1915 college football season

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The 1915 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Cornell, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Pittsburgh as having been selected national champions in later years. [1] Only Cornell (named by four major selectors) and Pittsburgh (named by one) claim national championships for the 1915 season.

Contents

Conference and program changes

Conference establishments

Membership changes

School1914 Conference1915 Conference
Akron football Independent Ohio Athletic
Arkansas Razorbacks Independent Southwest
Baylor Bears Independent Southwest
California Golden Bears Program reinstatedIndependent
University Farm Cal Aggies Program EstablishedIndependent
Chattanooga Mocs Independent SIAA
Catholic Cardinals Independent SAIAA
Louisville Cardinals Independent SIAA
Oklahoma Sooners Independent Southwest
Oklahoma A&M Cowboys Independent Southwest
Rice Owls Independent Southwest
Southern Methodist Parsons Program Established TIAA
Southwestern (TX) Pirates Independent Southwest
Texas Longhorns Independent Southwest
Texas A&M Aggies Independent Southwest
Transylvania Pioneers Independent SIAA

Rose Bowl

The Rose Bowl was played for the first time since its inception on January 1, 1902, following the 1901 season. Washington State defeated Brown, 14–0. The game has been played annually ever since.

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1915 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Nebraska $ 4 0 08 0 0
Kansas 3 1 06 2 0
Iowa State 2 1 06 2 0
Washington University 1 1 03 2 0
Missouri 1 3 12 5 1
Drake 1 4 02 6 0
Kansas State 0 2 13 4 1
  • $ Conference champion
1915 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington State ^ + 4 0 07 0 0
Washington + 1 0 07 0 0
Oregon 3 1 07 2 0
Oregon Agricultural 2 2 05 3 0
Idaho 0 3 11 4 1
Whitman 0 4 10 4 1
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
1915 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Colorado Agricultural $ 7 0 07 0 0
Utah 4 2 05 2 0
Colorado Mines 4 2 04 2 0
Colorado College 3 2 06 2 0
Denver 2 3 04 3 0
Wyoming 1 5 02 6 0
Colorado 1 5 01 6 0
Utah Agricultural 0 3 03 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
1915 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Virginia + 2 0 08 1 0
Washington and Lee + 2 0 06 1 1
Georgetown + 2 0 07 2 0
Catholic University 1 0 05 2 0
Johns Hopkins 1 0 01 0 0
Richmond 0 1 04 4 1
VPI 0 1 04 4 0
North Carolina A&M 0 2 03 3 1
North Carolina 0 2 04 3 1
  • + Conference co-champions
1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 5 0 09 1 0
Alabama 5 0 06 2 0
LSU 4 0 06 2 0
Transylvania 3 0 17 1 1
Auburn 5 1 06 2 0
Georgia 3 1 15 2 2
Chattanooga 3 1 25 2 2
Mississippi A&M 4 2 15 2 1
Kentucky 2 1 16 1 1
Florida 3 3 04 3 0
Clemson 2 2 12 4 2
South Carolina 1 1 15 3 1
Furman 1 1 05 3 0
Mercer 2 3 05 4 0
Mississippi College 2 3 04 4 1
The Citadel 1 2 05 3 0
Sewanee 1 2 24 3 2
Tennessee 1 4 04 4 0
Tulane 1 4 04 4 0
Central University 0 3 13 5 1
Louisville 0 3 11 5 1
Howard (AL) 0 3 03 4 1
Wofford 0 3 03 5 0
Ole Miss 0 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1915 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oklahoma $ 3 0 010 0 0
Baylor 3 0 07 1 0
Texas 2 2 06 3 0
Texas A&M 1 1 06 2 0
Arkansas 1 1 04 2 1
Rice 1 2 05 3 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 3 04 5 1
Southwestern (TX) 0 2 04 3 0
  • Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player. [2]
1915 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Minnesota + 3 0 16 0 1
Illinois + 3 0 25 0 2
Chicago 4 2 05 2 0
Ohio State 2 1 15 1 1
Purdue 2 2 03 3 1
Wisconsin 2 3 04 3 0
Iowa 1 2 03 4 0
Indiana 1 3 03 3 1
Northwestern 0 5 02 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Independents

1915 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell   9 0 0
Pittsburgh   8 0 0
Columbia   5 0 0
Harvard   8 1 0
Carnegie Tech   7 1 0
Rutgers   7 1 0
Villanova   6 1 0
Washington & Jefferson   8 1 1
Colgate   5 1 0
Syracuse   9 1 2
Dartmouth   7 1 1
Tufts   5 1 2
Penn State   7 2 0
Lafayette   8 3 0
Princeton   6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall   6 2 0
Temple   3 1 1
Geneva   6 3 0
Wesleyan   6 3 0
Allegheny   5 3 0
Swarthmore   5 3 0
Army   5 3 1
Lehigh   6 4 0
Holy Cross   3 2 2
Brown   5 4 1
Fordham   4 4 0
NYU   4 4 1
Middlebury   3 4 2
Muhlenberg   4 5 0
Yale   4 5 0
Boston College   3 4 0
Penn   3 5 2
WPI   3 5 1
Buffalo   3 5 0
Carlisle   3 6 2
Rhode Island State   3 5 0
New Hampshire   3 6 1
Gettysburg   3 6 0
Rochester   3 6 0
Bucknell   2 6 3
Vermont   1 4 2
Williams   1 7 0
1915 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dubuque   7 0 0
Carleton   6 0 0
Wabash   7 0 1
Notre Dame   7 1 0
Grinnell   6 1 0
Michigan Agricultural   5 1 0
Western State Normal (MI)   5 1 0
South Dakota State   5 1 1
Heidelberg   5 2 1
Millikin   5 2 1
Nebraska Wesleyan   6 3 0
St. Mary's (OH)   3 2 0
Michigan State Normal   4 2 1
Doane   5 3 0
Marquette   4 2 2
South Dakota   4 2 2
Jamestown   3 2 1
Penn (IA)   4 3 0
Michigan   4 3 1
Saint Louis   4 3 1
Creighton   3 3 1
Haskell   3 3 0
Iowa State Teachers   3 3 0
North Dakota Agricultural   3 3 0
St. Thomas (MN)   2 2 1
Hanover   2 4 0
Lake Forest   2 4 0
Northern Illinois State   2 5 1
Lawrence   2 5 0
Earlham   2 6 0
Detroit   1 5 0
Butler   1 6 0
1915 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech   7 0 1
Ouachita Baptist   7 1 0
Dallas   6 1 0
Spring Hill   6 1 0
North Texas State Normal   5 1 1
Sam Houston Normal   5 1 1
West Virginia   5 1 1
Jonesboro Aggies   4 1 1
Johns Hopkins   6 2 0
VMI   6 2 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   5 2 1
Delaware   6 3 0
Maryland   6 3 0
Louisiana Normal College   4 2 0
Southwest Texas State   5 3 2
Davidson   4 3 1
Mississippi Normal   4 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal   4 3 0
Guilford   1 1 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal   3 3 1
Presbyterian   4 4 0
Henderson-Brown   3 4 1
TCU   4 5 0
Wake Forest   3 4 0
Navy   3 5 1
Western Kentucky State Normal   1 4 2
Louisville   1 5 1
Marshall   1 7 0
1915 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hawaii   5 1 1
New Mexico   3 1 0
New Mexico A&M   5 2 0
Montana A&M   4 2 1
Arizona   5 3 0
California   8 5 0
Tempe Normal   3 2 0
University Farm   3 2 0
Cheney Normal   1 1 0
Montana   2 2 2
Willamette   2 2 1
USC   3 4 0
Saint Mary's   3 7 0
Nevada   0 6 0

Minor conferences

ConferenceChampion(s)Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hampton Institute 3–0
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin River Falls Normal 5–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Baker (KS)
Kansas State Normal
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association Transylvania
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Louisiana Industrial 2–0–1
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Albion
Alma
4–0–1
Ohio Athletic Conference Western Reserve 6–1
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Central State Teachers
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Occidental 4–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Fisk

Minor conference standings

1915 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hampton $ 3 0 04 0 0
Howard 1 1 02 1 0
Shaw 0 1 00 2 0
Virginia Union 0 2 03 2 0
  • $ Conference champion
1915 Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hampden–Sydney $ 5 1 06 3 0
Richmond 3 2 14 4 1
Randolph–Macon 3 2 14 5 1
William & Mary 0 6 00 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
1915 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Southern Illinois   6 2 0
Carthage 2 3 03 4 0
1915 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Baker + 4 0 05 3 0
Kansas State Normal + 4 0 15 2 2
Cooper 6 1 17 1 1
Friends 4 1 05 3 0
Kansas Wesleyan 5 3 05 4 0
Hays Normal 3 3 04 3 0
Southwestern (KS) 3 3 15 4 1
Pittsburg Normal 2 2 04 5 0
College of Emporia 3 5 03 5 0
Ottawa 2 4 14 4 1
Washburn 1 2 12 5 1
Fairmount 2 5 13 5 1
St. Mary's (KS) 1 4 03 5 0
Bethany (KS) 1 6 01 6 0
Kansas City University 0 2 00 4 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1915 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Albion + 4 0 15 1 1
Alma + 1 0 21 3 2
Olivet 2 1 23 3 2
Kalamazoo 2 2 03 2 0
Hillsdale 1 3 13 3 1
Adrian 0 4 02 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1915 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
William Jewell $ 5 0 15 1 1
Springfield Normal 2 0 04 2 0
Westminster (MO) 3 1 13 2 2
Missouri Wesleyan 2 1 1 ?  ?  ?
Tarkio 1 2 1 ?  ?  ?
Central (MO) 2 4 02 5 0
Kirksville Normal 1 4 01 5 0
Missouri Valley 0 2 0 ?  ?  ?
Drury 0 3 01 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
1915 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Reserve $ 6 1 07 2 0
Miami (OH) 5 1 06 2 0
Denison 5 2 06 2 0
Ohio 2 1 08 1 0
Wooster 3 1 23 3 2
Case 4 2 15 5 1
Oberlin 3 3 04 4 0
Cincinnati 3 4 05 4 0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 3 04 5 0
Kenyon 1 6 03 6 0
Akron 1 6 01 7 1
Wittenberg 0 4 13 5 1
Mount Union 0 5 03 7 0
Baldwin–Wallace 0 0 00 0 0
Ohio State * 3 0 05 1 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – did not complete for championship
1915 Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
River Falls Normal $ 5 0 06 1 1
Whitewater Normal 3 1 04 2 1
La Crosse Normal 2 1 05 2 0
Milwaukee Normal 2 1 03 3 1
Oshkosh Normal 1 2 02 5 0
Stevens Point Normal 1 2 04 2 0
Stout Normal 0 1 00 3 1
Superior Normal 0 3 03 3 0
Platteville Normal 0 3 00 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:

PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeam
QB Charley Barrett 6'0"180Sr. Cleveland, Ohio Cornell
HB Dick King 5'8"175Sr. Boston, Massachusetts Harvard
HB Bart Macomber 5'9"183Jr. Oak Park, Illinois Illinois
HB Buck Mayer 172Sr. Norfolk, Virginia Virginia
HB Neno DaPrato 5'10"185Sr. Iron Mountain, Michigan Michigan Agricultural
FB Eddie Mahan 5'11"171Sr. Natick, Massachusetts Harvard
E Murray Shelton 6'1"170Sr. Dunkirk, New York Cornell
E Bert Baston 6'1"170Jr. St. Louis Park, Minnesota Minnesota
T Cub Buck Sr. Eau Claire, Wisconsin Wisconsin
G Clarence Spears Sr. De Witt, Arkansas Dartmouth
C Bob Peck 5'9"179So. Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
G Harold White 6'6"273Sr. New York, New York Syracuse
T Joseph Gilman Jr. Honolulu, Hawaii Harvard
E Guy Chamberlin 6'2"196Sr. Blue Springs, Nebraska Nebraska
E Bob Higgins So. Corning, New York Penn State

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References

  1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  2. http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf