1916 Geneva Covenanters football team

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1916 Geneva Covenanters football
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1916 record2–5–2
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 2
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Carlisle   –   1 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 9 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1916 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by C. Brainerd Metheny in his fourth and final year ad head coach, the team compiled a record of 2–5–2.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAL 0–53[1]
October 7St. BonaventureBeaver Falls, PAL 7–9[2]
October 14AlleghenyBeaver Falls, PAL 0–6[3]
October 21ThielBeaver Falls, PAT 0–0[4]
October 28BuffaloBeaver Falls, PAW 7–0[5]
November 4at Penn State
L 0–79[6]
November 11Westminster (PA)Beaver Falls, PAT 14–14[7]
November 18at Grove CityGrove City, PAL 0–31[8]
November 25Bethany (WV)Beaver Falls, PAW 7–0[9]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Washington And Jefferson Swamps Geneva Team, 53-0". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 1, 1916. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. ^ "Geneva Is Beaten". Pittsburgh Daily Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1916. p. 20. Retrieved March 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "Allegheny College Take Close Game Over Geneva, 6-0". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 15, 1916. p. 19. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Thiel And Geneva Battle In Scoreless Tie Game". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1916. p. 19. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Geneva Defeats Buffalo". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1916. p. 21. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "Penn State Smothers Kidlets From Geneva". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1916. p. 16. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ "Westminster And Geneva In Draw". New Castle News. New Castle, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. ^ "Grove City Too Strong For Geneva". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1916. p. 24. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. ^ "Geneva Downs Bethany, 7 To 0, In Fast Game". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1916. p. 18. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. ^ "Geneva Football Record Book" (PDF). Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Geneva College. 2021. p. 4. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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