1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
1919 record	8–2
Head coach	Mont McIntire (3rd season);
Captain	Ira Rodgers
	Seasons ← 1917 1920 →

The 1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented the West Virginia Mountaineers during the 1919 college football season. The Mountaineers completed the regular season with an 8–2 record.^[1]

As a senior, in 1919, Ira Rodgers had one of the greatest seasons of any player from WVU. Rodgers led the nation in scoring with 147 points on 19 touchdowns and 33 extra-point kicks. He also threw 11 touchdown passes, which was a rare feat for that era and a WVU record until 1949. Rodgers earned consensus All-American honors that season, the first All-American in WVU history.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 27	Marietta	WVU Athletic Field Morgantown, WV	W 61–0
October 4	Westminster (PA)	WVU Athletic Field Morgantown, WV	W 55–0
October 11	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–26
October 18	Maryland State	Morgantown, WV	W 27–0	^[2]
October 25	vs. Bethany (WV)	Wheeling, WV	W 60–0
November 1	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 25–0
November 8	vs. Centre	Charleston, WV	L 6–14
November 15	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 30–7
November 22	Ohio Wesleyan	WVU Athletic Field Morgantown, WV	W 55–0
November 27	Washington & Jefferson	WVU Athletic Field Morgantown, WV	W 7–0	^[3]

References[]

^ "1919 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".
^ "Mountaineers Have Easy Time With Maryland State". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 19, 1919. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mountaineers' Aerial Attack Defeated the Wash.-Jeff. Players". Wheeling Intelligencer. November 28, 1919. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "1919 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".

[2] "Mountaineers Have Easy Time With Maryland State". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 19, 1919. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Mountaineers' Aerial Attack Defeated the Wash.-Jeff. Players". Wheeling Intelligencer. November 28, 1919. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl (first college football game to be radio broadcasted) 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1919 Southern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Marshall		–		8	–	0	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Normal		–		4	–	0	–	0
Florida Southern		–		3	–	0	–	0
Phillips		–		10	–	0	–	1
Navy		–		7	–	1	–	0
West Virginia		–		8	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Normal		–		4	–	1	–	2
Presbyterian		–		4	–	3	–	2
North Texas State Normal		–		5	–	3	–	0
Birmingham–Southern		–		4	–	3	–	0
Southwest Texas State		–		4	–	4	–	0
Spring Hill		–		3	–	3	–	1
West Tennessee State Normal		–		3	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga		–		3	–	5	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial		–		2	–	4	–	2
Marion		–		3	–	6	–	0
Texas Mines		–		2	–	4	–	0
Delaware		–		2	–	5	–	1
Oglethorpe		–		2	–	6	–	1
Wake Forest		–		2	–	6	–	0