1910 Western Conference football season

1910 Western Conference football season
Sport	Football
Champion	Illinois & Minnesota
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1910 Western Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Illinois +	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	0
Minnesota +	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Indiana	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
Iowa	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	1	–	2	–	1			1	–	2	–	2
Northwestern	1	–	2	–	1			1	–	3	–	1
Chicago	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Purdue	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1910 Western Conference football season was the fifteenth 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 1910 college football season.

Season overview

Illinois and Minnesota were declared co-champions after posting undefeated conference records of 4-0 and 2-0, respectively. Illinois finished their season undefeated at 7-0 overall, while Minnesota ended up at 6-1, their lone loss coming in the Little Brown Jug game.

Indiana finished in third at 5-1 overall, 3-1 in league play. Iowa, Wisconsin, and Northwestern acquired one conference win all season, although Iowa's overall 5-2 record was stronger than Wisconsin's 1-2-2 mark and Northwestern's 1-3-1 season.

Chicago ended up at 2-5 (2-4 WC), while Purdue went winless in the league at 0-4 and 1-5 overall. Their lone victory was a home game win over DePauw.

Illinois

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	Millikin *	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 11–0	[1]
October 8	Drake *	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 29–0	[2]
October 15	Chicago	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 3–0	[3]
October 29	at Purdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 11–0	[4]
November 5	at Indiana	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	W 3–0	[5]
November 12	at Northwestern	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 27–0	[6]
November 19	Syracuse *	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 3–0	[7]
*Non-conference game

Minnesota

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Lawrence *	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 34–0	4,000
October 1	South Dakota *	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 17–0	5,000
October 8	Iowa State *	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 49–0	8,000
October 15	Nebraska *	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 27–0	15,000
October 29	at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 24–0
November 12	Wisconsin	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 28–0	18,000
November 19	at Michigan *	Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	L 0–6	18,000
*Non-conference game

Indiana

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	DePauw *	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 12–0	[8]
October 8	at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 6–0
October 15	Millikin *	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 34–0	[9]
October 22	vs. Wisconsin	Washington Park Indianapolis, IN	W 12–3
October 29	Butler *	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	W 33–0	[10]
November 5	Illinois	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	L 0–3	[11]
November 19	at Purdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 15–0	[12]
*Non-conference game

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Iowa

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4		Morningside *	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 12–0
October 8		at Northwestern	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 5–10		[16]
October 15		at Missouri	Rollins Field Columbia, MO	L 0–5		[17]
October 22		Purdue	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 16–0		[18]
November 5		at Iowa State	State Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	W 2–0		[19]
November 12		Drake	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 21–0		[20]
November 19	2:45 p.m.	at Washington University	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	W 38–0	2,000	[21] [22]
*Non-conference game

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Wisconsin

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 8	Lawrence *	Randall Field Madison, WI	T 6–6
October 22	vs. Indiana	Washington Park Indianapolis, IN	L 3–12
October 29	Northwestern	Randall Field Madison, WI	T 0–0
November 12	at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 0–28	18,000
November 19	Chicago	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 10–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Northwestern

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	Illinois Wesleyan	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 0–3
October 8	Iowa	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 10–5	[25]
October 22	at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	L 0–10
October 29	at Wisconsin	Randall Field Madison, WI	T 0–0
November 12	Illinois	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 0–27	[26]

Chicago

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 8	Indiana	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	L 0–6
October 15	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	L 0–3	[27]
October 22	Northwestern	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	W 10–0
October 29	Minnesota	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	L 0–24
November 5	Purdue	Marshall Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	W 14–5
November 12	at Cornell *	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–18
November 19	at Wisconsin	Randall Field Madison, WI	L 0–10
*Non-conference game

Purdue

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 8	Wabash *	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	L 0–3
October 22	at Iowa	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	L 0–16		[28]
October 29	Illinois	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	L 0–11		[29]
November 5	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	L 5–14
November 12	DePauw *	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 14–6
November 19	Indiana	West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–15		[30]
*Non-conference game

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Bowl games

No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1910 season.

All-American honors

Main article: 1910 College Football All-America Team

All-Western selections

Main article: 1910 All-Western college football team

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