Year: | 1919 |
Number Of Bowls: | 1 |
Heisman: | Not awarded until 1935 |
The 1919 college 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[1] 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.
School | 1918 Conference | 1919 Conference | |
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Program Established | Independent | ||
Independent | |||
Independent | |||
Independent | |||
Program Established | Independent | ||
Independent |
Harvard defeated Oregon, 7–6, in the 1920 Rose Bowl.
For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.
Conference | Champion(s) | Record | |
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Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association | No champion | — | |
Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic League | Wabash College | 4–0–1 | |
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin | La Crosse Normal | — | |
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference | College of Emporia | — | |
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Unknown | — | |
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kalamazoo | 3–0 | |
Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference | Unknown | — | |
Ohio Athletic Conference | Wooster | 7–0 | |
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference | Kendall | 5–0–1 | |
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Pomona | 4–0 | |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Fisk | — |
See main article: 1919 College Football All-America Team. The consensus All-America team included:
Position | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Class | Hometown | Team | |
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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 |