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1916 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team

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1916 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Seasons
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1917 →
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Yale     8 1 0
Fordham     6 1 1
Swarthmore     6 1 1
Penn State     8 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Lehigh     6 2 1
Dartmouth     5 2 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Penn     7 3 1
Temple     3 1 2
Tufts     5 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 0
Rutgers     3 2 2
NYU     4 3 1
Syracuse     5 4 0
Holy Cross     4 5 0
Vermont     4 5 0
Rhode Island State     3 4 1
Geneva     2 5 2
Carlisle     1 3 1
Lafayette     2 6 1
Bucknell     3 9 0
Columbia     1 5 2
Franklin & Marshall     1 7 0
Villanova     1 8 0

The 1916 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by first-year head Sol Metzger, Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 10–0–1.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 37–6[2]
September 30GenevaWashington, PAW 53–0[3]
October 7West Virginia WesleyanWashington, PAW 21–0[4]
October 14MariettaWashington, PAW 47–6[5]
October 21Westminster (PA)Washington, PAW 12–0[6]
October 28at YaleL 14–36[7]
November 112:30 p.m.at PittsburghL 0–3725,000[8][9]
November 18vs. Washington and LeeW 10–6[10]
November 25ChattanoogaWashington, PAW 41–0[11]
November 30vs. RutgersW 12–9[12]

References

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  1. ^ "1916 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Guy, Richard (September 24, 1916). "W.-J. Wins Opening Game From Bethany". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Washington And Jefferson Swamps Geneva Team, 53-0". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 1, 1916. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "W. & J. Displays Surprising Attack And Beats Wesleyan". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1916. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "W. & J. Has Easy Time With Marietta". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 15, 1916. p. 19. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Wash-Jeff Find Stubborn Rivals In Westminster". The New Castle Herald. New Castle, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Yale's Rush Line Shows Much Power: Washington and Jefferson Beaten by 36 to 14". The Boston Globe. October 29, 1916. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Guy, Richard (November 12, 1916). "Red and Black Given Worst Defeat in its Local Gridiron Career". The Gazette Times. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Davis, Ralph (December 1, 1916). "Pitt's Biggest Season". The Pittsburg Press. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wash - Jeffs Hand Defeat To Wash-Lee". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1916. p. 21. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ Gibson, Florent (November 26, 1916). "Chattanooga Offers Little Resistance To W. & J." The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 21. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ O'Neill, Harold E. (December 1, 1916). "Rutgers Loses To W. and J. But Puts Up Thrilling Battle at Polo Grounds". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 18. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.