1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
| 1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1923 record | 8–0 (5–0 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Robert Zuppke |
| Offensive scheme | Single wing |
| Captain | James McMillen |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 1923 college football season. The Fighting Illini compiled an 8–0 record (5–0 against Western Conference opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 136 to 20.[1] The team was selected retroactively as the national champion by the Boand System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the Berryman QPRS system, National Championship Foundation, and Jeff Sagarin (using the ELO-Chess methodology).[2]
Guard Jim McMillen and halfback Red Grange were consensus All-Americans.
Roster
| Player | Position | Class | Hometown |
| Steve Coutchie | Quarterback | Senior | Harvey, Illinois |
| Harry 'Swede' Hall | Quarterback | Senior | Chicago, Illinois |
| Harold 'Red' Grange | Halfback | Senior | Wheaton, Illinois |
| Wally McIlwain | Wingback/Halfback | Sophomore | Evanston, Illinois |
| Earl Britton | Fullback/Placekicker/Punter | Sophomore | Elgin, Illinois |
| Bill Hansen | Fullback | Junior | Brookston, Indiana |
| Emil 'Heine' Schultz | End | Junior | Geneseo, Illinois |
| Edward John 'Ted' Richards | End | Junior | Glencoe, Illinois |
| Frank Edward Rokusek | End | Senior | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Clarence Arthur Muhl | End | Senior | Oskaloosa, Iowa |
| Gilbert Jay Roberts | Center | Senior | Oskaloosa, Iowa |
| Vivian Julius 'Vee' Green | Center | Senior | Waukegan, Illinois |
| Roy Andrew Miller | Tackle | Sophomore | Urbana, Illinois |
| Chuck Addison Brown | Tackle | Sophomore | Cissna Park, Illinois |
| Richard 'Dick' Hall | Tackle | Senior | Logansport, Indiana |
| John Mauer | Tackle | Sophomore | Batavia, Illinois |
| Bernard F. 'Bunny' Oakes | Tackle | Senior | Maywood, Illinois |
| Walter Charles Crawford | Tackle | Sophomore | Waukegan, Illinois |
| James McMillen | Right Guard | Senior | Grayslake, Illinois |
| Louis Frederick Slimmer | Guard | Senior | Millville, New Jersey |
| Leonard J. Umnus | Guard | Junior | Menominee, Michigan |
- Head Coach: Robert Zuppke (11th year at Illinois)
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| 10/06/1923 | Nebraska* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 24–7 | ||||||
| 10/13/1923 | Butler* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 21–7 | ||||||
| 10/20/1923 | at Iowa | Iowa Field • Iowa City, IA | W 9–6 | ||||||
| 10/27/1923 | at Northwestern | Northwestern Field • Evanston, IL | W 29–0 | ||||||
| 11/3/1923 | Chicago | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 7–0 | ||||||
| 11/10/1923 | Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 10–0 | ||||||
| 11/17/1923 | Mississippi State* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 27–0 | ||||||
| 11/24/1923 | at Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | W 9–0 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1923 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results".
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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