The 1911 Western Conference football season was the sixteenth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1911 college football season.
Season overview At 3-0-1 in conference play and 6-0-1 overall, Minnesota was declared Western Conference champions. In their 12th year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers outscored their opponents by a combined total of 102 to 15. The team was also recognized retroactively as the national champion by the Billingsley Report.
Chicago rebounded from last year's seventh-place finish to go 6-0-1 (5-1), their lone loss coming to the Golden Gophers. Wisconsin went 5-1-1 (2-1-1), which included a tie to the eventual National Champions. They were followed closely by Illinois at 4-2-1 (2-2-1) and Iowa at 3-4 (1-3).
Purdue and Northwestern both ended with overall records of 3-4, but the Boilermakers had a conference record of 1-3 compared to the Purple's 1-4 WC mark.
Indiana finished at 3-3-1 overall but went winless in the conference at 0-3-1.
Minnesota
Chicago
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Purdue
Northwestern
Indiana
Bowl games No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1911 season.
All-American honors
All-Western selections
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