1919 Washington University Pikers football team

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1919 Washington University Pikers football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record5–2 (2–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Francis Field
Seasons
  1918
1920 
1919 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri $ 4 0 15 1 2
Iowa State 3 1 15 2 1
Washington University 2 2 05 2 0
Drake 2 2 04 3 0
Kansas 1 1 13 2 3
Kansas State 0 3 13 5 1
Grinnell 0 3 01 4 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1919 Washington University Pikers football team was an American football team that represented Washington University in St. Louis as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1919 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach R. B. Rutherford, the team compiled a 5–2 record (2–2 against MVC opponents), tied for third place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 127 to 30. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 113:00 p.m. Drury *W 51–0 [2] [3]
October 183:00 p.m. Kansas State
  • Francis Field
  • St. Louis, MO
W 14–9 [4] [5]
October 253:00 p.m. Grinnell
  • Francis Field
  • St. Louis, MO
W 13–0 [6] [7]
November 1 Missouri Mines *
  • Francis Field
  • St. Louis, MO
W 29–02,500 [8]
November 8at Drake L 13–14 [9]
November 153:00 p.m. Missouri
  • Francis Field
  • St. Louis, MO
L 0–711,000 [10] [11]
November 272:30 p.m.at Saint Louis *
W 7–012,000 [12] [13]

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