1919 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

1919 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
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1919 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 1 – 1
New Hampshire   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 0
Williams   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 2 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 2
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   5 – 4 – 1
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 3
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 4 – 2
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 5 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   0 – 8 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1919 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1919 college football season. David C. Morrow returned for his fifth season a head coach, having helmed the team from 1908 to 1911. Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 6–2 and outscored opponents by a total of 125 to 14.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4The Kiski SchoolWashington, PAW 23–0[2]
October 11Carnegie TechWashington, PAW 20–0[3]
October 18Westminster (PA)Washington, PAW 16–0[4]
October 25at Syracuse
W 13–08,500[5]
November 82:30 p.mat Pittsburgh
L 6–730,150[6]
November 15vs. Bethany (WV)Wheeling, WVW 14–0[7]
November 22West Virginia WesleyanWashington, PAW 33–0[8]
November 27at West Virginia
L 0–7[9]

References

  1. ^ "1919 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Kiski Gives W. & J. Stiff Opposition". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 5, 1919. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "W. & J. Wins From Carnegie, 20 to 0". New York Herald. October 12, 1919. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Westminster Makes Good Showing Against W. & J." New Castle Herald. October 20, 1919. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wash-Jeff Defeats Syracuse By Two Touchdowns". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 26, 1919. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Davis, Ralph S. (November 9, 1919). "Single Point Decides Game". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wash-Jeff Takes Stubborn Battle From Bethany, 14-0". Pittsburgh Daily Post. November 16, 1919 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Wash-Jeff Beats W. Va. Wesleyan by Score of 33 to 0". Pittsburgh Daily Post. November 23, 1919 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mountaineers' Aerial Attack Defeated the Wash.-Jeff. Players". Wheeling Intelligencer. November 28, 1919. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.