1915 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1915 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
1915 record5–1–1
Head coach
CaptainCarl P. Leatherwood
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech     7 0 1
Ouachita Baptist     7 1 0
Dallas     6 1 0
Spring Hill     6 1 0
North Texas State Normal     5 1 1
West Virginia     5 1 1
First District     4 1 1
Johns Hopkins     6 2 0
VMI     6 2 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     5 2 1
Delaware     6 3 0
Maryland     6 3 0
Louisiana Normal College     4 2 0
Southwest Texas State     5 3 2
Davidson     4 3 1
Mississippi Normal     4 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     4 3 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     3 3 1
Presbyterian     4 4 0
Henderson-Brown     3 4 1
TCU     4 5 0
Wake Forest     3 4 0
Navy     3 5 1
Western Kentucky State Normal     1 4 2
Louisville     1 5 1
Marshall     1 7 0

The 1915 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Sol Metzger, the team compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 208 to 19.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at PennL 0–7
October 2Washington & JeffersonMorgantown, WVT 6–6[3]
October 16GenevaMorgantown, WVW 33–0
November 6at MarshallHuntington, WV (rivalry)W 92–6
November 13VPIMorgantown, WV (rivalry)W 19–0
November 19vs. MariettaParkersburg, WVW 28–0
November 25vs. West Virginia WesleyanFairmont, WVW 30–0

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
  2. ^ "1915 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "Wash-Jeff Eleven Held By West Virginia". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1915. p. 37. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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