1914 Texas Longhorns football team
American college football season
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The 1914 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Dave Allerdice, the Longhorns compiled an 8â0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 358 to 21.[1][2]
| 1914 Texas Longhorns football | |
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National champion (Billingsley MOV) TIAA champion | |
| Conference | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 8â0 (4â0 TIAA) |
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| Captain | Louis Jordan |
| Home stadium | Clark Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | â | 2 | â | 2 | 3 | â | 2 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (TX) | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity (TX) | 3 | â | 2 | â | 2 | 4 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Baker | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | â | 4 | â | 2 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin | 0 | â | 5 | â | 2 | 0 | â | 6 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1914 for determining a national champion. However, Texas was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology. Other selectors chose Army or Illinois as the national champion.[3]
Guard Louis Jordan was selected by Walter Camp as a second-team player on the 1914 All-America college football team.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 3 | Trinity (TX) | W 30â0 | [5] | |||
| October 10 | Baylor |
| W 57â0 | [6] | ||
| October 17 | Rice |
| W 41â0 | [7] | ||
| October 24 | vs. Oklahoma* | W 32â7 | 7,500 | [8] | ||
| October 31 | Southwestern (TX) |
| W 70â0 | [9] | ||
| November 7 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Haskell* | W 23â7 | 5,300 | [10][11] | |
| November 17 | Ole Miss* |
| W 66â7 | [12] | ||
| November 26 | 3:07 p.m. | Wabash* |
| W 39â0 | [13] | |
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Personnel
Line
| Player | Position | Years on team |
Home town | Height | Weight | Age |
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| Pete Edmonds | Right End | 2 | Waco, Texas | 5'8" | 160 | 21 |
| K.L. Berry | Right Tackle | 2 | Denton, Texas | 6'0" | 180 | 21 |
| Louis Jordan [C] | Right Guard | 4 | Fredericksburg, Texas | 6'2" | 205 | 24 |
| Gustav "Pig" Dittmar | Center | 2 | Houston, Texas | 5'10" | 165 | 21 |
| James Goodman | Left Guard | 3 | Austin, Texas | 6'0" | 180 | 25 |
| W.S. Birge | Left Tackle | 3 | Austin, Texas | 6'0" | 180 | 22 |
| Charlie Turner | Left End | 2 | Roswell, New Mexico | 5'8" | 158 | 21 |
| Alva Carlton | Tackle | 1 | Houston, Texas | |||
| Raymond Keck | Center | 1 | ||||
Backfield
| Player | Position | Years on team |
Home town | Height | Weight | Age |
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| A.L. "Coke" Wimmer | Quarterback | 2 | Dallas, Texas | 6'0" | 156 | 21 |
| Clyde Littlefield | Right Halfback | 3 | Berclair, Texas | 6'0" | 180 | 21 |
| Leonard Barrell | Left Halfback | 3 | Houston, Texas | 5'10" | 180 | 20 |
| Bert Walker | Fullback | 3 | Azle, Texas | 5'11" | 170 | 21 |
| H.H. Neilson | Fullback | 1 | ||||
| Halkert A. Halbert | Halfback | 1 | ||||
