1919 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

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1919 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
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[edit]

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 SyracuseW 13–08,500[5]
November 82:30 p.mat PittsburghL 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[edit]

  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.