 –1
Georgia Tech 3 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Tulane 3 –1 –1  6 –2 –1
Vanderbilt 3 –1 –2  5 –1 –2
Furman 2 –1 –1  6 –2 –1
Mississippi A&M 5 –2 –0  6 –2 –0
Georgia 4 –2 –2  4 –2 –3
LSU 3 –2 –0  6 –2 –0
Clemson 3 –2 –2  6 –2 –2
Florida 2 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
Wofford 1 –1 –0  3 –2 –1
Transylvania 1 –1 –0  2 –4 –0
Ole Miss 1 –4 –0  4 –4 –0
The Citadel 1 –4 –0  4 –4 –1
Sewanee 1 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Georgetown 0 –0 –0  0 –2 –0
Tennessee 0 –3 –2  3 –3 –3
South Carolina 0 –4 –1  1 –7 –1
Mercer 0 –1 –0  0 –2 –0
Mississippi College 0 –4 –0  3 –5 –1
Howard 0 –4 –0  3 –5 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
1919 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas A&M $ 4 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
Rice 3 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Oklahoma 2 –1 –0  5 –2 –3
Texas 3 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Arkansas 1 –2 –0  3 –4 –0
SMU 0 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
Oklahoma A&M 0 –2 –0  3 –3 –2
Baylor 0 –3 –1  5 –3 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Independents
1919 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard   –    9 –0 –1
Penn State   –    7 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –    6 –1 –1
Colgate   –    5 –1 –1
New Hampshire   –    7 –2 –0
Lafayette   –    6 –2 –0
Wash. & Jeff.   –    6 –2 –0
Williams   –    6 –2 –0
Syracuse   –    8 –3 –0
Penn   –    6 –2 –1
Pittsburgh   –    6 –2 –1
Lehigh   –    6 –3 –0
Princeton   –    4 –2 –1
Geneva   –    4 –2 –2
Army   –    6 –3 –0
Boston College   –    5 –3 –0
Yale   –    5 –3 –0
Rutgers   –    5 –3 –0
Villanova   –    5 –3 –1
Brown   –    5 –4 –1
NYU   –    4 –4 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    3 –4 –0
Columbia   –    2 –4 –3
Cornell   –    3 –5 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    2 –4 –2
Tufts   –    2 –5 –0
Rhode Island State   –    0 –8 –1
Drexel   –    0 –4 –0
1919 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Notre Dame   –    9 –0 –0
Detroit   –    8 –1 –0
Haskell   –    8 –1 –1
Western State (MI)   –    4 –1 –0
Akron   –    6 –1 –1
North Dakota Agricultural   –    5 –1 –1
Marquette   –    5 –1 –2
St. Xavier   –    6 –2 –0
Morningside   –    6 –2 –0
Heidelberg   –    6 –3 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    4 –2 –1
Saint Louis   –    4 –2 –2
Valparaiso   –    5 –3 –0
Wabash   –    4 –3 –2
Michigan Agricultural   –    4 –4 –1
Nebraska   –    3 –3 –2
Central Michigan   –    2 –2 –3
Toledo   –    2 –4 –0
Fairmount   –    2 –6 –2
Butler   –    0 –5 –1
Bowling Green   –    0 –3 –0
1919 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Marshall   –    8 –0 –0
Middle Tennessee   –    4 –0 –0
Florida Southern   –    3 –0 –0
Phillips   –    10 –0 –1
Navy   –    7 –1 –0
West Virginia   –    8 –2 –0
Presbyterian   –    4 –3 –2
Southwest Texas   –    4 –4 –0
Spring Hill   –    3 –3 –1
Chattanooga   –    3 –5 –1
Texas Mines   –    2 –4 –0
Delaware   –    2 –5 –1
Oglethorpe   –    2 –6 –1
Wake Forest   –    2 –6 –0
1919 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nevada   –    8 –1 –1
Arizona   –    7 –1 –0
Hawaii   –    4 –0 –1
USC   –    4 –1 –0
New Mexico   –    3 –0 –2
Montana   –    2 –3 –2
Idaho   –    2 –3 –0
Santa Clara   –    2 –4 –0
University Farm   –    2 –5 –0
South Branch (UCLA)   –    2 –6 –0
Tempe Normal   –    0 –2 –0

Minor conferences
Conference Champion(s) Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association No champion —
Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic League Wabash College 4–0–1
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin La Crosse Normal —
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference College of Emporia —
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Unknown —
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kalamazoo 3–0
Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference Unknown —
Ohio Athletic Conference Wooster 7–0
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Kendall 5–0–1
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pomona 4–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Fisk —

Minor conference standings
1919 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Southern Illinois   –  –   4 –3 –1
1919 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wooster $ 7 –0 –0  8 –0 –0
Oberlin 5 –0 –0  7 –1 –0
Ohio State 2 –0 –0  6 –1 –0
Miami (OH) 7 –1 –0  7 –1 –0
Wittenberg 3 –0 –2  6 –0 –2
Akron 5 –1 –1  6 –1 –1
Denison 4 –2 –1  6 –2 –1
Western Reserve 3 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Case 2 –4 –1  3 –6 –1
Ohio 2 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
Cincinnati 1 –3 –1  3 –4 –1
Mount Union 0 –5 –0  1 –7 –0
Ohio Northern 0 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
Baldwin–Wallace 0 –5 –0  0 –8 –0
Kenyon 0 –7 –0  0 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1919 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Bo McMillin 5'9" 165 So. Fort Worth, Texas Centre
QB Benny Boynton 5'9" 163 Sr. Waco, Texas Williams
HB Chic Harley 5'11" 171 Sr. Chicago, Illinois Ohio State
HB Eddie Casey 5'10" 155 Sr. Natick, Massachusetts Harvard
FB Ira Rodgers 5'10" 203 Sr. Bethany, West Virginia West Virginia
E Bob Higgins Sr. Corning, New York Penn State
E Heinie Miller 5'10" 185 Sr. Williamsport, Pennsylvania Penn
T Pete Henry 5'10" 230 Sr. Mansfield, Ohio Washington & Jefferson
G Doc Alexander 5'11" 210 Jr. Silver Creek, New York Syracuse
C Red Weaver 5'10" 185 Jr. Garland, Texas Centre
C Charles Carpenter Sr. Hartland, Wisconsin Wisconsin
G Swede Youngstrom 6'1" 187 Sr. Waltham, Massachusetts Dartmouth
T Belford West 6'2" 195 Sr. Hamilton, New York Colgate
E Lester Belding So. Mason City, Iowa Iowa

Statistical leaders
  • Team scoring most points: Centre, 485
  • Player scoring most points: Ira Rodgers, West Virginia, 147
  • Total offense leader: George Gipp, Notre Dame, 1456
  • Passing yards leader: George Gipp, 727
  • Passing touchdowns leader: Ira Rodgers, 11
  • Receptions leader: Bernard Kirk, Notre Dame, 21
  • Receiving yards leader: Bernard Kirk, 372

See also

References
  1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 76–77. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
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