1902 Western Conference football season

1902 Western Conference football season
SportFootball
Number of teams9
ChampionMichigan
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1902 Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan $ 5 0 0 11 0 0
Chicago 5 1 0 11 1 0
Minnesota 3 1 0 9 2 1
Illinois 4 2 0 10 2 1
Purdue 2 2 0 7 2 1
Wisconsin 1 3 0 6 3 0
Iowa 0 3 0 5 4 0
Northwestern 0 4 0 6 6 0
Indiana 0 4 0 3 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1902 Western Conference football season was the seventh 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 1902 college football season.

The conference champion for 1902 was Michigan coached by Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines compiled a perfect 11–0 record, outscored their opponents by a combined score of 644 to 12, and became known as the second of Yost's "Point-a-Minute" teams. The 1902 Michigan Wolverines have also been recognized as the national champions by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as co-national champions by Parke H. Davis.[1] Right halfback Albert E. Herrnstein was Michigan's leading scorer with 135 points on 27 touchdowns (valued at five points under 1902 rules).

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.