1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1–1
Head coach	John Heisman (1st season)

1923 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
St. John's			–					5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					6	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	7	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	7	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Springfield			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1923 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record. John Heisman was the head coach.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Bethany (WV)	Washington, PA	W 21–0
October 6	Washington and Lee	College Field Washington, PA	Canceled		[2][3]
October 13	Brown	Washington, PA	W 12–7		[4]
October 20	Carnegie Tech	Washington, PA	W 9–7
October 27	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 6–0		[5]
November 3	vs. Lafayette	Polo Grounds New York, NY	T 6–6
November 10	Waynesburg	Washington, PA	W 40–0
November 17	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–13	31,000	[6][7][8]
November 29	at West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	W 7–2	Athletic Field	[9]

References

1. "1923 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
2. "Washington and Lee refuses to play W.J. with negro in lineup". The Gazette Times. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Generals of Virginia balk against playing with negro". The Roanoke Times. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Wash-Jeff Given Hard Tussle By Brown But Wins, 12-7". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1923. p. 5, section 3. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. Lloyd Northard (October 28, 1923). "Blocked Kick Leads To Defeat of University of Detroit: Blocked Punt by Berrehsen Decides Game". Detroit Free Press. pp. 21–22 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
7. Smith, Chester L. (November 18, 1923). "Presidents Trounced in Annual Struggle: Jakie Bohren is Star". The Gazette Times. p. III-2 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Pitt – W. & J. Detail". The Pittsburgh Press. November 18, 1923. p. Sporting 2 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Presidents master mighty Spearsmen". The Roanoke Times. November 30, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.