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1914 Washington and Lee Generals football team

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1914 Washington and Lee Generals football
SAIAA co-champion
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record9–0 (3–0 SAIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumWilson Field
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington and Lee + 3 0 0 9 0 0
Virginia + 3 0 0 8 1 0
North Carolina 1 1 0 10 1 0
VPI 1 1 0 6 2 1
Georgetown 0 1 1 2 4 2
North Carolina A&M 0 2 1 3 3 1
St. John's (MD) 0 1 0 0 1 0
Johns Hopkins 0 1 0 0 2 0
Richmond 0 2 0 5 4 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1914 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented Washington and Lee University during the 1914 college football season. The Generals competed in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) and were coached by Jogger Elcock in his first year as head coach, compiling an undefeated, 9–0 record (3–0 SAIAA) and winning the SAIAA title.[1] The team outscored its opponents 324 to 12.

Tackle Ted Shultz was selected an All-American by the Philadelphia Public Ledger. College Football Hall of Fame inductee Harry "Cy" Young was in the backfield. Edward Donahue was later a coach.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26Marshall*
W 34–0
October 3Morris Harvey*
  • Wilson Field
  • Lexington, VA
W 103–0
October 10Roanoke*
  • Wilson Field
  • Lexington, VA
W 69–0
October 17at Georgetown
W 14–0
October 24Wake Forest*
  • Wilson Field
  • Lexington, VA
W 72–0
October 313:00 p.m.[2]vs. VPI
W 7–65,000[3]
November 7Swarthmore*Lynchburg, VAW 10–0
November 14vs. West Virginia*Charleston, WVW 8–6
November 26vs. North Carolina A&MNorfolk, VAW 7–0
  • *Non-conference game

[4]

References

  1. ^ Conference Champions of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association,College Football Data Warehouse
  2. ^ a b "College Athletes Take The Town for One Today". The World News. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  3. ^ "V.P.I. is First Squad to Score on Generals". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1914. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "1914 Washington & Lee Generals Schedule and Results". Retrieved February 22, 2015.