1891 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1891 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1891 college football season. Led by Frederick Lincoln Emory in his first and only year as the Mountaineers' head coach, this was the first West Virginia Mountaineers football team. They lost the only game they played Washington & Jefferson, 72–0, at the Show Lot in Morgantown, West Virginia.

1891 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
1891 record0–1
Head coach
CaptainRobert F. Bivens
Home stadiumShow Lot
1891 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Trinity (NC)      3 0 0
Wake Forest      1 0 0
Vanderbilt      3 1 0
Navy      5 2 0
Virginia      2 1 2
Delaware      5 3 1
Georgetown      2 2 0
Sewanee      1 2 0
Central      0 1 0
Furman      0 1 0
Kentucky State College      0 1 0
West Virginia      0 1 0
Johns Hopkins      0 2 0
Mercer      0 2 0
North Carolina      0 2 0
Richmond      0 2 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
November 28Washington & JeffersonL 0–72250[1]

Players

The inaugural 1891 roster featured fourteen lettermen.[3]

References

  1. "WVU Series Record vs. Washington & Jefferson Presidents". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  2. "WVU 1891 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  3. "WVU 1891 Roster". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
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