1914 college football season
American college football season
The 1914 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Army, Illinois, and Texas as having been selected national champions, all retroactively. Army and Illinois claim a national championship for the 1914 season.
Conference program and changes
Conference changes
Three conferences began football play in 1914:
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference – active through the 1928 season; one of two conferences to bear this name, the second would be active between 1974 and 1996
Hawkeye College Conference – active through the 1917 season
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association – active through the 1916 season
Membership changes
Program changes
After reinstating their football program after a 3-year hiatus, the University of Southern California Methodists officially changed their nickname to the now-eponymous Trojans.
Stadiums
Final Season
Alabama plays their final season at The Quad. The Quad has been Alabama's home field since their first home game in 1893. The final game at The Quad was a 21–3 victory over Chattanooga on 11/13/1914. For 1915, Alabama would move into University Field on the southern edge of campus.
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