1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 0 – 0
St. John's   –   5 – 0 – 1
Dartmouth   –   8 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 1 – 1
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
  –   6 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Army   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
NYU   –   6 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   6 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Duquesne   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   3 – 3 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   2 – 7 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 7 – 1
Temple   –   0 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 7 – 0
Springfield   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1923 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record. John Heisman was the head coach.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 21–0
October 6Washington and Lee
  • College Field
  • Washington, PA
Canceled[2][3]
October 13BrownWashington, PAW 12–7[4]
October 20Carnegie TechWashington, PAW 9–7
October 27at Detroit
W 6–0[5]
November 3vs. Lafayette
T 6–6
November 10WaynesburgWashington, PAW 40–0
November 17at Pittsburgh
L 6–1331,000[6][7][8]
November 29at West VirginiaMorgantown, WVW 7–2Athletic Field[9]

References

  1. ^ "1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Washington and Lee refuses to play W.J. with negro in lineup". The Gazette Times. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Generals of Virginia balk against playing with negro". The Roanoke Times. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wash-Jeff Given Hard Tussle By Brown But Wins, 12-7". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1923. p. 5, section 3. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Lloyd Northard (October 28, 1923). "Blocked Kick Leads To Defeat of University of Detroit: Blocked Punt by Berrehsen Decides Game". Detroit Free Press. pp. 21–22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. ^ Smith, Chester L. (November 18, 1923). "Presidents Trounced in Annual Struggle: Jakie Bohren is Star". The Gazette Times. p. III-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Pitt – W. & J. Detail". The Pittsburgh Press. November 18, 1923. p. Sporting 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Presidents master mighty Spearsmen". The Roanoke Times. November 30, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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