1896 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–1
Head coach
1896 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham    1 0 0
Lafayette    11 0 1
Princeton    10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson    8 0 1
Penn    14 1 0
Yale    13 1 0
Pittsburgh College    11 2 0
Buffalo    9 1 2
Villanova    10 4 0
Bucknell    5 2 1
Harvard    7 4 0
Boston College    5 3 0
Storrs    5 3 0
Cornell    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 2
Temple    3 2 0
Army    3 2 1
Rutgers    6 6 0
Carlisle    5 5 0
Holy Cross    2 2 2
Brown    4 5 1
Wesleyan    4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall    3 4 2
Geneva    3 4 0
Penn State    3 4 0
Colgate    3 4 1
Amherst    3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.    3 6 0
Lehigh    2 5 0
Tufts    2 6 1
Swarthmore    2 6 0
New Hampshire    1 4 0
Drexel    1 5 0
Massachusetts    0 4 0
Rhode Island    0 4 0

The 1896 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Clinton Woods, the team compiled a record of 8–0–1 and did not allow their opponents to score all season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 36–01,000[1]
October 34:05 p.m.Pittsburgh Athletic ClubWashington, PAT 0–0[2]
October 10at GenevaBeaver Falls, PAW 34–0[3]
October 17ThielWashington, PAW 54–0[4]
October 24OtterbeinWashington, PAW 16–0[5]
October 31at Pittsburgh Athletic Club
W 21–03,000[6][7]
November 7Allegheny Athletic Club[lower-alpha 1]Washington, PAW 17–0[8]
November 14at Western ReserveCleveland, OHW 8–0[10]
November 26at Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
W 4–012,000[11][12]

Notes

  1. This was a team of students from Pittsburgh-area seminaries,[8] not the professional Allegheny Athletic Association team that won both of its two games in 1896.[9]

References

  1. "W. And J. All Right". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1896. p. 20. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. "Neither Side Scored". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Skill Against Pluck". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "W. And J. Team In Good Form". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "W. And J.'s Team Work". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "East End's Cup Of Sorrow". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "P. A. C. Defeated". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. 1 2 "A Surprise for W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. PFRA Research. "Last Hurrah in Allegheny: The 3A's Exit in a Blaze of Glory: 1896" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  10. "College Contests". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. "Washington Wins". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. "Washington Wins (continued)". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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