1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the Western Conference during the 1914 college football season. In their second season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Fighting Illini compiled a 7–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 224 to 22.

1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football
National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)
Western Conference champion
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record7–0 (6–0 Western)
Head coach
  • Robert Zuppke (2nd season)
Offensive schemeI formation
CaptainRalph Chapman
Home stadiumIllinois Field
1914 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Illinois $ 6 0 07 0 0
Minnesota 3 1 06 1 0
Chicago 4 2 14 2 1
Wisconsin 2 2 14 2 1
Ohio State 2 2 05 2 0
Purdue 2 2 05 2 0
Iowa 1 2 04 3 0
Indiana 1 4 03 4 0
Northwestern 0 6 01 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

There was no contemporaneous system in 1914 for determining a national champion. However, Illinois was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. Army was chosen as co-champion by Davis and as national champion by three other selectors.

End Perry Graves and guard Ralph Chapman were consensus picks for the 1914 All-America college football team. Chapman was the team captain. Seven Illini players were also honored on the 1914 All-Western Conference football team selected by Walter Eckersall: quarterback Potsy Clark (first teaam); halfbacks Harold Pogue (first team); ends George K. Squier (first team) and Perry Graves (second team); guard Ralph Chapman (first team); fullback Eugene Schobinger (second team); and tackle Lennox F. Armstrtong (second team).

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