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1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football
1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football
National champion (Billingsley, Boand); Co-national champion (CFRA, Davis, Sagarin-ELO); Big Ten champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–1 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Robert Zuppke (7th season);
Offensive scheme	T formation
Captain	William Kopp
Home stadium	Illinois Field
Uniform
	Seasons ← 1918 1920 →

1919 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Illinois $	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Chicago	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	2	–	1
Iowa	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Michigan	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Purdue	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the Big Ten Conference during the 1919 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Fighting Illini compiled a 6–1 record (6–1 against Big Ten opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 91 to 48.^[2]

There was no contemporaneous system in 1919 for determining a national champion. However, Illinois was retroactively named as the national champion for 1919 by the Billingsley Report and Boand System, and as a co-national champion by the College Football Researchers Association, Parke H. Davis, and Jeff Sagarin (using his alternate ELO-Chess methodology).^[3]

Fullback William Kopp was the team captain.^[4] Three Illinois players received mention on the 1919 All-America college football team: end Dick Reichle (first-team choice by the Reno Evening Gazette);^[5] tackle Burt Ingwersen (second-team choice by Walter Camp); and guard Jack Depler (second-team choice by Camp).^[6]

Seven Illini players were included on the 1919 All-Big Ten Conference football team: quarterback Robert H. Fletcher; halfback Laurie Walquist; fullback Jack Crangle; end Chuck Carney; tackle Burt Ingerwesen; and guards Jack Depler and Clarence Applegran.^[7]^[8]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 11		at Purdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 14–7	4,000	^[9]
October 18		Iowa	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 9–7	6,470	^[10]
October 25		Wisconsin	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	L 10–14	7,260	^[11]
November 1		Chicago	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 10–0	16,000–17,000	^[12]
November 8	3:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 10–6	20,000	^[13]
November 15		Michigan	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 29–7	9,622–14,000	^[14]
November 22		at Ohio State	Ohio Field Columbus, OH (rivalry)	W 9–7	14,925	^[15]
Homecoming All times are in Central time

Roster

Player	Position
William Kopp (Captain)	Fullback
Burt Ingwersen	Tackle
John C. Depler	Halfback
Clarence Applegran	Right guard
Robert Fletcher	Quarterback
Ralph Fletcher	Kicker
Chuck Carney	End, receiver, punter
Lawrence Walquist	Halfback, quarterback
Albert Mohr	Guard
Richard W. Reichle	Left end, kicker
Milton Olander	Guard, tackle
R. A. "Lief" Lifvendahl	Tackle
George Koch	Tackle
Otis Petty	Right tackle
Harry Shlaudeman	Center
Jack Crangle	Fullback
C. Ernest Lovejoy	Quarterback
Stuyvesant Smith	End

Head coach: Robert Zuppke (7th year at Illinois)

Awards and honors

Dick Reichle, end

First-team selection of Reno Evening Gazette, selected by "W.P. Hahn, football expert of national note who is now located in Reno", for the 1919 College Football All-America Team^[16]

Burt Ingwersen, tackle

Second-team selection by Walter Camp for the 1919 All-America team^[17]

Jack Depler, guard

Second-team selection by Walter Camp for the 1919 All-America team^[17]

References

^ "Football".
^ "1919 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results".
^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ "All-American Team Picked by Hahn for Gazette". Reno Evening Gazette. December 5, 1919.
^ "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel. December 13, 1919.
^ Walter Camp, ed. (1920). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1920. A. G. Spalding & Brothers (Spalding's Athletic Library). p. 41.
^ "Walter Eckersall Selects His First and Second All-Conference Football Elevens For Past Season". Detroit Free Press. November 30, 1919. p. 21.
^ "Heavy Illinois Eleven Held by Purdue to 14-7". Chicago Tribune. October 12, 1919. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Illinois Downs Hawkeyes In Great Battle". The Champaign Daily News. October 19, 1919. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Illinois Is Eliminated From Big Ten Race". The Champaign Daily News. October 26, 1919. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Revamped Illini Down Maroons: Ralph Fletcher Gets All Points; Score 10 to 0". The Champaign Daily News. November 2, 1919. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Fred R. Coburn (November 9, 1919). "Illinois' Forward Passes Baffle and Beat Minnesota". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Illini Crush Wolverines, 29 to 7". The Champaign Daily News. November 16, 1919. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Illinois Wins Big Ten Championship: Sternaman Runs 50 Yards for Touchdown". The Champaign Daily News. November 23, 1919. pp. 5, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "All-American Team Picked by Hahn for Gazette". Reno Evening Gazette. December 4, 1919.
^ ^a ^b "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel. December 13, 1919.