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1915 Geneva Covenanters football team

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1915 Geneva Covenanters football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Columbia     5 0 0
Harvard     8 1 0
Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 0
Villanova     6 1 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 1 1
Colgate     5 1 0
Syracuse     9 1 2
Dartmouth     7 1 1
Tufts     5 1 2
Penn State     7 2 0
Lafayette     8 3 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 2 0
Temple     3 1 1
Geneva     6 3 0
Wesleyan     6 3 0
Allegheny     5 3 0
Swarthmore     5 3 0
Army     5 3 1
Lehigh     6 4 0
Holy Cross     3 2 2
Brown     5 4 1
Fordham     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 1
Middlebury     3 4 2
Muhlenberg     4 5 0
Yale     4 5 0
Boston College     3 4 0
Penn     3 5 2
WPI     3 5 1
Buffalo     3 5 0
Carlisle     3 6 2
Rhode Island State     3 5 0
New Hampshire     3 6 1
Gettysburg     3 6 0
Rochester     3 6 0
Bucknell     2 6 3
Vermont     1 4 2
Williams     1 7 0

The 1915 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1915 college football season. Led by third-year head coach C. Brainerd Metheny, the team compiled a record of 6–3.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAL 0–6[1]
October 2ThielBeaver Falls, PAW 6–0[2]
October 9HiramBeaver Falls, PAW 14–0[3]
October 16at West VirginiaMorgantown, WVL 0–32[4]
October 23MuskingumBeaver Falls, PAW 36–0[5]
October 30Westminster (PA)Beaver Falls, PAW 14–72,000–2,500[6][7]
November 62:15 p.m.at BuffaloW 29–0[8][9]
November 13Ellwood City CollegiansBeaver Falls, PAW 51–0[10]
November 20at AlleghenyMeadville, PAL 0–19[11]

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References

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  1. ^ "Wash-Jeff Scores Once On Geneva". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Geneva Blanks Thiel". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1915. p. 38. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Geneva 14, Hiram 0". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 10, 1915. p. 37. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "West Virginians Outclass Geneva". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17, 1915. p. 39. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Geneva College Beats Muskingum". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1915. p. 39. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Geneva Too Much For Westminster". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1915. p. 41. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Geneva Eleven Wins Hard Battle With Westminster". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1915. p. 18. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "U. Of B. Tackle Big Game". The Buffalo Enquirer. Buffalo, New York. November 6, 1915. p. 6. Retrieved September 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Geneva Scores Clever Victory Over Buffalo U." The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1915. p. 21. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Geneva Swamps Ellwood City by 51-0 Score". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1915. p. 32. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Geneva Trounced By Alleghenians". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1915. p. 38. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Geneva Football Record Book" (PDF). Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Geneva College. 2021. p. 4. Retrieved September 19, 2021.