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1914 Texas Longhorns football
National champion (Billingsley MOV)
TIAA champion
ConferenceTexas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–0 (4–0 TIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Texas A&M 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Rice 3 – 2 – 2 3 – 2 – 3
Southwestern (TX) 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Trinity (TX) 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Baylor 2 – 4 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
Daniel Baker 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
TCU 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Austin 0 – 5 – 2 0 – 6 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1914 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Dave Allerdice, the Longhorns compiled an 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 358 to 21.[1][2]

There was no contemporaneous system in 1914 for determining a national champion. However, Texas was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology. Other selectors chose Army or Illinois as the national champion.[3]

Guard Louis Jordan was selected by Walter Camp as a second-team player on the 1914 All-America college football team.[4]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Trinity (TX)
W 30–0[5]
October 10Baylor
W 57–0[6]
October 17Rice
W 41–0[7]
October 24vs. Oklahoma*
W 32–77,500[8]
October 31Southwestern (TX)
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 70–0[9]
November 73:00 p.m.vs. Haskell*
W 23–75,300[10][11]
November 17Ole Miss*
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 66–7[12]
November 263:07 p.m.Wabash*
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 39–0[13]
  • *Non-conference game

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Personnel

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Line

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Player Position Years on
team 		Home town Height Weight Age
Pete Edmonds Right End 2 Waco, Texas 5'8" 160 21
K.L. Berry Right Tackle 2 Denton, Texas 6'0" 180 21
Louis Jordan [C] Right Guard 4 Fredericksburg, Texas 6'2" 205 24
Gustav "Pig" Dittmar Center 2 Houston, Texas 5'10" 165 21
James Goodman Left Guard 3 Austin, Texas 6'0" 180 25
W.S. Birge Left Tackle 3 Austin, Texas 6'0" 180 22
Charlie Turner Left End 2 Roswell, New Mexico 5'8" 158 21
Alva Carlton Tackle 1 Houston, Texas
Raymond Keck Center 1

Backfield

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Player Position Years on
team 		Home town Height Weight Age
A.L. "Coke" Wimmer Quarterback 2 Dallas, Texas 6'0" 156 21
Clyde Littlefield Right Halfback 3 Berclair, Texas 6'0" 180 21
Leonard Barrell Left Halfback 3 Houston, Texas 5'10" 180 20
Bert Walker Fullback 3 Azle, Texas 5'11" 170 21
H.H. Neilson Fullback 1
Halkert A. Halbert Halfback 1

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References

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  1. ^ "1914 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Texas Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  3. ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "Walter Camp's Three All-American Elevens". The Syracuse Herald. December 13, 1914.
  5. ^ "Longhorns Defeat Trinity, 30 to 0". The Austin Daily Statesman. October 4, 1914. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Score 57 to 0 in Texas-Baylor Game". The Austin Daily Statesman. October 11, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Texas Wins 41 to 0 Rice Boys Plucky". The Austin Daily Statesman. October 18, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "U. of T. Works Forward Passes for 32-7 Victory Over Oklahoma". The Austin Daily Statesman. October 25, 1914. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Longhorns Defeat Southwestern 69-0". The Austin Daily Statesman. November 1, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "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 icon.
  11. ^ 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 icon.
  12. ^ "Texas Defeats Mississippi by Score of 66 to 7". The Austin Daily Statesman. November 18, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Texas Eleven Defeats Wabash by 39-0 Score". The Austin Daily Statesman. November 27, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "1914 Texas Longhorns". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  15. ^ "Commemorative 1914 UT Longhorns Publication". starkcenter.org. 1915. Retrieved January 21, 2025.


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