The1915 Western Conference football season was the twentieth season ofcollege football played by the member schools of theWestern Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the1915 college football season.

After finishing second and first in league play the year before, Minnesota and Illinois shared the 1915 Western title with conference records of 3-0-1 and 3-0-2 respectively.

Chicago would finish in third place for a second consecutive year at 5-2 (4-2 WC). Ohio State was fourth at 5-1-1 (2-1-1 WC). Purdue came in fifth at 3-3-1 (2-2 WC).

Wisconsin went 4-3 (2-3 WC), Iowa was 3-4 (1-2 WC), Indiana went 3-3-1 (1-3 WC), and Northwestern finished in last place for a third consecutive year at 2-5 (0-5 WC).

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Haskell*	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 36–0	3,193
October 9	Missouri Mines*	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 75–7	2,969
October 16	atOhio State	Ohio Field Columbus, OH (rivalry)	T 3–3	6,634
October 23	Northwestern	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 36–6	4,424
October 30	Minnesota	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	T 6–6	11,593
November 13	Wisconsin	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	W 17–3	3,788
November 20	atChicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 10–0	24,078	[4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Lawrence*	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 82–0
October 8	Marquette*	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 85–0
October 16	atPurdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 28–3
October 23	Ohio State	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 21–0
October 30	atChicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 13–14		[15]
November 13	atIllinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL	L 3–17	3,788
November 20	Minnesota	Randall Field Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 3–20	13,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Cornell (IA)*	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 33–0		[16]
October 9	atMorningside*	Sioux City, IA	W 17–6		[17]
October 16	Northwestern	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 9–6		[18]
October 23	atMinnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 13–51	6,000	[19]
November 6	atPurdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	L 13–19		[20]
November 13	Iowa State*	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 0–16		[21]
November 20	Nebraska*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 7–52		[22]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1915 season.

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