1900 Washington & Jefferson football team

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1900 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
  • J.R Beardsley (1st season)
CaptainA. L. Phillips
Home stadiumCollege Park
Seasons
← 1899
1901 →
1900 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     12 0 0
Penn     12 1 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Cornell     10 2 0
Geneva     5 1 1
Lafayette     9 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 1
Princeton     8 3 0
Drexel     5 2 0
Fordham     3 1 1
Army     7 3 1
Brown     7 3 1
Columbia     7 3 1
Villanova     5 2 2
Washington & Jefferson     6 3 1
Swarthmore     6 3 2
Holy Cross     5 3 1
Carlisle     6 4 1
Buffalo     3 2 2
Dickinson     5 4 0
Western Univ. of Penn     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Pittsburgh College     3 3 1
Rutgers     4 4 0
Vermont     4 4 1
Lehigh     5 6 0
Frankin & Marshall     4 5 0
Temple     3 4 1
Penn State     4 6 1
Amherst     4 7 1
Dartmouth     2 4 2
NYU     3 6 1
Tufts     3 6 1
Wesleyan     3 6 1
New Hampshire     1 5 1
Colgate     2 8 0
CCNY     0 1 0

The 1900 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1900 college football season. Led by J.R Beardsley in his first and only year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 6–3–1. Beardsley was a graduate of Princeton University and played on the 1899 Princeton Tigers football team.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22WaynesburgW 11–01,000[3]
September 29Bethany (WV)
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 10–0[4]
October 6Westminster (PA)
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 16–0[5]
October 13at Cornell
L 5–16[6]
October 20Western Reserve
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 5–0[7]
November 32:45 p.m.at NavyL 0–18[8]
November 102:30 p.m.OhioWashington, PAW 49–0[9][10][11]
November 17West Virginia
  • College Park
  • Washington, PA
W 0–36[12]
November 24vs. CarlisleT 5–5[13]
December 1at Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
  • Exposition Park
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 2–103,000–4,000[14][15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "W. & J.'s Football Coach". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. July 19, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College 1802 - 1945. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George H. Buchanan and Company. 1945. p. 36. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Clark Family Library Digital Archives.
  3. ^ "W. & J. Defeats Waynesburg". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Bethany Gave W. & J. A Shock". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "W. & J. Played In Improved Form". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 7, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Cornell Given Stubborn Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1900. p. 13. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Gessler The Hero". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "W. & J. Had One Chance". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 4, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Untitled". The Daily Notes. Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1900. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Time Short, Score Big". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Lost All Memory From Blow On Head". The Baltimore Sun. November 13, 1900. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Practice For W. & J." The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1900. p. 15. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Wash-Jeff Played Carlisle Indians to a Standstill". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 25, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "W. & J. No Match For Duquesne Stars". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. December 2, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Final Football Game". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. December 3, 1900. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.