1914 Texas Longhorns football team

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1914 Texas Longhorns football
1914 Texas Longhorns football team.png
National champion (Billingsley MOV)
ConferenceIndependent
1914 record8–0
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas     8 0 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     5 0 1
Oklahoma     9 1 1
Delaware     7 1 1
Davidson     5 1 1
Georgia Tech     6 2 0
Presbyterian     4 1 1
Oklahoma A&M     6 2 1
Navy     6 3 0
Maryland     5 3 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     5 3 0
Maryville     6 4 0
Marshall     5 4 0
West Virginia     5 4 0
Rice     3 2 3
North Texas State Normal     3 3 0
South Carolina     5 5 1
VMI     4 4 0
Mississippi Normal     2 3 1
Texas Mines     2 3 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     1 2 0
Baylor     3 5 2
West Tennessee State Normal     3 5 0
Arkansas     3 6 0
Louisiana Industrial     2 4 0
Wake Forest     3 6 0
Furman     2 5 0
Southwest Texas State     2 6 0
Louisville     1 7 0
Catholic University     0 6 1

The 1914 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1914 college football season.[1] The team was recognized retroactively as a national champion by the Billingsley Report using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology.[2]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Trinity (TX)*
W 30–0
October 10at BaylorW 57–0
October 17Rice
W 41–0
October 24vs. Oklahoma
  • Fair Park Stadium
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)
W 32–7
October 31Southwestern (TX)
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 70–0
November 73:00 p.m.vs. Haskell
  • West End Park
  • Houston, TX
W 23–75,300[3][4]
November 17Ole Miss
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 66–7
November 26Wabash
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 39–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • All times are in Central time

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References[]

  1. ^ "Texas Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Longhorns Battle With Wiley Redskins From Haskell This Afternoon At 3:00". Houston Post. Houston, Texas. November 7, 1914. p. 4. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ Gillepsie, Julian E. (November 8, 1914). "Longhorns Crush Indians, 23-7, In Most Brilliant Football See This Year". Austin American. Austin, Texas. p. 7. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "1914 Texas Longhorns". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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