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1914 Iowa

4–⁠3 (1–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Jesse Hawley.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1914, game by game: won vs. Northern Iowa 95–0; won vs. Cornell (IA) 49–0; lost at Chicago 0–7; lost vs. Minnesota 0–7; won at Northwestern 27–0; won at Iowa State 26–6; lost vs. Nebraska 7–16+95−9Won 95–0 vs. Northern Iowa+95Northern IowaWon 49–0 vs. Cornell (IA)+49Cornell (IA)Lost 0–7 at Chicago-7ChicagoLost 0–7 vs. Minnesota-7MinnesotaWon 27–0 at Northwestern+27NorthwesternWon 26–6 at Iowa State+20Iowa StateLost 7–16 vs. Nebraska-9Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsNorthern IowaW 95–⁠095%
Oct 10vsCornell (IA)W 49–⁠091%
Oct 17atChicagoL 0–⁠729%
Oct 24vsMinnesotaL 0–⁠749%
Nov 7atNorthwesternW 27–⁠070%
Nov 14atIowa StateW 26–⁠646%
Nov 21vsNebraskaL 7–⁠1644%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 16–⁠7; 7th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Record
4–⁠3
Conference
1–⁠2 7th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
204–⁠36
Coach
Jesse Hawley
Elo
1555 +10 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.6 No. 12 of 83 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Arthur Gunderson

All-Western Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • SandersonEWE-2

From Wikipedia’s 1914 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1914 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois6–⁠07–⁠0
Minnesota3–⁠16–⁠1
Chicago4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1
Ohio State2–⁠25–⁠2
Purdue2–⁠25–⁠2
Wisconsin2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1
Iowa1–⁠24–⁠3
Indiana1–⁠43–⁠4
Northwestern0–⁠61–⁠6

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