1897 Washington & Jefferson football team

1897 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn H. Flowers
Home stadiumCollege Park
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   15 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 0
  –   10 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 2
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 1
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 0 – 2
Lafayette   –   9 – 2 – 1
Drexel   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Dickinson   –   7 – 3 – 2
Swarthmore   –   7 – 3 – 2
Fordham   –   2 – 1 – 1
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
Wesleyan   –   8 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 3 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   6 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 5 – 2
Villanova   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Amherst   –   2 – 6 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 2
Lehigh   –   3 – 7 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 3 – 0

The 1897 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by Clinton Wood in his second and final year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 10–1, shutting out their opponents in all ten victories.[1][2] Quarterback John H. Flowers was the team captain.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 56–0[4]
September 293:47 p.m.at Penn
L 4–181,000[5][6]
October 2Geneva
W 12–0850[7][8]
October 9Westminster (PA)
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 16–0750[9]
October 16Pittsburgh College
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 24–0400[10][11]
October 23West Virginia
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 12–01,200[12][13]
October 30at Pittsburgh Athletic Club
W 18–04,000–5,500[14][15]
November 6Pittsburgh College
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 36–0[16][17]
November 13Western Reserve
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 6–0600[18]
November 18WaynesburgWashington, PAW 22–0[19]
November 25at Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
W 14–012,000–20,000[20][21][22][23]

References

  1. ^ "Football At W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 20, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Football Kickers Go Into Retirement". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Football". Pandora '99 (yearbook). Vol. XIV. Washington, PA: Junior Class of Washington and Jefferson College. 1898. p. 176.
  4. ^ "Bethany Did Not Score". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Our Quaker Kickers Encounter A Tartar". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Penn Caught A Lively Tartar". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Football In The Colleges". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "A Fierce Fight". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1897. p. 13. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "On Good Behavior". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Great Work Against W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Lacked The Weight". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "W. & J. Players Are Jubilant". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "After The Championship". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "P. A. C.'s Record No Longer Clean". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Red and Black Won". The Pittsburg Press. October 31, 1897. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "W. & J. Increase Their Score". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Easy For Wash.-Jeff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Had To Work To Win". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "Shouted After The First Half". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "Pittsburg Supplied Plenty Of People". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ^ "Pittsburg Supplied Plenty Of People (continued)". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  22. ^ "Wash.-Jeff. Wins". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  23. ^ "Wash.-Jeff. Wins (continued)". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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