1897 Washington & Jefferson football team

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1897 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record10–1
Head coach
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Home stadiumCollege Park
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1897 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   15 – 0 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 2
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

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]

Schedule[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Football At W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 20, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. ^ "Football Kickers Go Into Retirement". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "Bethany Did Not Score". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Our Quaker Kickers Encounter A Tartar". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Football In The Colleges". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "A Fierce Fight". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1897. p. 13. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ "On Good Behavior". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. ^ "Great Work Against W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. ^ "Lacked The Weight". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. ^ "W. & J. Players Are Jubilant". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. ^ "After The Championship". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. ^ "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 open access.
  13. ^ "W. & J. Increase Their Score". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  14. ^ "Easy For Wash.-Jeff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  15. ^ "Had To Work To Win". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1897. p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  16. ^ "Shouted After The First Half". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  17. ^ "Pittsburg Supplied Plenty Of People". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  18. ^ "Pittsburg Supplied Plenty Of People (continued)". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  19. ^ "Wash.-Jeff. Wins". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  20. ^ "Wash.-Jeff. Wins (continued)". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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