1919 Washington and Lee Generals football team
American college football season
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Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Record | 8–1 (2–1 SAIAA) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Turner Bethel |
Home stadium | Wilson Field |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington and Lee | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VPI | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic University | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's (MD) | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1919 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented Washington and Lee University during the 1919 college football season. The Generals competed in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) and were coached by W. C. Raftery in his third year as head coach, compiling an 8–1 record (2–1 SAIAA). In captain Turner Bethel's final game, a win over Tulane, he "covered himself with glory as well as mud."[1] Quarterback Jim Mattox made the field goal to upset Georgia Tech.[2]
Fuzzy Woodruff gave W&L the championship of the South for 1919.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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October 4 | Randolph–Macon* |
| W 21–0 | |
October 11 | Davidson |
| W 7–0 | [4] |
October 18 | Norfolk Navy Base* | W 78–0 | ||
October 25 | Roanoke* |
| W 32–0 | |
November 1 | vs. VPI | Lynchburg, VA | W 3–0 | |
November 8 | at Georgia Tech* | W 3–0 | ||
November 15 | South Carolina* |
| W 26–0 | [5] |
November 22 | at Georgetown |
| L 6–27 | |
November 27 | at Tulane* |
| W 7–0 | [6] |
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Players
Line
Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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Ed Bailey | guard | ||||||
Turner Bethel | tackle | Goochland, Virginia | |||||
Pat Collins | center/tackle | ||||||
Jack Corbett | end | ||||||
Oliver Daves | end | Fayetteville, Tennessee | |||||
Marv Mattox | end | Leesville, Virginia | 5'9" | 170 | |||
L. L. Moore | |||||||
Frank Paget | center | ||||||
Paul Sanford | guard |
Backfield
Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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Mac Cogbill | quarterback | ||||||
Jim Mattox | quarterback | Leesville, Virginia | 5'9" | 168 | |||
J. W. McDonald | fullback | ||||||
Sam Raines | halfback | ||||||
Stevenson | halfback | ||||||
Joe Silverstein | fullback |
Subs
Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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Cobb | halfback |
Coaching staff
- Head coach: W. C. Raftery
- Assistant coach: Ted Shultz
References
- ^ "Generals Close Football Season Triumphant" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Vol. 23, no. 9. December 2, 1919.
- ^ "Calyx". Washington and Lee University. 1920.
- ^ Woodruff 1928, p. 105
- ^ "Davidson eleven loses". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 12, 1919. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Generals defeat South Carolina". Daily Press. November 16, 1919. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gaines' 20-yard run gives Generals game". The Washington Post. November 28, 1919. Retrieved April 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1919 Washington & Lee Generals Schedule and Results". Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ "Calyx". Washington and Lee University. 1920.
Sources
- Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. Vol. 2.
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