1919 Washington and Lee Generals football team explained
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.
Schedule
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Players
Line
Backfield
Mac Cogbill | quarterback |
Jim Mattox | quarterback | | Leesville, Virginia | | 5'9" | 168 |
J. W. McDonald | fullback |
Sam Raines | halfback |
Stevenson | halfback |
Joe Silverstein | fullback | |
Subs
Coaching staff
References
Sources
- Book: Woodruff, Fuzzy. A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. 1928. 2.
Notes and References
- News: Generals Close Football Season Triumphant. The Ring-tum Phi. December 2, 1919. 9. 23.
- Web site: Calyx. 1920. Washington and Lee University.
- Web site: 1919 Washington & Lee Generals Schedule and Results. February 22, 2015.
- Web site: Calyx. 1920. Washington and Lee University.