1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented the West Virginia Mountaineers during the 1919 college football season. The Mountaineers completed the regular season with an 8–2 record.[1]

1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainIra Rodgers
Seasons
← 1917
1920 →
1919 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marshall     8 0 0
Florida Southern     5 0 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 0 0
Phillips     10 0 1
Navy     7 1 0
West Virginia     8 2 0
Mississippi Normal     4 1 2
Presbyterian     4 3 2
North Texas State Normal     5 3 0
Birmingham–Southern     4 3 0
Southwest Texas State     4 4 0
Spring Hill     3 3 1
Childers Classical Institute     2 2 0
West Tennessee State Normal     3 4 0
Chattanooga     3 5 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     2 4 2
Marion     3 6 0
Texas Mines     2 4 0
Delaware     2 5 1
Oglethorpe     2 6 1
Wake Forest     2 6 0
Sam Houston Normal     0 7 0

As a senior, in 1919, Ira Rodgers had one of the greatest seasons of any player from WVU. Rodgers led the nation in scoring with 147 points on 19 touchdowns and 33 extra-point kicks. He also threw 11 touchdown passes, which was a rare feat for that era and a WVU record until 1949. Rodgers earned consensus All-American honors that season, the first All-American in WVU history.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27Marietta
W 61–0
October 4Westminster (PA)
W 55–0
October 11at PittsburghL 0–26
October 18Maryland StateMorgantown, WVW 27–0[2]
October 25vs. Bethany (WV)Wheeling, WVW 60–0
November 1at PrincetonW 25–0
November 8vs. CentreCharleston, WVL 6–14
November 15at Rutgers
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 30–7
November 22Ohio Wesleyan
  • WVU Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 55–0
November 27Washington & Jefferson
  • WVU Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 7–0[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "1919 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Mountaineers Have Easy Time With Maryland State". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 19, 1919. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Mountaineers' Aerial Attack Defeated the Wash.-Jeff. Players". Wheeling Intelligencer. November 28, 1919. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.