1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

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1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Yale     8 0 0
St. John's     5 0 1
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 0
Boston College     7 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Lafayette     6 1 2
Tufts     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Geneva     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 2 1
NYU     6 2 1
Penn State     6 2 1
Vermont     6 3 1
Brown     6 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Carnegie Tech     4 3 1
Penn     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Columbia     4 4 1
Duquesne     4 4 0
Princeton     3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Buffalo     2 5 1
Fordham     2 7 0
Boston University     1 6 0
Villanova     0 7 1
Temple     0 5 0
CCNY     0 7 0
Springfield     0 7 0

The 1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1923 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record. John Heisman was the head coach.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 21–0
October 6Washington and Lee
  • College Field
  • Washington, PA
Canceled[2][3]
October 13BrownWashington, PAW 12–7[4]
October 20Carnegie TechWashington, PAW 9–7
October 27at DetroitW 6–0[5]
November 3vs. LafayetteT 6–6
November 10WaynesburgWashington, PAW 40–0
November 17at PittsburghL 6–1331,000[6][7][8]
November 29at West VirginiaMorgantown, WVW 7–2

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Washington and Lee refuses to play W.J. with negro in lineup". The Gazette Times. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Generals of Virginia balk against playing with negro". The Roanoke Times. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wash-Jeff Given Hard Tussle By Brown But Wins, 12-7". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1923. p. 5, section 3. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Lloyd Northard (October 28, 1923). "Blocked Kick Leads To Defeat of University of Detroit: Blocked Punt by Berrehsen Decides Game". Detroit Free Press. pp. 21–22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. ^ Smith, Chester L. (November 18, 1923). "Presidents Trounced in Annual Struggle: Jakie Bohren is Star". The Gazette Times. p. III-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Pitt – W. & J. Detail". The Pittsburgh Press. November 18, 1923. p. Sporting 2 – via Newspapers.com.