1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1–1
Head coach	Clarence Spears (3rd season)
Captain	Fred "Jack" Simons
Seasons ← 1922 1924 →

1923 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Davis & Elkins		–		8	–	0	–	0
VMI		–		9	–	1	–	0
Tennessee Docs		–		6	–	0	–	2
West Virginia		–		7	–	1	–	1
Loyola (LA)		–		5	–	1	–	1
Navy		–		5	–	1	–	3
Middle Tennessee State Normal		–		4	–	1	–	0
Quantico Marines		–		7	–	2	–	1
Wake Forest		–		6	–	3	–	0
West Tennessee State Normal		–		6	–	3	–	0
William & Mary		–		6	–	3	–	0
Louisville		–		5	–	3	–	0
Delaware		–		5	–	3	–	1
Trinity (NC)		–		5	–	4	–	0
Western Kentucky State Normal		–		5	–	4	–	0
Union (TN)		–		4	–	4	–	1
Catholic University		–		4	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Normal		–		3	–	3	–	0
Texas Mines		–		3	–	4	–	0
Richmond		–		3	–	5	–	0
Georgetown		–		3	–	6	–	0
East Tennessee State Normal		–		3	–	6	–	0
Davidson		–		3	–	7	–	0
George Washington		–		2	–	8	–	0
Birmingham–Southern		–		1	–	5	–	2
Marshall		–		1	–	7	–	0
Spring Hill		–		1	–	7	–	0

The 1923 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its third season under head coach Clarence Spears, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 297 to 41.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	vs. West Virginia Wesleyan	Fairmont, WV	W 21–7
October 6	Allegheny	Morgantown, WV	W 28–0
October 13	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 13–7	30,000	^[3]
October 20	Marshall	Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 81–0
October 27	vs. Penn State	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	T 13–13	50,000
November 6	at Rutgers	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 27–7
November 10	vs. Washington and Lee	Laidley Field Charleston, WV	W 63–0		^[4]
November 17	Saint Louis	Morgantown, WV	W 48–0	5,000	^[5]
November 29	Washington & Jefferson	Morgantown, WV	L 2–7

^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
^ "1923 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
^ "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
^ "Mountaineers ride roughshod through Wash–Lee, 63 to 0". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 11, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "West Virginia Beats Billiken Eleven, 48 To 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 17, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

v t e 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
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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