1914 Purdue
5–2 (2–2 Western Conference), coached by Andy Smith. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kentucky 40–6Nov 7
By 34 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | vsWabash | W 27–3 | 89% |
| Oct 10 | vsWestern Reserve | W 26–0 | 92% |
| Oct 17 | at Wisconsin | L 7–14 | 42% |
| Oct 24 | atChicago | L 0–21 | 25% |
| Nov 7 | vs Kentucky | W 40–6 | 59% |
| Nov 14 | at Northwestern | W 34–6 | 74% |
| Nov 21 | vs Indiana | W 23–13 | 79% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Indiana 23–13; tied for 4th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Photographs from 1914
UW vs. Purdue football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Purdue football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
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.
- Record
- 5–2
- Conference
- 2–2 tied for 4th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 157–63
- Coach
- Andy Smith
- Elo
- 1567 +33 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 14.3 No. 21 of 83 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Herbert S. O’Brien
All-Western Conference
1 first teamFirst team
H.B. RouthOGWE-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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Illinois | 6–0 | 7–0 | |
 Minnesota | 3–1 | 6–1 | |
| Chicago | 4–2–1 | 4–2–1 | |
 Ohio State | 2–2 | 5–2 | |
| Purdue | 2–2 | 5–2 | |
| Wisconsin | 2–2–1 | 4–2–1 | |
 Iowa | 1–2 | 4–3 | |
| Indiana | 1–4 | 3–4 | |
| Northwestern | 0–6 | 1–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.