1897 Washington & Jefferson football team

The 1897 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by Clinton Woods in his second and final year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 10–1, shutting out their opponents in all ten victories.[1][2]

1897 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record10–1
Head coach
CaptainFlowers
Home stadiumCollege Park
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn    15 0 0
Princeton    10 1 0
Washington & Jefferson    10 1 0
Yale    9 0 2
Buffalo    9 1 0
Harvard    10 1 1
Army    6 1 1
Vermont    3 0 2
Lafayette    9 2 1
Drexel    6 2 1
Colgate    5 2 1
Dickinson    7 3 2
Swarthmore    7 3 2
Fordham    2 1 1
Cornell    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 1
Brown    7 4 0
Carlisle    6 4 0
Boston College    4 3 0
Holy Cross    4 3 1
Bucknell    3 3 1
NYU    3 3 0
Temple    3 3 0
Trinity (CT)    4 4 1
Wesleyan    6 6 0
Tufts    6 7 0
Geneva    3 4 1
Pittsburgh College    2 3 1
Villanova    3 5 1
Penn State    3 6 0
Amherst    2 6 2
Frankin & Marshall    2 6 2
Lehigh    3 7 0
New Hampshire    2 5 0
Rutgers    2 6 0
Western Univ. Penn.    1 3 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 56–0[3]
September 293:47 p.m.at PennL 4–181,000[4][5]
October 2Geneva
W 12–0850[6][7]
October 9Westminster (PA)
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 16–0750[8]
October 16Pittsburgh College
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 24–0400[9][10]
October 23West Virginia
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 12–01,200[11][12]
October 30at Pittsburgh Athletic Club
W 18–04,000[13]
November 6Pittsburgh College
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 36–0[14][15]
November 13Western Reserve
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 6–0600[16]
November 18WaynesburgWashington, PAW 22–0[17]
November 25at Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
W 14–015,000–20,000[18][19][20][21]

References

  1. "Football At W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 20, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  2. "Football Kickers Go Into Retirement". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  3. "Bethany Did Not Score". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  4. "Our Quaker Kickers Encounter A Tartar". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  5. "Penn Caught A Lively Tartar". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com .
  6. "Football In The Colleges". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  7. "A Fierce Fight". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1897. p. 13. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  8. "On Good Behavior". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  9. "Great Work Against W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  10. "Lacked The Weight". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  11. "W. & J. Players Are Jubilant". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  12. "After The Championship". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  13. "P. A. C.'s Record No Longer Clean". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  14. "W. & J. Increase Their Score". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  15. "Easy For Wash.-Jeff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  16. "Had To Work To Win". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  17. "Shouted After The First Half". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  18. "Pittsburg Supplied Plenty Of People". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  19. "Pittsburg Supplied Plenty Of People (continued)". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  20. "Wash.-Jeff. Wins". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  21. "Wash.-Jeff. Wins (continued)". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved September 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
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