1891 Washington & Jefferson football team

1891 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
  • R. LeBlanc Lynch (2nd season)
Home stadiumCollege Park
1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   13 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   11 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 1 – 0
Army   –   4 – 1 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
  –   4 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   8 – 6 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 6 – 0
Springfield YMCA   –   5 – 8 – 1
Fordham   –   1 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   2 – 6 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 9 – 1
NYU   –   1 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 0
Wesleyan   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1891 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1891 college football season. Led by R. LeBlanc Lynch in his second and final year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 4–2.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10Western University of Pennsylvania
W 40–6[1][2]
October 24Geneva
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 26–8[3][4]
October 31at East End Gymnastic Club
L 0–14500[5]
November 14at Allegheny Athletic Association
L 4–8600[6][7]
November 21Western University of Pennsylvania Medical
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 50–0[8]
November 28at West Virginia
W 72–0250

References

  1. ^ "The Varsity Preps Used Up". Pittsburgh Press. October 11, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "The First of the Season". The Washington Observer. Washington, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1891. p. 1.
  3. ^ "An Unbroken Record". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "One for the Washingtons". Pittsburgh Dispatch. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "It Was Too Rough". Pittsburgh Dispatch. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Won A Good Victory". Pittsburgh Dispatch. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ PFRA Research. "Up the P.A.C.: The 3A's are Challenged: 1891" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "The Med Badly Beaten". Pittsburgh Dispatch. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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