1923 Football Team

Overall Record: 8-0 Conference Record: 4-0
Conference Finish: 1st place tie
National Ranking: National Champions
Coach: Fielding Yost
Captain: Harry G. Kipke
All-Americans: Jack Blott
All-Conference: Harry Kipke, Jack Blott, Stanley Muirhead
Trainer: Charles Hoyt, William Fallon
Assistant coach: George Little, A. J. Sturznegger, Elton Wieman, Henry Vick, Ray Fisher, Edwin Mather
Manager: Donald McCabe

OpponentDateSiteResult Attend.
Case 10/06 H W 36-0 13,000
Vanderbilt 10/13 H W 3-0
Ohio State 10/20 H W 23-0 50,000
Michigan Agr. 10/27 H W 37-0  
Iowa 11/03 A W 9-3 17,000
Quantico Marines 11/10 H W 26-6 40,000
Wisconsin 11/17 A W 6-3  
Minnesota (HC) 11/24 H W 10-0  
Totals 150-12

Starting Lineups                  
PositionPlayer
left end Philip Marion (7)
LeRoy Neisch
left tackle Stan Muirhead (8)
left guard Edliff Slaughter (7)
Harold Steele
center Jack Blott (7)
Robert Brown
right guard Harold Steele (4)
Harry Hawkins (4)
right tackle Ed Vandervoot (5)
Dick Babcock (3)
right end Louis Curran (7)
Le Roy Neisch
quarterback Irwin Uteritz (6)
Ferdinand Rockwell (2)
fullback James Miller (6)
Richard Vick (2)
left halfback Harry Kipke (8)
right halfback Herb Steger (7)
William Herrnstein

View full 1923 roster (from all-time roster database, includes non-lettermen and freshmen)


1923 Team Photo
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[Note: photo includes only varsity letter winners]

Back Row
Trainer Charles Hoyt, Walter Kunow, Harry Hawkins, Howell White, Leroy Neisch, manager Donald McCabe
Third Row
Harold Steele, Edliff Slaughter, Ed Vandervoort, Jack Blott, Stan Muirhead, Dick Babcock, Robert Brown
Second Row
ass't coach George Little, Louis Curran, Herb Steger, Irwin Uteritz, Coach Fielding Yost, captain Harry Kipke, James K. Miller, ass't coach Elton Wieman
Front Row
Phillip Marion, F.A. Rockwell, Richard Vick, Charles Grube, William Herrnstein

1923 Full Squad Photo
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1923 Freshman Team Photo
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