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1923 St. John's Red and White football
1923 St. John's Red and White football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–0–1
Head coach	Ray Lynch (1st season);
Captain	Leo Prendergast
Home stadium	Ebbets Field
	Seasons ← 1922 1924 →

1923 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Cornell		–		8	–	0	–	0
Yale		–		8	–	0	–	0
St. John's		–		5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth		–		8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	1	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers		–		7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross		–		8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette		–		6	–	1	–	2
Tufts		–		6	–	2	–	0
Army		–		6	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		6	–	2	–	1
Geneva		–		6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh		–		6	–	2	–	1
NYU		–		6	–	2	–	1
Penn State		–		6	–	2	–	1
Vermont		–		6	–	3	–	1
Brown		–		6	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		4	–	3	–	1
Penn		–		5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		4	–	4	–	1
Columbia		–		4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne		–		4	–	4	–	0
Princeton		–		3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		3	–	5	–	1
Drexel		–		2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	5	–	1
Fordham		–		2	–	7	–	0
Boston University		–		1	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		0	–	7	–	1
Temple		–		0	–	5	–	0
CCNY		–		0	–	7	–	0
Springfield		–		0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 St. John's Red and White football team was an American football team that represented St. John's College of New York City as an independent during the 1923 college football season. The team compiled a 5–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 32.^[1] The 1923 season marked a return to intercollegiate football for St. John's after an absence of 16 years.^[2]

Ray Lynch was the head coach, and Lieutenant J. V. Domminey of West Point was assistant coach. The team was assembled on September 6 and trained for the following month before the first game on October 6.^[3]^[4]

Right end Leo Prendergast was the team captain.^[5]

The team played its home games at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	at Stevens Tech	Castle Point Field Hoboken, NJ	W 30–12	^[2]
October 12	at Cooper Union	Ebbetts Field Brooklyn, NY	W 19–0	^[6]
October 27	at Fordham	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 13–0	^[7]^[8]
November 3	Springfield	Ebbetts Field Brooklyn, NY	W 20–7	^[9]^[10]^[11]
November 10	Niagara	Ebbetts Field Brooklyn, NY	W 23–7	^[12]^[13]
November 17	Providence College	Ebbetts Field Brooklyn, NY	T 6–6	^[14]

Players

Wally Kamian, end
Jimmy Kennedy, left halfback, 180 pounds, 5'10", 22 years old, Exeter
Walter Matthews, right halfback, 170 pounds, 5'8", 21 years old, Lewiston, Maine
L. McRady, left tackle, 200 pounds, 6'3", 19 years old, Sapulpa
Frank Mottey,^[15] left guard, 205 pounds, 6'1", 18 years old, Loretta, Pennsylvania
Con O'Brien, right tackle, 205 pounds, 6'3", 22 years old, Boston
Ted Plumridge, center, 205 pounds, 6'2", 22 years old, Marquand
Leo Prendergast, right end, 195 pounds, 5'9-1/2", 22 years old, Kiski
Dewey Price, left end, 175 pounds, 5'7-1/2", 21 years old, Sapulpa
Rex Thomas, quarterback, 170 pounds, 5'11", 21 years old, Sapulpa
Russ Warren, right guard, 190 pounds, 5'11", 21 years old, Manual
Phil Weiss, fullback, 180 pounds, 5'11", 20 years old, Fordham Prep