1915 Saint Louis Billikens football team

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.

1915 Saint Louis Billikens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
CaptainFrank Stanislav
Home stadiumHigh School Campus, Sportsman's Park
1915 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
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

Schedule
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
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
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