1914 Wisconsin

4–⁠2–⁠1 (2–⁠2–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by William Juneau. Share

Wisconsin, 1914 — Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Marquette 48–⁠0Oct 10
By 48 points, its widest win.

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

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 3	vsLawrence	W 21–⁠0	90%
Oct 10	vsMarquette	W 48–⁠0	90%
Oct 17	vsPurdue	W 14–⁠7	58%
Oct 24	atOhio State	W 7–⁠6	76%
Oct 31	vsChicago	T 0–⁠0	42%
Nov 14	atMinnesota	L 3–⁠14	39%
Nov 21	vsIllinois	L 9–⁠24	44%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois 24–⁠9; tied for 4th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1914

UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Illinois 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. Lawrence football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
The game
UW vs. Lawrence 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 1914.

Record: 4–⁠2–⁠1
Conference: 2–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 4th in Western Conference
AP poll: Began in 1936
Points: 102–⁠51
Coach: William Juneau
Elo: 1525 −10 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: 20.6 No. 10 of 83 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

Captain: Ray Keeler

All-Western Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Cub BuckOTWE-1

Second team

Ray KeelerOTWE-2
Arlie MucksOGWE-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

Team	Conf.	Overall
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.