1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Field
1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Dartmouth   –   8 – 0 – 0
Fordham   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Colgate   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. 10 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 11 Lafayette   –   7 – 1 – 1
Springfield   –   6 – 1 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 2 – 0
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 1
  –   6 – 2 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 1
Bucknell   –   7 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   6 – 3 – 1
Muhlenberg   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 4 – 1
St. John's   –   3 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 7 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   1 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its eighth and final season under head coach David C. Morrow, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 50.[1] The team played its home games at College Field in Washington, Pennsylvania.

On October 17, 1925, during a game against Carnegie Tech, a large section of the old wooden stands at College Field collapsed 300 to 400 spectators into Chartiers Creek.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at GenevaBeaver Falls, PAW 19–13[3]
October 3Marietta
W 72–0[4]
October 10Waynesburg
W 40–6[5]
October 17Carnegie Tech
  • College Field
  • Washington, PA
T 0–012,000[2]
October 24vs. Lafayette
W 7–610,000[6]
October 31vs. Bethany (WV)Wheeling, WVW 20–0[7]
November 7at Pittsburgh
L 0–630,000[8]
November 14at Detroit
W 7–0[9]
November 26at West Virginia
L 0–1923,000[10]

References

  1. ^ "1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Accident Puts End To Battle: Washington & Jefferson and Carnegie Tech Were Waging Fierce Scrap When Stands Collapsed". The Pittsburgh Press. October 18, 1925 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Geneva Extends W. & J., Losing 20 to 12". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. September 27, 1925. p. III-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "W. & J. Amasses 72 Points". The Pittsburgh Press. October 4, 1925. p. Sporting 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Waynesburg Loses To W. & J., 40 to 6". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. October 11, 1925. p. III-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jack Farrell (October 25, 1925). "W. and J. Defeats Lafayette by 7 to 6". New York Daily News. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wash-Jeff Bumps Bethany, 20-0, With Rookie Backfield". The Pittsburgh Post. November 1, 1925. p. III-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Max E. Hannum (November 8, 1925). "Panthers Beat Wash-Jeff, 6-0". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Stanley L. Brink (November 15, 1925). "Fumble Gives Washington and Jefferson 7-0 Victory Over Detroit University". Detroit Free Press. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "West Virginia Wins Over Wash-Jeff, 19-0". The Pittsburgh Post. November 27, 1925. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.


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