1906 Western Conference football season

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The 1906 Western Conference football season was the eleventh season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1906 college football season.

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ChampionWisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan
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1906 Western Conference football season
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1906 Western Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Wisconsin +3–0–05–0–0
Minnesota +2–0–04–1–0
Michigan +1–0–04–1–0
Chicago3–1–04–1–0
Illinois1–3–01–3–1
Iowa0–1–02–3–0
Indiana0–2–04–2–0
Purdue0–3–00–5–0
  • + – Conference co-champions
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In 1906, Michigan president James Burrill Angell called for several meetings to further regulate football in the Western Conference.[1] One of the new rules would require the football coach to be a full-time employee of the university, causing Michigan's head football coach, Fielding Yost, to object. Yost convinced Michigan's board to support him over Angell and against the conference.[2] In April 1907, Michigan was voted out of the conference for refusing to adhere to the new league rules, which they insisted they would not follow.[3] As a result, Western Conference schools did not play Michigan again until they rejoined the league in 1918.

Season overview

There was a three-way tie for the conference title between Wisconsin, who went 5-0 (3-0 in conference play); Minnesota, who went 4-1 (2-0); and Michigan, who went 4-1 (1-0)

Chicago finished with an overall record of 4-1 (3-1), Illinois went 1-3-1 (1-3), Iowa went 2-3 (0-1), Indiana wound up at 4-2 (0-2), and Purdue followed with a record of 0-5 (0-3).

Northwestern did not field a team in 1906, nor would they for the 1907 college football season. The Purple would return to the gridiron in 1908.

Wisconsin

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13Lawrence*
W 5–0
October 20North Dakota*
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 10–0
November 3Iowa
W 18–43,000[4]
November 10at Illinois
W 16–6
November 17Purdue
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 29–5[5]
  • *Non-conference game
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Minnesota

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 27Iowa State*
W 22–43,000
November 3Nebraska*
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 13–05,000
November 10at Chicago
W 4–27,000
November 17Carlisle*
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 0–1720,000
November 24Indiana
  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 8–610,000
  • *Non-conference game
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Michigan

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 6Case*
W 28–02,000
October 202:40 p.m.at Ohio State*
W 6–06,000
October 272:37 p.m.Illinois
W 28–95,000
November 3Vanderbilt*
  • Ferry Field
  • Ann Arbor, MI
W 10–410,000
November 17at Penn*
L 0–1726,000
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Chicago

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 20 Purdue
W 39–07,000–8,000[6]
October 27 Indiana
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 33–8
November 10 Minnesota
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 2–47,000
November 17 Illinois
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 63–0
November 24 Nebraska*
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 38–5
  • *Non-conference game
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Illinois

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13Wabash*
T 0–0
October 27at Michigan
L 9–285,000
November 10Wisconsin
  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL
L 6–16
November 17at Chicago
L 0–63
November 24at Purdue
W 5–0> 4,000[7]
  • *Non-conference game
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Iowa

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 27Missouri*
W 26–4
November 3at Wisconsin
L 4–183,000[4]
November 10Coe*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 15–12
November 24Iowa State*
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–2
November 29at Saint Louis*
L 0–3913,000[8][9]
  • *Non-conference game
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Indiana

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13Indiana alumni*
W 16–0
October 20at Wabash*Crawfordsville, INW 12–5
October 27at Chicago
L 8–33
November 3DePauw*
  • Jordan Field
  • Bloomington, IN
W 55–0
November 10vs. Notre Dame*Indianapolis, INW 12–0[10]
November 24at Minnesota
L 6–810,000
  • *Non-conference game
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Purdue

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 20at Chicago
L 0–397,000–8,000[6]
October 27Wabash*
L 0–115,000[11]
November 3Notre Dame*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
L 0–2[12]
November 17at Wisconsin
L 5–29[5]
November 24Illinois
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
L 0–5> 4,000[7]
  • *Non-conference game
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Bowl games

No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1906 season.

All-American honors

Main article: 1906 College Football All-America Team

The following Western Conference players were selected as first-team players on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. (Consensus All-Americans displayed in bold).

End Bobby Mitchell of Minnesota, one of the first black players named to an All-America team.

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1906

Other selectors

Bold = Consensus All-American[21]

  • 1 – First-team selection
  • 2 – Second-team selection
  • 3 – Third-team selection

All-Western selections

Main article: 1906 All-Western college football team

Ends

  • Bobby Marshall, Minnesota (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF)
  • Mysterious Walker, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, CRH, ECP-1, SLG)
  • Charles J. Moynihan, Illinois (ECP-2)

Tackles

  • Joe Curtis, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, SLG)
  • Ed Parry, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP [end], CIO, CJ, CRH [guard], ECP-1, OL [end], SLG)
  • George Leland Case, Minnesota (CC [guard], CE [guard], CEP, CRH [guard], CT, ECP-2, OL)
  • Franklin C. Wade, Indiana (ECP-2)

Guards

  • Forest Van Hook, Illinois (CDN, CEP, CT, ECP-1, SLG)
  • Theodore Vita, Minnesota (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CJ, CT, ECP-2, OL, SLG)
  • William "Bill" Ittner, Minnesota (CC, CIO, CRH [tackle], ECP-1, OL [tackle])
  • Warren A. Gelbach, Wisconsin (CIO)
  • Walter D. Graham, Michigan (CJ, ECP-2)
  • Smith, Minnesota (CA, OL)

Centers

  • Orren Eark Safford, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
  • Lloyd A. Waugh, Indiana (CJ, ECP-2)
  • Stechm, Wisconsin (CT)
  • W. Wellinghoff, Purdue (CA)

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

  • Walter Steffen, Chicago (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CT, ECP-2, SLG) (CFHOF)
  • John Schuknecht, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
  • Heze Clark, Indiana (CE, CEP, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
  • Hodge, Illinois (CA)
  • Paul Magoffin, Michigan (CC, ECP-2)
  • William C. Doane, Minnesota (OL)

Fullbacks

  • John Garrels, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
  • Earl Current, Minnesota (ECP-2)

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