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1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
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.[1] 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.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at GenevaBeaver Falls, PAW 19–13[3]
October 10Waynesburg
W 40–6[4]
October 17Carnegie Tech
  • College Field
  • Washington, PA
T 0–012,000[2]
October 24vs. LafayetteW 7–610,000[5]
October 31at Bethany (WV)Wheeling, WVW 20–0[6]
November 7at PittsburghL 0–630,000[7]
November 14at DetroitW 7–0[8]
November 26at West VirginiaL 0–1923,000[9]

References

  1. ^ "1925 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Waynesburg Loses To W. & J., 40 to 6". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. October 11, 1925. p. III-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Jack Farrell (October 25, 1925). "W. and J. Defeats Lafayette by 7 to 6". New York Daily News. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.}
  6. ^ "Wash-Jeff Bumps Bethany, 20-0, With Rookie Backfield". The Pittsburgh Post. November 1, 1925. p. III-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Max E. Hannum (November 8, 1925). "Panthers Beat Wash-Jeff, 6-0". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "West Virginia Wins Over Wash-Jeff, 19-0". The Pittsburgh Post. November 27, 1925. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.