1919 college football season

1919 NCAA football season

Centre after its defeat of West Virginia

Total # of teams

99^[1]

Number of bowls

Harvard Crimson
Illinois Fighting Illini
Texas A&M Aggies

College football seasons
« 1918	1920 »

The 1919 NCAA football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Centre, Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M as having been deemed national champions by major selectors^[2] Only Harvard, Illinois, and Texas A&M claim national championships for the 1919 season. Texas A&M began claiming the 1919 national championship in 2012.

Conference and program changes

Conference memberships

School	1918 Conference	1919 Conference
Grinnell Pioneers	Independent	Missouri Valley
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Missouri Valley	Independent
Stanford Indians	Independent	PCC
UCLA Bruins	Program Established	Independent
Washington State Cougars	Independent	PCC

Program changes

University of Washington football officially adopted the Sun Dodgers nickname.
State College of Washington (Washington State) football officially adopted the eponymous Cougars nickname.

Rose Bowl

Harvard would defeat Oregon 7-6 in the 1920 Rose Bowl.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1919 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
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

$ – Conference champion

1919 college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
USC		–		4	–	1	–	0
Montana		–		2	–	3	–	2
SBUC		–		2	–	6	–	0

1919 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Missouri $	4	–	0	–	1	5	–	1	–	2
Iowa State	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Drake	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Kansas	1	–	1	–	1	3	–	2	–	3
Washington (MO)	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Grinnell	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	4	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1919 PCC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Oregon * +	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Washington +	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	1	–	0
California	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Washington State	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Stanford	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Oregon Agricultural	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions * – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

1919 RMFAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Utah	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Colorado	2	–	3	–	1	2	–	3	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1919 SAIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgetown $	2	–	0	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Maryland State	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
NC State	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Richmond	2	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
VPI	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	1	–	2	–	1	2	–	5	–	2
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Catholic	0	–	1	–	0	1	–	6	–	1
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Davidson	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1919 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Centre +	3	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Auburn +	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Mississippi A&M	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	1	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	2	4	–	2	–	3
Furman	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Tulane	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	3	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
LSU	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Florida	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Wofford	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	3	–	2	3	–	3	–	3
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Transylvania	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Howard	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	2

+ – Conference co-champions

1919 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Texas A&M $	4	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Rice	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	3
Texas	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
SMU	0	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Oklahoma A&M	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	2
Baylor	0	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1

$ – Conference champion

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	No champion	—
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kalamazoo	3–0–0
Ohio Athletic Conference	Wooster	7–0–0

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1919 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Bo McMillin	5'9"	165	So.	Fort Worth, Texas	Centre
QB	Benny Boynton	5'9"	163	Sr.	Waco, Texas	Williams
HB	Chic Harley	5'11"	171	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois	Ohio State
HB	Eddie Casey	5'10"	155	Sr.	Natick, Massachusetts	Harvard
FB	Ira Rodgers	5'10"	203	Sr.	Bethany, West Virginia	West Virginia
E	Bob Higgins			Sr.	Corning, New York	Penn State
E	Heinie Miller	5'10"	185	Sr.	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	Penn
T	Pete Henry	5'10"	230	Sr.	Mansfield, Ohio	Washington & Jefferson
G	Doc Alexander	5'11"	210	Jr.	Silver Creek, New York	Syracuse
C	Red Weaver	5'10"	185	Jr.	Garland, Texas	Centre
C	Charles Carpenter			Sr.	Hartland, Wisconsin	Wisconsin
G	Swede Youngstrom	6'1"	187	Sr.	Waltham, Massachusetts	Dartmouth
T	Belford West	6'2"	195	Sr.	Hamilton, New York	Colgate
E	Lester Belding			So.	Mason City, Iowa	Iowa

Statistical leaders

Team scoring most points: Centre, 485
Player scoring most points: Ira Rodgers, West Virginia, 147
Total offense leader: George Gipp, Notre Dame, 1456
Passing yards leader: George Gipp, 727
Passing touchdowns leader: Ira Rodgers, 11
Receptions leader: Bernard Kirk, Notre Dame, 21
Receiving yards leader: Bernard Kirk, 372

References

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1920.htm
↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 76–77. Retrieved 2009-10-16.

NCAA football seasons

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