1873 Washington and Lee Generals football team

1873 Washington and Lee Generals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
  • Unknown
Seasons
1890 →
1873 college football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Princeton     1 0 0
Harvard     1 0 1
Washington and Lee     4 0 0
Stevens     3 1 0
Yale     2 1 0
Columbia     2 1 0
Rutgers     1 2 0
McGill     0 1 1
Eton     0 1 0
CCNY     0 1 0
New Jersey AC     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0
Princeton Seminary     0 1 0
VMI     0 1 0

The 1873 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented the Washington and Lee University in the 1873 college football season, the school's first season of football. Their four-game season featured four wins over VMI including its earliest victory and the first game in the South, a 4–2 win.[1][2] The team has no known coach.

  1. ^ "Virginia Military Institute Game by Game Results". Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  2. ^ Melvin I. Smith (2008). Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season. AuthorHouse. p. 62. ISBN 9781434362476.