1919 college football season

American college football season

1919 college football season

Centre after its defeat of West Virginia

Number of bowls| 1
Champion(s)| Harvard
Illinois
Texas A&M
| <- 1918 · | football seasons | · 1920 ->

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The 1919 college 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[1] 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

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### Conference memberships

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School | 1918 Conference | 1919 Conference

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Bowling Green State Normal Normals | Program Established | Independent
Grinnell Pioneers | Independent | Missouri Valley
Nebraska Cornhuskers | Missouri Valley | Independent
Stanford Indians | Independent | PCC
Southern Branch Bruins | Program Established | Independent
Washington State Cougars | Independent | PCC

### Program changes

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* University of Washington football officially adopted the Sun Dodgers nickname.
* State College of Washington (Washington State) football officially adopted the Cougars nickname.

## Rose Bowl

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Harvard defeated Oregon, 7–6, in the 1920 Rose Bowl.

## Conference standings

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### Major conference standings

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1919 Big Ten Conference football standings |

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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 Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Missouri $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 2
Iowa State | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Washington University | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Drake | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Kansas | 1  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 3
Kansas State | 0  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Grinnell | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

1919 Northwest Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Washington State | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Oregon | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Oregon Agricultural | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Idaho | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Montana | 0  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 2
Whitman | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 1
1919 Pacific Coast Conference football standings |

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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 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Colorado Agricultural $  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Utah | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Colorado College | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Utah Agricultural | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Wyoming †  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Colorado | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Denver | 0  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1
Colorado Mines | 0  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 3
Montana State †  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion
* † Ineligible for conference title

1919 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Georgetown $  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Maryland State | 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
Virginia | 1  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
VPI | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
William & Mary | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Catholic University | 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 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Auburn $  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Alabama | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Centre | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Kentucky | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Georgia Tech | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Tulane | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Vanderbilt | 3  | - | 1  | - | 2 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 2
Furman | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Mississippi A&M | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Georgia | 4  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 3
LSU | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Clemson | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 2
Florida | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wofford | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Transylvania | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
Ole Miss | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
The Citadel | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Sewanee | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Georgetown (KY) | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0
Tennessee | 0  | - | 3  | - | 2 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 3
South Carolina | 0  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1
Mercer | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0
Mississippi College | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Howard (AL) | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 2

* $ - Conference champion

1919 Southwest Conference football standings |

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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

### Independents

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1919 Eastern college football independents records  |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Williams |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 2
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 3
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 1
Rhode Island State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0
1919 Midwestern college football independents records  |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Notre Dame |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Lincoln (MO) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0
Detroit |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Western State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Akron |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
North Dakota Agricultural |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Haskell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 1
Marquette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 2
St. Xavier |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Morningside |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Heidelberg |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Saint Louis |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 2
Valparaiso |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wabash |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2
Central Michigan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 3
Michigan Agricultural |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Nebraska |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
St. Mary's (OH) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Iowa State Teachers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1
Toledo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
Butler |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 1
Bowling Green |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0
1919 Southern college football independents records  |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Southern College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0
Phillips |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 1
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
West Virginia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Mississippi Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 2
Presbyterian |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2
North Texas State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Birmingham–Southern |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Abilene Christian |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Southwest Texas State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Spring Hill |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Stetson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
West Tennessee State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Chattanooga |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Marion |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Texas Mines |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
Delaware |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Oglethorpe |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Wake Forest |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Sam Houston Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0
1919 Western college football independents records  |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Hawaii |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1
Arizona |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Nevada |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 1
New Mexico |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 2
USC |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Saint Mary's |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
New Mexico A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Gonzaga |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Santa Clara |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
University Farm |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
South Branch |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Pacific (CA) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Tempe Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0

### Minor conferences

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Conference  | Champion(s)  | Record

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Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association | No champion | —
Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic League  | Wabash College | 4–0–1
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin | La Crosse Normal | —
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference | College of Emporia | —
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Unknown | —
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kalamazoo | 3–0
Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference | Unknown | —
Ohio Athletic Conference | Wooster | 7–0
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference | Kendall | 5–0–1
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Pomona | 4–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Fisk | —

### Minor conference standings

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1919 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Lincoln (PA) | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1
Howard | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 3
Virginia Union | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Hampton | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Shaw | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0
1919 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Carthage | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Southern Illinois |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
1919 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
College of Emporia $  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Pittsburg Normal | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Washburn | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Southwestern (KS) | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
St. Mary's (KS) | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Baker | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Friends | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Hays Normal | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Bethany (KS) | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Kansas Wesleyan | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Ottawa | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2 |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Fairmount | 2  | - | 6  | - | 2 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 2
Kansas State Normal | 1  | - | 4  | - | 2 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 2
Cooper | 0  | - | 8  | - | 1 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

1919 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Missouri Wesleyan $  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 0
Drury | 2  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
William Jewell | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 2
Central (MO) | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Tarkio | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Kirksville | 2  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2
Springfield (MO) | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Rolla | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Cape Girardeau | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
Warrensburg | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Westminster (MO) | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Maryville (MO) | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0
Missouri Valley | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1919 Missouri Valley Conference for Black Schools/ Western Black Schools region/conference football standings  |  | Conf. |  |  | Overall

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Lincoln (MO) $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0
Columbia Athletics  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Sumner  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Lincoln (KC)  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
East St. Louis  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Western University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0
George R. Smith |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0
Topeka Industrial Institute |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

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York (NE) $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0
Nebraska Wesleyan | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Peru Normal | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Hastings | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | ?  | - | ?  | - | ?
Cotner | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | ?  | - | ?  | - | ?
Midland | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0
Doane | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Kearney Normal | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | ?  | - | ?  | - | ?
Nebraska Central | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

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Wooster $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Oberlin | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Ohio State | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Miami (OH) | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Wittenberg | 3  | - | 0  | - | 2 |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 2
Akron | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Denison | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Western Reserve | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Ohio Wesleyan | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Case | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Ohio | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Cincinnati | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Mount Union | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Ohio Northern | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Baldwin–Wallace | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0
Kenyon | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1919 Southern California Conference football standings |

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Pomona $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Occidental | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Throop | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Redlands | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Whittier | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1919 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Texas A&M $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 0
Rice | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Texas | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Baylor | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Howard Payne | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Austin | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
SMU | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Southwestern (TX) | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
TCU | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Trinity (TX) | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1919 Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference football standings |

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La Crosse Normal $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Oshkosh Normal | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
River Falls Normal | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Milwaukee Normal | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Eau Claire Normal | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1
Stevens Point Normal | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Whitewater Normal | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Superior Normal | 0  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1
Stout Normal | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Platteville Normal | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1
Championship: La Crosse Normal 14, River Falls Normal 0

* $ - Conference champion

## Awards and honors

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### All-Americans

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Main article: 1919 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position  | Name  | Height  | Weight (lbs.)  | Class  | Hometown  | Team

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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 | Doc 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

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* Team scoring most points: Centre, 485
* Player scoring most points: Ira Rodgers, West Virginia, 147
* Total offense leader: George Gipp, Notre Dame, 1456
* Passing yards leader: George Gipp, 727
* Passing touchdowns leader: Ira Rodgers, 11
* Receptions leader: Bernard Kirk, Notre Dame, 21
* Receiving yards leader: Bernard Kirk, 372

## References

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1. ^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 76–77. Retrieved October 16, 2009.

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