1895 Washington & Jefferson football team

1895 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
  • E. Gard Edwards (2nd season)
CaptainTony Frye[1]
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   14 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 1
  –   6 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   8 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 2
Army   –   5 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   8 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   6 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 6 – 1
Carlisle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Rhode Island   –   1 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 3
Cornell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 4 – 2
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   1 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1895 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1895 college football season. Led by E. Gard Edwards in his second and final year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 6–1–1.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28DenisonWashington, PAW 32–0[2]
October 5GenevaWashington, PAW 14–0[3]
October 193:20 p.m.at Pittsburgh Athletic Club
L 4–183,000[4][5]
October 26GettysburgWashington, PAW 42–0[6]
November 2Western University of PennsylvaniaWashington, PAW 28–0[7]
November 9KenyonWashington, PAW 8–0[8]
November 18Penn StateWashington, PAT 6–6[9]
November 23vs. West VirginiaWheeling, WVW 4–01,000[10]

References

  1. ^ "Amateur Sports". The Pittsburg Press. October 1, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "W. & J. All Right". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "W. & J. Victorious". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "The Local Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "The Rooters Were There". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Had An Easy Game". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 27, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Battles on the Gridiron". The Pittsburg Post. November 3, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Ohio Champions Downed". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "State And W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Only One Touchdown". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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