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1914 Ohio State

5–⁠2 (2–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by John Wilce.

Ohio State, 1914
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1914, game by game: won vs. Ohio Wesleyan 16–2; won at Case 7–6; lost at Illinois 0–37; lost vs. Wisconsin 6–7; won at Indiana 13–3; won vs. Oberlin 39–0; won vs. Northwestern 27–0+39−37Won 16–2 vs. Ohio Wesleyan+14Ohio WesleyanWon 7–6 at Case+1CaseLost 0–37 at Illinois-37IllinoisLost 6–7 vs. Wisconsin-1WisconsinWon 13–3 at Indiana+10IndianaWon 39–0 vs. Oberlin+39OberlinWon 27–0 vs. Northwestern+27Northwestern
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsOhio WesleyanW 16–⁠275%
Oct 10atCaseW 7–⁠663%
Oct 17atIllinoisL 0–⁠3716%
Oct 24vsWisconsinL 6–⁠724%
Nov 7atIndianaW 13–⁠327%
Nov 14vsOberlinW 39–⁠074%
Nov 21vsNorthwesternW 27–⁠067%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northwestern 27–⁠0; tied for 4th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 117th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

Record
5–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠2 tied for 4th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
108–⁠55
Coach
John Wilce
Elo
1379 +81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.6 No. 18 of 83 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Western Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Boyd CherryEWE-1

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.