1923 Saint Louis Billikens football team

The 1923 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University of Missouri during the 1923 college football season. Under the coaching of Dan J. Savage, the Billikens compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored their opponents, 150 to 97. Notable games included a scoreless tie with the Ole Miss, a 40–0 loss to West Virginia, and a 13–0 loss to Notre Dame.

1923 Saint Louis Billikens football
ConferenceIndependent
1923 record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainQuirk (right guard)
Home stadiumSportsman's Park
1923 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Marquette      8 0 0
Notre Dame      9 1 0
Western State (MI)      6 1 1
Haskell      11 2 1
Butler      7 2 0
Central Michigan      5 1 2
Baldwin–Wallace      5 2 1
Cincinnati      6 3 0
Loyola (IL)      5 3 0
Saint Louis      5 3 1
Detroit      4 3 2
Wabash      4 3 2
John Carroll      4 4 1
Valparaiso      2 2 1
Dayton      4 5 0
Michigan Agricultural      3 5 0
Fairmount      2 4 2
Kent State      0 5 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Cape Girardeau NormalSt. Louis, MOW 27–0[1]
October 6First District A&MHigh School FieldW 39–0[2][3]
October 13Illinois CollegeSt. Louis, MOL 32–73,000[4][5]
October 20MissouriSt. Louis, MOT 0–010,000[6]
October 27Ole MissSt. Louis, MOW 28–3[7]
November 3at St. XavierCincinnati, OHL 10–20[8][9][10][11]
November 10Loyola (IL)
W 14–65,000[12][13]
November 17at West VirginiaMorgantown, WVL 0–485,000[14][15][16]
November 29Notre Dame
  • Sportsman's Park
  • St. Louis, MO
L 0–139,333[17][18]

Freshman team schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 10Scott FieldW 7–6[19][20]

References

  1. "FOOTBALL RESULTS Sep 29". Joplin Globe. 1923-09-30. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  2. "Football Results". The Times. 1923-10-07. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. "St. Louis Scores Six Touchdowns in Beating Arkansas Eleven, 39-0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-10-07. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  4. "Illinois College Surprises With Powerful Attack but Billikens Smash Through to 32 to 7 Victory". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-10-14. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  5. "BILLIKENS FIND ILLINOIS COLLEGE TOUGH FOE, BUT ST. LOUIS WINS, 32-7". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-10-14. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  6. "BILLIKENS BATTLE TIGERS TO TIE, 0-0". St. Joseph Gazette. 1923-10-21. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  7. "St. Louis University Easy Victor Over Mississippi". St. Joseph Gazette. 1923-10-28. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  8. "Loyola Gives St. L. U. Team A Hard Fight". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-11-11. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  9. "West Virginia Could Defeat Billikens 89 Points, the Dope Says". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-11-11. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  10. "FOOTBALL RESULTS Nov 4". St. Joseph Gazette. 1923-11-04. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  11. "Intercepted Forward Pass Beats St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-11-04. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  12. "St. Louis U. Triumphs Over Loyola, 14 to 6". St. Joseph Gazette. 1923-11-11. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  13. "Loyola Gives St. L. U. Team A Hard Fight". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-11-11. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  14. "Football Scores Nov 17". The Springfield News-Leader. 1923-11-18. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  15. "WEST VIRGINIA DEFEATS BILLIKENS, 48 TO 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-11-17. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  16. "WEST VIRGINIA BEATS BILLIKEN ELEVEN, 48 TO 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-11-17. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  17. "Rockne Crew Scores Only Twice on Grid Almost Under Water". The St. Louis Star and Times. 1923-11-30. p. 19. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  18. "Billikens' Great Defense Holds Notre Dame's Wonder Eleven to Two Touchdowns on Muddy Field". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1923-11-30. p. 43. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  19. "Y. M. H. A GRID TEAM TO PLAY SCOTT FIELD". The St. Louis Star and Times. 1923-11-15. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  20. "St. Louis U frosh DEFEAT SCOTT FIELD". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1923-11-11. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
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