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1919 Washington and Lee Generals football team

1919 Washington and Lee Generals football
Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1919 record 8–1 (2–1 SAIAA)
Head coach W. C. Raferty (3rd year)
Captain Turner Bethel
Home stadium Wilson Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 SAIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgetown $ 2 0 0     7 3 0
Maryland State 4 1 0     5 4 0
NC State 3 1 0     7 2 0
North Carolina 3 1 0     4 3 1
Washington and Lee 2 1 0     8 1 0
VMI 4 2 0     6 2 0
Richmond 2 2 1     5 2 2
VPI 2 4 0     5 4 0
Virginia 1 2 1     2 5 2
William & Mary 1 3 0     2 6 1
Catholic 0 1 0     1 6 1
St. John's (MD) 0 1 0     0 1 0
Johns Hopkins 0 1 0     0 2 0
Davidson 0 4 0     4 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1919 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented the Washington and Lee Generals of Washington and Lee during the 1919 college football season. The Generals competed in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) and were coached by W. C. Raferty in his third year as head coach, compiling a 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."Quarterback Jim Mattox made the field goal to upset Georgia Tech.

Fuzzy Woodruff gave W&L the championship of the South for 1919.


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