1912 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team

The 1912 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1912 college football season. Led by first-year head Bob Folwell, Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 8–3–1.[1][2]

1912 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1911
1913 →
1912 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     9 0 0
Penn State     8 0 0
Carlisle     12 1 1
Maine     7 1 0
Princeton     7 1 1
Swarthmore     7 1 1
Yale     7 1 1
Lehigh     9 2 0
Dartmouth     7 2 0
Wesleyan     7 2 0
Colgate     5 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 3 1
Rhode Island State     6 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 1
Temple     3 2 0
Penn     7 4 0
Army     5 3 0
Brown     6 4 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 4 0
Holy Cross     4 3 1
Rutgers     5 4 0
Tufts     5 4 0
Fordham     4 4 0
Villanova     3 3 0
Morris Harvey     2 2 0
Lafayette     4 5 1
Syracuse     4 5 0
Carnegie Tech     3 4 1
Geneva     3 4 0
Vermont     3 5 0
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Boston College     2 4 1
Cornell     3 7 0
NYU     2 6 0

Schedule

edit
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Cornell
L 0–3
September 28GenevaWashington, PAW 52–73,000[3]
October 5CarlisleWashington, PAT 0–010,000[4][5]
October 12at Penn StateL 0–304,000[6]
October 19Carnegie TechWashington, PAW 52–0[7]
October 26at YaleL 3–13
November 2MariettaWashington, PAW 34–0[8]
November 9Western ReserveWashington, PAW 17–0[9]
November 162:30 p.m.at PittsburghW 13–012,000–20,000[10][11][12]
November 23Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 67–0[13]
November 28BucknellWashington, PAW 22–75,000[14]
November 30at Staats Athletic ClubWheeling, WVW 33–0[15]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Wash-Jeff Team Rolls Up Total". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. December 8, 1912. p. 38. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ "1912 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Wash-Jeff Swamps Geneva Football Team". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1912. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Scoreless Tie For Wash-Jeff And Carlisle". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1912. p. 37. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Scoreless Tie For Wash-Jeff And Carlisle (continued)". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1912. p. 39. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Wash-Jeff Is Conquered By Penn State". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1912. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Carnegie Tech Team Swamped By Wash-Jeff In Rough Game". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1912. p. 37. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Wash-Jeff Easily Defeats Marietta". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1912. p. 18. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Wash-Jeff Beats Reserve In Rather Easy Fashion". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1912. p. 18. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Pitt Loses to W. and J. By 14-0". The Gazette Times. November 17, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Wash-Jeff is Too Much For Pitt Eleven". The Pittsburg Press. November 17, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "At Football Camps - Pitt". The Gazette Times. November 19, 1912. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Bethany Is Easy Victim for W. & J." The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1912. p. 18. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Wash-Jeff Beats Bucknell And Their Forward Passing". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1912. p. 11. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "Wash-Jeff Easily Wins Over The Staats A. C." The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. December 1, 1912. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .