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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
Abilene Christian   –   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

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]

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Marietta
W 61–0[2]
October 4Westminster (PA)
W 55–0[3]
October 11at Pittsburgh
L 0–2620,000[4][5]
October 18Maryland State
  • WVU Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 27–0[6]
October 25vs. Bethany (WV)Wheeling, WVW 60–0[7]
November 1at Princeton
W 25–0[8]
November 8vs. Centre
L 6–14[9]
November 15at Rutgers
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 30–7[10]
November 22Ohio Wesleyan
  • WVU Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 55–6[11]
November 27Washington & Jefferson
  • WVU Athletic Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 7–0[12]

References

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  1. ^ "1919 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Mountaineers play poorly but beat Marietta 61 to 0". The Pittsburgh Post. September 28, 1919. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Mountaineers thrash Westminster, 55 to 0". The Washington Post. October 5, 1919. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Keck, Harry (October 12, 1919). "Combination of "Breaks" and Superior Play Bring Panthers Win". The Gazette Times. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "West Virginia blanked". The Baltimore Sun. October 12, 1919. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Mountaineers Have Easy Time With Maryland State". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 19, 1919. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Mountaineers' machine defeats Bethany gridders, 60–0". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. October 26, 1919. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Princeton's defeat by West Virginia biggest surprise of season". The Hartford Daily Courant. November 2, 1919. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Centre Colonels bet West Virginia by 14 to 6 score". The Lexington Herald. November 9, 1919. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Aerial game too good for Rutgers team". The Indianapolis Star. November 16, 1919. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "West Virginians overwhelm Ohio Wesleyan eleven 55–6". The Pittsburgh Post. November 23, 1919. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Mountaineers' Aerial Attack Defeated the Wash.-Jeff. Players". Wheeling Intelligencer. November 28, 1919. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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