1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
1923 record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainFred "Jack" Simons
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tennessee Docs   –   6 – 0 – 2
VMI   –   9 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   7 – 1 – 1
Loyola (LA)   –   5 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 1 – 3
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   4 – 1 – 0
Quantico Marines   –   7 – 2 – 1
Wake Forest   –   6 – 3 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   6 – 3 – 0
William & Mary   –   6 – 3 – 0
Louisville   –   5 – 3 – 0
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 1
Trinity (NC)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Western Kentucky State Normal   –   5 – 4 – 0
Union (TN)   –   4 – 4 – 1
Catholic University   –   4 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Normal   –   3 – 3 – 0
Texas Mines   –   3 – 4 – 0
Richmond   –   3 – 5 – 0
Georgetown   –   3 – 6 – 0
East Tennessee State Normal   –   3 – 6 – 0
Davidson   –   3 – 7 – 0
George Washington   –   2 – 8 – 0
Birmingham–Southern   –   1 – 5 – 2
Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Spring Hill   –   1 – 7 – 0

The 1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its third season under head coach Clarence Spears, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 297 to 41.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24vs. West Virginia WesleyanFairmont, WVW 21–7
October 6AlleghenyMorgantown, WVW 28–0
October 13at Pittsburgh
W 13–730,000[3]
October 20MarshallMorgantown, WV (rivalry)W 81–0
October 27vs. Penn State
T 13–1350,000
November 6at Rutgers
W 27–7
November 10vs. Washington and LeeCharleston, WVW 63–0
November 17Saint LouisMorgantown, WVW 48–05,000[4]
November 29Washington & JeffersonMorgantown, WVL 2–7

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
  2. ^ "1923 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "West Virginia Beats Billiken Eleven, 48 To 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 17, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
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