1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the Big Ten Conference during the 1919 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Fighting Illini compiled a 6–1 record (6–1 against Big Ten opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 91 to 48.

1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football
National champion (Billingsley, Boand)
Co-national champion (CFRA, Davis, Sagarin-ELO)
Big Ten champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–1 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Robert Zuppke (7th season)
Offensive schemeT formation
CaptainWilliam Kopp
Home stadiumIllinois Field
Uniform
1919 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Illinois $ 6 1 06 1 0
Ohio State 3 1 06 1 0
Chicago 4 2 05 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 05 2 0
Minnesota 3 2 04 2 1
Iowa 2 2 05 2 0
Michigan 1 4 03 4 0
Northwestern 1 4 02 5 0
Indiana 0 2 03 4 0
Purdue 0 3 02 4 1
  • $ Conference champion

There was no contemporaneous system in 1919 for determining a national champion. However, Illinois was retroactively named as the national champion for 1919 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).

Fullback William Kopp was the team captain. Three Illinois players received mention on the 1919 All-America college football team: end Dick Reichle (first-team choice by the Reno Evening Gazette); tackle Burt Ingwersen (second-team choice by Walter Camp); and guard Jack Depler (second-team choice by Camp).

Seven Illini players were included on the 1919 All-Big Ten Conference football team: quarterback Robert H. Fletcher; halfback Laurie Walquist; fullback Jack Crangle; end Chuck Carney; tackle Burt Ingerwesen; and guards Jack Depler and Clarence Applegran.

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