1910 Western Conference football season
Sports season
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The 1910 Western Conference football season was the fifteenth 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 1910 college football season.
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois + | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota + | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 1 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Season overview
Illinois and Minnesota were declared co-champions after posting undefeated conference records of 4-0 and 2â0, respectively. Illinois finished their season undefeated at 7â0 overall, while Minnesota ended up at 6â1, their lone loss coming in the Little Brown Jug game.
Indiana finished in third at 5â1 overall, 3â1 in league play. Iowa, Wisconsin, and Northwestern acquired one conference win all season, although Iowa's overall 5â2 record was stronger than Wisconsin's 1-2-2 mark and Northwestern's 1-3-1 season.
Chicago ended up at 2-5 (2-4 WC), while Purdue went winless in the league at 0-4 and 1â5 overall. Their lone victory was a home game win over DePauw.
Illinois
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 1 | Millikin* | W 11â0 | [1] | |
| October 8 | Drake* |
| W 29â0 | [2] |
| October 15 | Chicago |
| W 3â0 | [3] |
| October 29 | at Purdue | W 11â0 | [4] | |
| November 5 | at Indiana |
| W 3â0 | [5] |
| November 12 | at Northwestern | W 27â0 | [6] | |
| November 19 | Syracuse* |
| W 3â0 | [7] |
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Minnesota
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 24 | Lawrence* | W 34â0 | 4,000 | |
| October 1 | South Dakota* |
| W 17â0 | 5,000 |
| October 8 | Iowa State* |
| W 49â0 | 8,000 |
| October 15 | Nebraska* |
| W 27â0 | 15,000 |
| October 29 | at Chicago | W 24â0 | ||
| November 12 | Wisconsin |
| W 28â0 | 18,000 |
| November 19 | at Michigan* | L 0â6 | 18,000 | |
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Indiana
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | DePauw* |
| W 12â0 | [8] |
| October 8 | at Chicago | W 6â0 | [citation needed] | |
| October 15 | Millikin* |
| W 34â0 | [9] |
| October 22 | vs. Wisconsin | W 12â3 | [citation needed] | |
| October 29 | Butler* |
| W 33â0 | [10] |
| November 5 | Illinois |
| L 0â3 | [11] |
| November 19 | at Purdue | W 15â0 | [12] | |
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Iowa
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 4 | Morningside* | W 12â0 | ||||
| October 8 | at Northwestern | L 5â10 | [16] | |||
| October 15 | at Missouri | L 0â5 | [17] | |||
| October 22 | Purdue |
| W 16â0 | [18] | ||
| November 5 | at Iowa State | W 2â0 | [citation needed] | |||
| November 12 | Drake |
| W 21â0 | [citation needed] | ||
| November 19 | 2:45 p.m. | at Washington University | W 38â0 | 2,000 | [19][20] | |
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Wisconsin
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8 | Lawrence* | T 6â6 | ||
| October 22 | vs. Indiana | L 3â12 | ||
| October 29 | Northwestern |
| T 0â0 | |
| November 12 | at Minnesota | L 0â28 | 18,000 | |
| November 19 | Chicago |
| W 10â0 | |
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Northwestern
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Illinois Wesleyan | L 0â3 | [citation needed] | |
| October 8 | Iowa |
| W 10â5 | [21] |
| October 22 | at Chicago | L 0â10 | [citation needed] | |
| October 29 | at Wisconsin | T 0â0 | [citation needed] | |
| November 12 | Illinois |
| L 0â27 | [6] |
Chicago
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8 | Indiana | L 0â6 | [citation needed] | |||
| October 15 | at Illinois | L 0â3 | [3] | |||
| October 22 | Northwestern |
| W 10â0 | [citation needed] | ||
| October 29 | Minnesota |
| L 0â24 | [citation needed] | ||
| November 5 | Purdue |
| W 14â5 | [citation needed] | ||
| November 12 | at Cornell* |
| L 0â18 | [citation needed] | ||
| November 19 | at Wisconsin | L 0â10 | [citation needed] | |||
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Purdue
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8 | Wabash* | L 0â3 | |||||
| October 22 | at Iowa | L 0â16 | [18] | ||||
| October 29 | Illinois |
| L 0â11 | [4] | |||
| November 5 | at Chicago | L 5â14 | |||||
| November 12 | DePauw* |
| W 14â6 | ||||
| November 19 | Indiana | West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) | L 0â15 | [12] | |||
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Bowl games
No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1910 season.
