1914 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team

1914 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
1914 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 0 – 2
  –   10 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   8 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 2 – 2
Fordham   –   6 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   5 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 2
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 3 – 3
Carlisle   –   5 – 10 – 1
Holy Cross   –   2 – 5 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 1
New Hampshire   –   1 – 6 – 2
Duquesne   –   1 – 5 – 0

The 1914 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1914 college football season. Led by third-year head Bob Folwell, Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 10–1.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Mount UnionWashington, PAW 26–2[2]
October 3DickinsonWashington, PAW 105–0[3]
October 10HarvardL 9–10[4]
October 17Westminster (PA)Washington, PAW 28–0[5]
October 24at YaleW 13–7[6]
October 31West VirginiaWashington, PAW 48–0[7]
November 72:30 p.m.at PittsburghW 13–1030,000[8]
November 14vs. West Virginia WesleyanWheeling, WVW 59–6[9]
November 21Georgetown
W 14–6[10]
November 26BucknellWashington, PAW 34–0[11]
November 28vs. RutgersW 20–13[12]

References

  1. ^ "1914 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "W. & J. Scared By Mt. Union". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1914. p. 33. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "W. & J. Make Century Score". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1914. p. 33. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Harvard Wins By A Point, 10-9". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Wash-Jeff Land One More Game". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1914. p. 23. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Wash-Jeff Defeats Yale". The Pittsburg Press. October 25, 1914. p. Sport 2.
  7. ^ "West Virginias Lose To Wash-Jeff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1914. p. 20. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Conquerors of Pitt Win Close Game by a Fumble". The Pittsburg Press. November 8, 1914. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "W. Va. Wesleyan Easy Picking for W. & J." The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Georgetown Makes Good Showing Against W. and J., but Loses, 14 to 6". The Washington Post. November 22, 1914. p. Sport 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "W. & J. Eleven Victorious Over Bucknell". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "W. & J. Fighters Defeat Rutgers Gridders". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1914. p. 18. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.