1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented the West Virginia Mountaineers during the 1919 college football season. The Mountaineers completed the regular season with an 8–2 record.[1]

1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
1919 record8–2
Head coach
CaptainIra Rodgers
1919 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Marshall      8 0 0
Middle Tennessee      4 0 0
Florida Southern      3 0 0
Phillips      10 0 1
Navy      7 1 0
West Virginia      8 2 0
Presbyterian      4 3 2
Southwest Texas      4 4 0
Spring Hill      3 3 1
Chattanooga      3 5 1
Texas Mines      2 4 0
Delaware      2 5 1
Oglethorpe      2 6 1
Wake Forest      2 6 0

As a senior, in 1919, Ira Rodgers had one of the greatest seasons of any player from WVU. Rodgers led the nation in scoring with 147 points on 19 touchdowns and 33 extra-point kicks. He also threw 11 touchdown passes, which was a rare feat for that era and a WVU record until 1949. Rodgers earned consensus All-American honors that season, the first All-American in WVU history.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 27Marietta*W 61–0
October 4Westminster (PA)*
W 55–0
October 11at Pittsburgh*L 0–26
October 18at Maryland*College Park, MDW 27–0
October 25vs. Bethany (WV)*Wheeling, WVW 60–0
November 1at Princeton*W 25–0
November 8vs. Centre*Charleston, WVL 6–14
November 15at Rutgers*
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 30–7
November 22Ohio Wesleyan*
  • WVU Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 55–0
November 25Washington & Jefferson*
  • WVU Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 7–0
  • *Non-conference game

References

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