1915 Franklin & Marshall football team

1915 Franklin & Marshall football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumWilliamson Field
1915 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 1 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   9 – 1 – 2
Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
  –   6 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   6 – 3 – 0
Allegheny   –   5 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Fordham   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 1
Middlebury   –   3 – 4 – 2
Muhlenberg   –   4 – 5 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 2
WPI   –   3 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 2
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 5 – 0
New Hampshire   –   3 – 6 – 1
Gettysburg   –   3 – 6 – 0
Rochester   –   3 – 6 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 6 – 3
Vermont   –   1 – 4 – 2
Williams   –   1 – 7 – 0

The 1915 Franklin & Marshall football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College during the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 188 to 43.[1] John M. Reed was the head coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at PennL 6–10[2][3]
October 9St. John's (MD)
W 48–0
October 16Dickinson
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 19–0
October 23at Swarthmore
W 21–7[4]
October 30Susquehanna
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 53–0[5]
November 6Haverford
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 13–0[6]
November 13Ursinus
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 20–13[7]
November 25Gettysburg
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
L 8–135,000–6,000[8]

References

  1. ^ "Franklin & Marshall Game by Game Results" (PDF). Franklin & Marshall University. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Franklin & Marshall's Defeat Was Virtually a Victory". The New Era. October 4, 1915. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "F. and M. Makes Old Penn Hustle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1915. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "F. & M. Tears Through Swarthmore and Defeats Quaker Eleven, 21 to 7". The Lancaster News Journal. October 25, 1915. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "F. & M.'s Scoring Machine Passes Two Century Mark". The Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. November 1, 1915. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "A Grand Foot Ball Exhibition Given on Williamson Field". The New Era. November 8, 1915. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "F. & M. Arises to Emergency, beats Ursinus in Tough Game". The Lancaster News Journal. November 15, 1915. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Gettysburg Won Thanksgiving Game by 13 to 8 Score". The Lancaster Examiner. November 27, 1915. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.