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1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons← 19241926 →
1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Dartmouth     8 0 0
Fordham     9 1 0
No. 4 Colgate     7 0 2
No. 10 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
No. 11 Lafayette     7 1 1
Springfield     6 1 1
Princeton     5 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Penn     7 2 0
Army     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
NYU     6 2 1
Villanova     6 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 1
Carnegie Tech     5 2 1
Yale     5 2 1
Bucknell     7 3 1
Columbia     6 3 1
Muhlenberg     6 3 1
Temple     5 2 2
Harvard     4 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     5 4 0
Brown     5 4 1
Penn State     4 4 1
Buffalo     3 4 1
St. John's     3 4 0
Lehigh     3 5 1
Vermont     3 6 0
CCNY     2 5 0
Providence     2 7 0
Rutgers     2 7 0
Boston University     1 5 0
Manhattan     1 6 1
Tufts     1 6 0
Drexel     1 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its eighth and final season under head coach David C. Morrow, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 50. The team played its home games at College Field in Washington, Pennsylvania.

On October 17, 1925, during a game against Carnegie Tech, a large section of the old wooden stands at College Field collapsed 300 to 400 spectators into Chartiers Creek.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at GenevaBeaver Falls, PAW 19–13
October 3MariettaW 72–0
October 10WaynesburgW 40–6
October 17Carnegie Tech
  • College Field
  • Washington, PA
T 0–012,000
October 24vs. LafayetteW 7–610,000
October 31vs. Bethany (WV)Wheeling, WVW 20–0
November 7at PittsburghL 0–630,000
November 14at DetroitW 7–0
November 26at West VirginiaL 0–1923,000

References

  1. "1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Accident Puts End To Battle: Washington & Jefferson and Carnegie Tech Were Waging Fierce Scrap When Stands Collapsed". The Pittsburgh Press. October 18, 1925 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Geneva Extends W. & J., Losing 20 to 12". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. September 27, 1925. p. III-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "W. & J. Amasses 72 Points". The Pittsburgh Press. October 4, 1925. p. Sporting 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Waynesburg Loses To W. & J., 40 to 6". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. October 11, 1925. p. III-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Jack Farrell (October 25, 1925). "W. and J. Defeats Lafayette by 7 to 6". New York Daily News. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Wash-Jeff Bumps Bethany, 20-0, With Rookie Backfield". The Pittsburgh Post. November 1, 1925. p. III-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Max E. Hannum (November 8, 1925). "Panthers Beat Wash-Jeff, 6-0". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Stanley L. Brink (November 15, 1925). "Fumble Gives Washington and Jefferson 7-0 Victory Over Detroit University". Detroit Free Press. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "West Virginia Wins Over Wash-Jeff, 19-0". The Pittsburgh Post. November 27, 1925. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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