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1915 Saint Louis Billikens football team

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1915 Saint Louis Billikens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
CaptainFrank Stanislav
Home stadiumHigh School Campus, Sportsman's Park
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dubuque     7 0 0
Carleton     6 0 0
Wabash     7 0 1
Notre Dame     7 1 0
Grinnell     6 1 0
Michigan Agricultural     5 1 0
Western State Normal (MI)     5 1 0
South Dakota State     5 1 1
Heidelberg     5 2 1
Millikin     5 2 1
Nebraska Wesleyan     6 3 0
St. Mary's (OH)     3 2 0
Michigan State Normal     4 2 1
Doane     5 3 0
Marquette     4 2 2
South Dakota     4 2 2
Jamestown     3 2 1
Penn (IA)     4 3 0
Michigan     4 3 1
Saint Louis     4 3 1
Creighton     3 3 1
Haskell     3 3 0
Iowa State Teachers     3 3 0
North Dakota Agricultural     3 3 0
St. Thomas (MN)     2 2 1
Hanover     2 4 0
Lake Forest     2 4 0
Northern Illinois State     2 5 1
Lawrence     2 5 0
Earlham     2 6 0
Detroit     1 5 0
Butler     1 6 0

The 1915 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach George Keogan, the Billikens compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 142 to 122.[1] The team played its home games at Sportsman's Park at St. Louis.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at Southern Illinois NormalCarbondale, ILW 24–0
October 83:00 p.m.Shurtleff
W 63–0[2][3][4]
October 16Knox
W 20–0[5]
October 233:00 p.m.DePauw
  • Sportsman's Park
  • St. Louis, MO
W 21–9[6][7]
October 303:00 p.m.Arkansas
  • Sportsman's Park
  • St. Louis, MO
T 0–0[8][9][10]
November 6Lombard
  • Sportsman's Park
  • St. Louis, MO
L 7–10[11][12]
November 132:05 p.m.Washington University
  • Sportsman's Park
  • St. Louis, MO
L 7–139,000[13][14][15][16]
November 252:30 p.m.Georgetown
  • Sportsman's Park
  • St. Louis, MO
L 0–903,000[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ "1915 - Saint Louis (MO)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Pikers Look For First Win Since '06 Over Missouri". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. October 8, 1915. p. 19. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "St. Louis Eleven Tallies Big Score Against Shurtleff". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 9, 1915. p. 13. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "St. L. U. Solves Problem of Numbering Players; Shurtleff Swamped, 63-0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. October 9, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Parker, Marion F. (October 17, 1915). "Billikens Score Early On Galesburg Warriors; Triumph Comes Easily". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 12. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ O'Connor, W. J. (October 23, 1915). "Billikens Have Edge In Weight Over De Pauw Team". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ O'Connor, W. J. (October 24, 1915). "Forward Passes Yield Victory For Billikens". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1S. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Razorbacks Have Heavy Team For Billiken Battle". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. October 30, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ O'Connor, W. J. (October 31, 1915). "Razorbacks Halt Billikens' Drive On One-Foot Line". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1S. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ O'Connor, W. J. (October 31, 1915). "Keogan's Eleven With One Foot of Winning Game (continued)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 2S. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Billikens, Over-Confident, Lose First Game of Year to Plucky Lombard Eleven". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. November 7, 1915. p. 1S. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Failure To Stop Jackson Helps to Defeat St. Louis U (continued)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. November 7, 1915. p. 2S. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "It Now Looks as Though the Pikers Might Lose By One Touchdown". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. November 13, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Washington Faces Billikens Without Star Quarterback". St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Night ed.). St. Louis, Missouri. November 13, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ O'Connor, W. J. (November 14, 1915). "Billikens Flash Like A Winner In Only One Quarter". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1S. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ O'Connor, W. J. (November 14, 1915). "Billikens, Outplayed in All Angles of the Game, Showed Only One Flash (continued)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 2S. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ Parker, Marion F. (November 25, 1915). "Georgetown Eleven Expected to Win by a Large Score". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 10. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Crowd Lacking In Quantity But Not In Quality". The St. Louis Star. St. Louis, Missouri. November 26, 1915. p. 11. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.