1911 Western Conference football season

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1911 Western Conference football season
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1911 Western Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Minnesota $ 3 –0 –16 –0 –1
Chicago 5 –1 –06 –1 –0
Wisconsin 2 –1 –15 –1 –1
Illinois 2 –2 –14 –2 –1
Iowa 2 –2 –03 –4 –0
Purdue 1 –3 –03 –4 –0
Northwestern 1 –4 –03 –4 –0
Indiana 0 –3 –13 –3 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1911 Western Conference football season was the sixteenth 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 1911 college football season.

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Season overview

At 3-0-1 in conference play and 6-0-1 overall, Minnesota was declared Western Conference champions. In their 12th year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers outscored their opponents by a combined total of 102 to 15. [1] The team was also recognized retroactively as the national champion by the Billingsley Report. [2]

Chicago rebounded from last year's seventh-place finish to go 6-0-1 (5-1), their lone loss coming to the Golden Gophers. Wisconsin went 5-1-1 (2-1-1), which included a tie to the eventual National Champions. They were followed closely by Illinois at 4-2-1 (2-2-1) and Iowa at 3-4 (1-3).

Purdue and Northwestern both ended with overall records of 3-4, but the Boilermakers had a conference record of 1-3 compared to the Purple's 1-4 WC mark.

Indiana finished at 3-3-1 overall but went winless in the conference at 0-3-1.

Minnesota

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Iowa State *
W 5–03,000 [3]
October 73:00 p.m. South Dakota *
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 5–03,500 [4]
October 21 Nebraska *
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 21–310,000 [5]
October 28 Iowa
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 24–65,000 [6]
November 4 Chicago
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 30–020,000 [7]
November 18at Wisconsin
T 6–615,000 [8]
November 25at Illinois
W 11–010,000 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

Chicago

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 Indiana
W 23–6
October 14 Purdue
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL (rivalry)
W 11–3
October 21 Illinois
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 24–0
November 4at Minnesota
L 0–3020,000 [10]
November 11at Northwestern
W 9–3
November 18 Cornell *
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 6–0
November 25 Wisconsin
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 5–0
  • *Non-conference game

Wisconsin

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 Lawrence *
W 15–0
October 14 Ripon *
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 24–0
October 21 Colorado College *
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 26–0
October 28at Northwestern
W 28–3
November 4 Iowa
W 12–0 [11]
November 18 Minnesota Dagger-14-plain.png
T 6–615,000 [12]
November 25at Chicago
L 0–5
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Illinois

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 Millikin *
W 33–0
October 14 Saint Louis *
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
W 9–0 [13] [14]
October 21at Chicago
L 0–24
November 4 Purdue
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 12–3
November 11vs. Indiana
T 0–0 [15]
November 18 Northwestern
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 27–13
November 25 Minnesota
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
L 0–1110,000 [16]
  • *Non-conference game

Iowa

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 14 Morningside *
W 11–5 [17]
October 21 Cornell (IA) *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–3 [18]
October 28at Minnesota
L 6–245,000 [19]
November 4at Wisconsin
L 0–12 [20]
November 11at Purdue
W 11–0 [21]
November 18 Iowa State *
L 0–9 [22]
November 25 Northwestern
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 6–0 [23]
  • *Non-conference game

[24]

Purdue

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8 Wabash *
L 0–3
October 15at Chicago
L 3–11
October 28 DePauw *
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 5–0
November 4at Illinois
L 3–12
November 11 Iowa
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
L 0–11 [25]
November 18 Rose Polytechnic *
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 35–6
November 25at Indiana
W 12–5
  • *Non-conference game

[26]

Northwestern

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7 Monmouth (IL) *
W 26–0
October 14 Illinois Wesleyan *
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 10–0
October 21 Indiana
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 5–0
October 28 Wisconsin
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–28
November 11 Chicago
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–9
November 18at Illinois
L 13–27
November 25at Iowa
L 0–6 [27]
  • *Non-conference game

Indiana

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 DePauw *
W 9–6
October 7at Chicago
L 6–23
October 14 Franklin (IN) *
  • Jordan Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 42–0
October 21at Northwestern
L 0–5
October 28 Washington University *
  • Jordan Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 12–03,000 [28] [29]
November 11vs. Illinois Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)T 0–0 [30]
November 25 Purdue
  • Jordan Field
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 5–12
  • *Non-conference game

[31] [32] [33]

Bowl games

No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1911 season.

All-American honors


All-Western selections


References

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  2. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Victory by a Low Score Marks Opening of Minnesota Football Season". The Sunday Journal. Minneapolis. October 1, 1911. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Minnesota Wins By 5-0 Score; South Dakota Shows Fight". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 8, 1911. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Minnesota Players Find Themselves and Defeat Nebraskans by 21 to 3". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 22, 1911. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Fred R. Coburn (October 29, 1911). "Slow at the Start, Minnesota Comes Strong, Beating Iowa". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Fred R. Coburn (November 5, 1911). "Cheering Thousands See Gophers Give Chicago a 30 to 0 Beating". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Badgers and Gophers Divide Honors in Battle for the Western Championship". Eau Claire Sunday Leader. November 19, 1911. pp. 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Minnesota Team Wins the Western Championship: Minnesota Eleven Defeats Illinois, 11 to 0, in One of Hardest Contested Games of Year". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. November 26, 1911. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Fred R. Coburn (November 5, 1911). "Cheering Thousands See Gophers Give Chicago a 30 to 0 Beating". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Iowa Defeated by Close Score: Wisconsin Beats Hawkeyes In Hard-Fought Game, 12 to 0". The Register and Leader (Des Moines). November 5, 1911. p. 1 (sports) – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Badgers and Gophers Divide Honors in Battle for the Western Championship". Eau Claire Sunday Leader. November 19, 1911. pp. 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "St. Louis And Illinois Meet". Champaign Daily Gazette . St. Louis, Missouri. October 14, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved January 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  16. ↑ "Minnesota Team Wins the Western Championship: Minnesota Eleven Defeats Illinois, 11 to 0, in One of Hardest Contested Games of Year". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. November 26, 1911. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "S. U. I. Showing Is Poor: University Defeats Morningside by Score of Only 11 to 5". The Daily Times. October 16, 1911. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Iowa Hearts Grief-Filled: Like Lead They Lie in Hawkeye Bosoms Today". Iowa City Daily Press. October 23, 1911. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ Fred R. Coburn (October 29, 1911). "Slow at the Start, Minnesota Comes Strong, Beating Iowa". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ "Iowa Defeated by Close Score: Wisconsin Beats Hawkeyes In Hard-Fought Game, 12 to 0". The Register and Leader (Des Moines). November 5, 1911. p. 1 (sports) – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ↑ "Purdue Team Again Trailed in Defeat: Outclassed by Iowa Team in Saturday's Game Boilermakers Never Had Chance". The Lafayette Daily Carrier. November 13, 1911. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ "Iowa Loses the Big Game". Iowa City Daily Press. November 20, 1911. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ↑ "Iowa "Trims" Evanstonians: Hawkeyes Win Final and Crucial Battle". Iowa City Daily Press. November 27, 1911. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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