1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
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| 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 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] Fullback William Kopp was the team captain.[4]
Schedule
10/11/1919at Purdue
W 14–7 10/18/1919Iowa
W 9–7 10/25/1919Wisconsin
- Illinois Field
- Champaign, IL
L 10–14
11/1/1919Chicago
- Illinois Field
- Champaign, IL
W 10–0 11/8/1919at Minnesota
W 10–6 11/15/1919Michigan
- Illinois Field
- Champaign, IL
W 29–7 11/22/1919at Ohio State
W 9–7
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)
Awards and honors
- Dick Reichle, end
- First-team selection of Reno Evening Gazette, selected by "W.P. Hahn, football expert of national note who is now located in Reno", for the 1919 College Football All-America Team[5]
- Burt Ingwersen, tackle
- Second-team selection by Walter Camp for the 1919 All-America team[6]
- Jack Depler, guard
- Second-team selection by Walter Camp for the 1919 All-America team[6]
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.
- ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ "All-American Team Picked by Hahn for Gazette". Reno Evening Gazette. 1919-12-04.
- ^ a b "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel. December 13, 1919.
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