1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

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.

1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
1925 record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Field
1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dartmouth      8 0 0
Fordham      9 1 0
Colgate      7 0 2
Pittsburgh      8 1 0
Syracuse      8 1 1
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
Washington & Jefferson      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
St. John's      3 4 0
Lehigh      3 5 1
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

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 10Waynesburg
W 40–6[4]
October 17Carnegie Tech
  • College Field
  • Washington, PA
T 0–012,000[2]
October 24vs. LafayetteW 7–610,000[5]
October 31at Bethany (WV)Wheeling, WVW 20–0[6]
November 7at PittsburghL 0–630,000[7]
November 14at DetroitW 7–0[8]
November 26at West VirginiaL 0–1923,000[9]

References

  1. "1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  2. "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. "Waynesburg Loses To W. & J., 40 to 6". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. October 11, 1925. p. III-10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Jack Farrell (October 25, 1925). "W. and J. Defeats Lafayette by 7 to 6". New York Daily News. p. 59 via Newspapers.com.}
  6. "Wash-Jeff Bumps Bethany, 20-0, With Rookie Backfield". The Pittsburgh Post. November 1, 1925. p. III-4 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Max E. Hannum (November 8, 1925). "Panthers Beat Wash-Jeff, 6-0". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 via Newspapers.com.
  8. 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.
  9. "West Virginia Wins Over Wash-Jeff, 19-0". The Pittsburgh Post. November 27, 1925. p. Sporting 1 via Newspapers.com.


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