1895 Washington & Jefferson football team

The 1895 Washington & Jefferson football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1895 college football season. Led by E. Gard Edwards in his second and final year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 6–1–1.

1895 Washington & Jefferson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainTony Frye[1]
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     14 0 0
Yale     13 0 2
Princeton     10 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Harvard     8 2 1
Lafayette     6 2 0
Syracuse     6 2 2
Army     5 2 0
Bucknell     5 2 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Swarthmore     7 4 1
Tufts     8 5 0
Villanova     4 2 0
Wesleyan     6 3 0
Amherst     6 5 0
Brown     7 6 1
Carlisle     4 4 0
Drexel     3 3 1
Penn State     2 2 3
Cornell     3 4 1
Rutgers     3 4 0
New Hampshire     2 3 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 5 1
Boston College     2 4 2
Lehigh     3 6 0
CCNY     2 5 1
Buffalo     1 4 2
Temple     1 4 1
MIT     1 4 0
Trinity (CT)     1 4 0
Massachusetts     1 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     1 6 0
Geneva     0 5 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28DenisonWashington, PAW 32–0[2]
October 5GenevaWashington, PAW 14–0[3]
October 193:20 p.m.at Pittsburgh Athletic Club
L 4–183,000[4][5]
October 26GettysburgWashington, PAW 42–0[6]
November 2Western University of PennsylvaniaWashington, PAW 28–0[7]
November 9KenyonWashington, PAW 8–0[8]
November 18Penn StateWashington, PAT 6–6[9]
November 23vs. West VirginiaWheeling, WVW 4–01,000[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Amateur Sports". The Pittsburg Press. October 1, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "W. & J. All Right". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "W. & J. Victorious". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "The Local Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "The Rooters Were There". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Had An Easy Game". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 27, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Battles on the Gridiron". The Pittsburg Post. November 3, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Ohio Champions Downed". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "State And W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Only One Touchdown". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .