1873 Washington and Lee Generals football team

The 1873 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented the Washington and Lee University in the 1873 college football season, the school's first season of football. Their four-game season featured four wins over VMI including its earliest victory and the first game in the South, a 4–2 win.[1][2] The team has no known coach.

1873 Washington and Lee Generals football
ConferenceIndependent
1873 record1–0
Head coach
  • Unknown
1873 college football records
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Princeton      1 0 0
Harvard      1 0 1
Washington and Lee      4 0 0
Stevens      2 1 0
Yale      2 1 0
Columbia      2 1 0
Rutgers      1 2 0
McGill      0 1 1
Eton      0 1 0
CCNY      0 1 0
NYU      0 1 0
Princeton Seminary      0 1 0
VMI      0 4 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 2VMIW 4–2

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See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Melvin I. Smith. Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season. p. 62.
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