1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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National champion (Billingsley, Boand) Co-national champion (CFRA, Davis, Sagarin-ELO) Big Ten champion | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1919 record | 6–1 (6–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Robert Zuppke |
Offensive scheme | T formation[1] |
Captain | William Kopp |
Home stadium | Illinois Field |
Uniform | |
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Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 1919 college football season. The Fighting Illini compiled a 6–1 record (6–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 91 to 48.[2] The team was selected retroactively as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and Boand System, and as a co-national champion by the College Football Researchers Association, Parke H. Davis, and Jeff Sagarin (using his alternate ELO-Chess methodology).[3]
Roster
Player | Position |
William Kopp (Captain) | Fullback |
Burt Ingwersen | Tackle |
John C. Depler | Halfback |
Clarence Applegran | Right Guard |
Robert Fletcher | Quarterback |
Ralph Fletcher | Kicker |
Chuck Carney | End, Receiver, Punter |
Lawrence Walquist | Halfback, Quarterback |
Albert Mohr | Guard |
Richard W. Reichle | Left End, Kicker |
Milton Olander | Guard, Tackle |
R. A. "Lief" Lifvendahl | Tackle |
George Koch | Tackle |
Otis Petty | Right tackle |
Harry Shlaudeman | Center |
Jack Crangle | Fullback |
C. Ernest Lovejoy | Quarterback |
Stuyvesant Smith | End |
- Head Coach: Robert Zuppke (7th year at Illinois)
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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10/11/1919 | at Purdue | Stuart Field • West Lafayette, IN | W 14–7 | ||||||
10/18/1919 | Iowa | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 9–7 | ||||||
10/25/1919 | Wisconsin | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | L 10–14 | ||||||
11/1/1919 | Chicago | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 10–0 | ||||||
11/8/1919 | at Minnesota | Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MN | W 10–6 | ||||||
11/15/1919 | Michigan | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 29–7 | ||||||
11/22/1919 | at Ohio State | Ohio Field • Columbus, OH | W 9–7 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. |
References
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=5pPYAODf6ZAC&pg=PA207
- ↑ "1919 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results".
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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