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1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainFred "Jack" Simons
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Davis & Elkins     8 0 0
King     8 0 1
VMI     9 1 0
Tennessee Docs     6 0 2
West Virginia     7 1 1
Loyola (LA)     5 1 1
Navy     5 1 3
Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 1 0
Quantico Marines     7 2 1
Wake Forest     6 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     6 3 0
William & Mary     6 3 0
Louisville     5 3 0
Delaware     5 3 1
Trinity (NC)     5 4 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     5 4 0
Union (TN)     4 4 1
Catholic University     4 4 0
Mississippi Normal     3 3 0
Texas Mines     3 4 0
Richmond     3 5 0
Georgetown     3 6 0
East Tennessee State Normal     3 6 0
Davidson     3 7 0
George Washington     2 8 0
Birmingham–Southern     1 5 2
Marshall     1 7 0
Spring Hill     1 7 0

The 1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its third season under head coach Clarence Spears, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 297 to 41.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29vs. West Virginia WesleyanFairmont, WVW 21–7[3]
October 6Allegheny
W 28–0[4]
October 13at PittsburghW 13–730,000[5]
October 20Marshall
  • Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 81–0[6]
October 27vs. Penn StateT 13–1350,000[7]
November 6vs. RutgersW 27–7[8]
November 10vs. Washington and Lee
W 63–0[9]
November 17Saint Louis
  • Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 48–05,000[10]
November 29Washington & Jefferson
  • Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 2–7[11]

References

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  1. ^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
  2. ^ "1923 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "West Virginia defeats Wesleyan, 21–7". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. September 30, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Mountaineers win but Alleghenians play great ball". The Pittsburgh Post. October 7, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Mountaineers find Marshall easy opponent". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. October 21, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Penn and West Virginia tied". The News and Observer. October 28, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "West Virginia punch a winner". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mountaineers ride roughshod through Wash–Lee, 63 to 0". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 11, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "West Virginia Beats Billiken Eleven, 48 To 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 17, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "Presidents master mighty Spearsmen". The Roanoke Times. November 30, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.