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
Record0–1
Head coach
CaptainRobert F. Bivens
Home stadiumShow Lot
Seasons
1893 →
1891 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Trinity (NC)     3 0 0
Wake Forest     1 0 0
VMI     3 0 1
Vanderbilt     3 1 0
Navy     5 2 0
Virginia     2 1 2
Delaware     5 3 1
Kentucky State College     1 1 0
Georgetown     2 2 0
Sewanee     1 2 0
Central (KY)     0 1 0
Furman     0 1 0
Tennessee     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

edit
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 28Washington & JeffersonL 0–72250[1]

[2]

Players

edit

The inaugural 1891 roster featured fourteen lettermen.[3]

References

edit
  1. ^ "WVU Series Record vs. Washington & Jefferson Presidents". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "WVU 1891 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. 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.
edit