1915 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team

1915 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Head coach
1915 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 0
  –   8 – 1 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   9 – 1 – 2
Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   6 – 3 – 0
Allegheny   –   5 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Fordham   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 1
Middlebury   –   3 – 4 – 2
Muhlenberg   –   4 – 5 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 2
WPI   –   3 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 2
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 5 – 0
New Hampshire   –   3 – 6 – 1
Gettysburg   –   3 – 6 – 0
Rochester   –   3 – 6 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 6 – 3
Vermont   –   1 – 4 – 2
Williams   –   1 – 7 – 0

The 1915 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1915 college football season. Led by Bob Folwell in his fourth and final year as head coach, Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 8–1–1.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25GenevaWashington, PAW 6–0[2]
October 2at West VirginiaMorgantown, WVT 6–6[3]
October 9LafayetteWashington, PAW 17–06,000[4]
October 16Westminster (PA)Washington, PAW 34–0[5]
October 23at YaleW 16–7[6]
October 30MuskingumWashington, PAW 41–7[7]
November 62:30 p.m.at PittsburghL 0–1933,000–40,000[8][9]
November 13vs. West Virginia WesleyanClarksburg, WVW 7–3[10]
November 20Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 59–0[11]
November 25LehighWashington, PAW 27–3[12]

References

  1. ^ "1915 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Wash-Jeff Scores Once On Geneva". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 icon.
  4. ^ "Lafayette Is Beaten By Wash-Jeff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Westminster No Match For Red And Black". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1915. p. 24. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Yale Beaten Again: Brilliant Passes Work Yale's Defeat". The Hartford Courant. October 24, 1915. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "W. J. Has Little Difficulty Defeating Muskingum, 41-7". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1915. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Crowd at Big Game Sets New Records". The Pittsburg Press. November 7, 1915. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Guy, Richard (November 8, 1915). "Local Eleven Has Necessary Strength". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wash-Jeff Held To 7-3 Score By West Virginia Wesleyan". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1918. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Folwell's Crew Flogs Bethany". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1915. p. 38. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "W. & J. Outclasses Husky Lehigh, 27-3". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1915. p. 16. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.