1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
American college football season
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The 1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1915 college football season. In their third season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 5–0–2 record and finished as co-champions of the Western Conference.[1] Center John W. Watson was the team captain.[2]
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record5–0–2 (3–0–2 Western)
Headcoach
- Robert Zuppke (3rd season)
OffensiveschemeI formation
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Western Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Western Conference |
| Record | 5–0–2 (3–0–2 Western) |
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| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Captain | Jack Watson |
| Home stadium | Illinois Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 2 | Haskell* | W 36–0 | 3,193 | ||
| October 9 | Missouri Mines* |
| W 75–7 | 2,969 | |
| October 16 | at Ohio State | T 3–3 | 6,634 | ||
| October 23 | Northwestern |
| W 36–6 | 4,424 | |
| October 30 | Minnesota |
| T 6–6 | 11,593 | |
| November 13 | Wisconsin |
| W 17–3 | 3,788 | |
| November 20 | at Chicago | W 10–0 | 24,078 | [3] | |
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Roster
| Player | Position |
| John Wesley Watson (captain) | Center |
| Amos Lloyd Brennememan | Right end |
| Reynold Kraft | Right end |
| Ross Petty | Right tackle |
| Olay Madsen | Right tackle |
| Roland A. Cowell | Right tackle |
| Frank Stewart | Right guard |
| Phillip Harry Potter | Center |
| Clarence Applegran | Left guard |
| Fred R. Hanschman | Left guard |
| Elmer Rundquist | Left Tackle |
| Harlan Brown Graham | Left tackle |
| George Kasson Squier | Left end |
| Henry W. Markwardt | Left end |
| George Clark | Quarterback |
| Frank Pursell | Quarterback |
| Bart Macomber | Right halfback |
| Frank Howard Pethybridge | Right halfback |
| John Ward Nelson | Fullback |
| Bernard Hallstrom | Fullback |
| Harold Pogue | Left halfback |
| David E. Connell | Left halfback |
- Head coach: Robert Zuppke (3rd year at Illinois)
Awards and honors
- Bart Macomber, halfback
- Consensus first-team selection on the 1915 College Football All-America Team[4]
- George Squier, end
- Second-team selection by Frank G. Menke for the 1915 All-America team[5]
- Third-team selection by Walter Camp for the 1915 All-America team
