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1934 Chicago

4–⁠4 (2–⁠4 Western Conference), coached by Clark Shaughnessy.

Schedule and results

Chicago in 1934, game by game: won vs. Carroll (WI) 19–0; won vs. Michigan 27–0; won vs. Indiana 21–0; won vs. Missouri 19–6; lost vs. Purdue 20–26; lost at Ohio State 0–33; lost at Minnesota 7–35; lost vs. Illinois 0–6+27−33Won 19–0 vs. Carroll (WI)+19Carroll (WI)Won 27–0 vs. Michigan+27MichiganWon 21–0 vs. Indiana+21IndianaWon 19–6 vs. Missouri+13MissouriLost 20–26 vs. Purdue-6PurdueLost 0–33 at Ohio State-33Ohio StateLost 7–35 at Minnesota-28MinnesotaLost 0–6 vs. Illinois-6Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsCarroll (WI)W 19–⁠087%
Oct 13vsMichiganW 27–⁠040%
Oct 20vsIndianaW 21–⁠072%
Oct 27vsMissouriW 19–⁠685%
Nov 3vsPurdueL 20–⁠2649%
Nov 10atOhio StateL 0–⁠3326%
Nov 17atMinnesotaL 7–⁠3521%
Nov 24vsIllinoisL 0–⁠645%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois 6–⁠0; 7th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 53 on file).

Record
4–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠4 7th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
113–⁠106
Coach
Clark Shaughnessy
Elo
1477 +6 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.7 No. 41 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Ten

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota5–⁠08–⁠0
Ohio State5–⁠17–⁠1
Illinois4–⁠17–⁠1
Purdue3–⁠15–⁠3
Wisconsin2–⁠34–⁠4
Northwestern2–⁠33–⁠5
Chicago2–⁠44–⁠4
Indiana1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Iowa1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Michigan0–⁠61–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.