1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season

1919 West Virginia Mountaineers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 8–2
Head coach|

* Mont McIntire (3rd season)

Captain| Ira Rodgers

Seasons

<- 1917

1920 ->

1919 Southern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Southern College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 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
Abilene Christian |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Southwest Texas State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Spring Hill |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Stetson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 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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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 27| Marietta|

* WVU Athletic Field
* Morgantown, WV

| W 61–0| | [2]
October 4| Westminster (PA)|

* WVU Athletic Field
* Morgantown, WV

| W 55–0| | [3]
October 11| at Pittsburgh|

* Forbes Field
* Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)

| L 0–26| 20,000| [4][5]
October 18| Maryland State|

* WVU Athletic Field
* Morgantown, WV

| W 27–0| | [6]
October 25| vs. Bethany (WV)| Wheeling, WV| W 60–0| | [7]
November 1| at Princeton|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 25–0| | [8]
November 8| vs. Centre|

* Laidley Field
* Charleston, WV

| L 6–14| | [9]
November 15| at Rutgers|

* Neilson Field
* New Brunswick, NJ

| W 30–7| | [10]
November 22| Ohio Wesleyan|

* WVU Athletic Field
* Morgantown, WV

| W 55–6| | [11]
November 27| Washington & 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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West Virginia Mountaineers football

Venues|

* Mountaineer Field (1924–1979)
* Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Cincinnati
* Marshall: Friends of Coal Bowl
* Maryland
* Old Ironsides
* Penn State
* Pittsburgh: Backyard Brawl
* Syracuse
* Virginia Tech

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* The Mountaineer
* Marching band
* "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
* 2007 Backyard Brawl

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