1873 Washington and Lee Generals football team

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1873 Washington and Lee Generals football
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1873 record1–0
Head coach
  • Unknown
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1873 college football records
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Princeton   –   1 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 0 – 1
Washington and Lee   –   4 – 0 – 0
Stevens   –   3 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 0
McGill   –   0 – 1 – 1
Eton   –   0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0
New Jersey AC   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 1 – 0
Princeton Seminary   –   0 – 1 – 0
VMI   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1873 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented the Washington and Lee University in the 1873 college football season, the school's first season of football. Their four-game season featured four wins over VMI including its earliest victory and the first game in the South, a 4–2 win.[1][2] The team has no known coach.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 2VMI
W 4–2

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See also[]

  • List of the first college football game in each US state

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Melvin I. Smith (2008). Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season. p. 62. ISBN 9781434362476.
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