1915 Minnesota

6–⁠0–⁠1 (3–⁠0–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by Henry Williams. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat North Dakota 41–⁠0Oct 2
By 41 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 2	vsNorth Dakota	W 41–⁠0	96%
Oct 9	vsIowa State	W 34–⁠6	67%
Oct 16	vsSouth Dakota	W 19–⁠0	95%
Oct 23	vsIowa	W 51–⁠13	66%
Nov 6	atIllinois	T 6–⁠6	42%
Nov 13	vsChicago	W 20–⁠7	60%
Nov 20	atWisconsin	W 20–⁠3	56%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wisconsin 20–⁠3; Western Conference champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1915

UW vs. Minnesota football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Minnesota football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Minnesota football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Minnesota football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Minnesota football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Minnesota football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1915.

Western Conference champions3–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Illinois

Consensus All-AmericanBert Baston, E

Record: 6–⁠0–⁠1
Conference: 3–⁠0–⁠1 first in Western Conference
AP poll: Began in 1936
Points: 191–⁠35
Coach: Henry Williams
Elo: 1687 +97 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: 29.3 No. 3 of 86 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

Captain: Bernie Bierman

1915 Western Conference standings

Team	Conf.	Overall
Minnesota	3–⁠0–⁠1	6–⁠0–⁠1
Illinois	3–⁠0–⁠2	5–⁠0–⁠2
Chicago	4–⁠2	5–⁠2
Ohio State	2–⁠1–⁠1	5–⁠1–⁠1
Purdue	2–⁠2	3–⁠3–⁠1
Wisconsin	2–⁠3	4–⁠3
Iowa	1–⁠2	3–⁠4
Indiana	1–⁠3	3–⁠3–⁠1
Northwestern	0–⁠5	2–⁠5

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