1919 college football season

1919 NCAA football season
Centre after its defeat of West Virginia
Total # of teams	99
Number of bowls	1
Champions	Harvard Crimson Illinois Fighting Illini Texas A&M Aggies
College football seasons « 1918 1920 »

The 1919 NCAA football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Centre, Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M as having been deemed national champions by major selectors Only Harvard, Illinois, and Texas A&M claim national championships for the 1919 season. Texas A&M began claiming the 1919 national championship in 2012.

Conference and program changes

School	1918 Conference	1919 Conference
Grinnell Pioneers	Independent	Missouri Valley
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Missouri Valley	Independent
Stanford Indians	Independent	PCC
Washington State Cougars	Independent	PCC

Rose Bowl

Harvard would defeat Oregon 7-6 in the 1920 Rose Bowl.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1919 Big Ten football standings 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

1919 Missouri Valley football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Missouri $ 4 – 0 – 1     5 – 1 – 2 Iowa State 3 – 1 – 1     5 – 2 – 1 Drake 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Kansas 1 – 1 – 1     3 – 2 – 3 Washington (MO) 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Kansas State 0 – 3 – 1     4 – 5 – 1 Grinnell 0 – 3 – 0     1 – 4 – 1 $ – Conference champion

1919 PCC football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Oregon * + 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Washington + 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 1 – 0 California 2 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 1 Washington State 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Stanford 1 – 1 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Oregon Agricultural 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 1 + – Conference co-champions * – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

1919 SAIAA football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Georgetown $ 2 – 0 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Maryland 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 NC State 3 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 North Carolina 3 – 1 – 0     4 – 3 – 1 Washington and Lee 2 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 VMI 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Richmond 2 – 2 – 1     5 – 2 – 2 VPI 2 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Virginia 1 – 2 – 1     2 – 5 – 2 William & Mary 1 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 1 Catholic 0 – 1 – 0     1 – 6 – 1 St. John's (MD) 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0 Johns Hopkins 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 2 – 0 Davidson 0 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion

1919 SIAA football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Centre + 3 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0 Auburn + 5 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Alabama 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Vanderbilt 4 – 1 – 2     5 – 1 – 2 Mississippi A&M 5 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Kentucky 3 – 1 – 1     3 – 4 – 1 Georgia Tech 2 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Georgia 4 – 2 – 2     4 – 2 – 3 Furman 2 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Tulane 3 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Clemson 3 – 2 – 2     6 – 2 – 2 LSU 2 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Florida 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Wofford 1 – 1 – 0     3 – 2 – 1 Ole Miss 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 The Citadel 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 1 Sewanee 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Tennessee 0 – 3 – 2     3 – 3 – 3 South Carolina 0 – 4 – 1     1 – 7 – 1 Transylvania 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0 Mercer 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 2 – 0 Georgetown 0 – 2 – 0     0 – 2 – 0 Mississippi College 0 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 1 Howard 0 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 2 + – Conference co-champions

1919 Southwest Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Texas A&M $ 4 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0 Rice 3 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Oklahoma 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 2 – 3 Texas 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Arkansas 1 – 2 – 0     3 – 4 – 0 SMU 0 – 2 – 1     5 – 4 – 1 Oklahoma A&M 0 – 2 – 0     3 – 3 – 2 Baylor 0 – 3 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 $ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1919 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Bo McMillin	5'9"	165	So.	Fort Worth, Texas	Centre
QB	Benny Boynton	5'9"	163	Sr.	Waco, Texas	Williams
HB	Chic Harley	5'11"	171	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois	Ohio State
HB	Eddie Casey	5'10"	155	Sr.	Natick, Massachusetts	Harvard
FB	Ira Rodgers	5'10"	203	Sr.	Bethany, West Virginia	West Virginia
E	Bob Higgins			Sr.	Corning, New York	Penn State
E	Heinie Miller	5'10"	185	Sr.	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	Penn
T	Pete Henry	5'10"	230	Sr.	Mansfield, Ohio	Washington & Jefferson
G	Joe Alexander	5'11"	210	Jr.	Silver Creek, New York	Syracuse
C	Red Weaver	5'10"	185	Jr.	Garland, Texas	Centre
C	Charles Carpenter			Sr.	Hartland, Wisconsin	Wisconsin
G	Swede Youngstrom	6'1"	187	Sr.	Waltham, Massachusetts	Dartmouth
T	Belford West	6'2"	195	Sr.	Hamilton, New York	Colgate
E	Lester Belding			So.	Mason City, Iowa	Iowa

Statistical leaders

• Player scoring most points: Ira Rodgers, West Virginia, 147

See also

• 1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season