1923 St. John's Red and White football team

1923 St. John's Red and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–0–1
Head coach
CaptainLeo Prendergast
Home stadiumEbbets Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Yale     8 0 0
St. John's     5 0 1
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 0
Boston College     7 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Lafayette     6 1 2
Tufts     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Geneva     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 2 1
NYU     6 2 1
Penn State     6 2 1
Vermont     6 3 1
Brown     6 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Carnegie Tech     4 3 1
Penn     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Columbia     4 4 1
Duquesne     4 4 0
Princeton     3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Buffalo     2 5 1
Fordham     2 7 0
Boston University     1 6 0
Villanova     0 7 1
Temple     0 5 0
CCNY     0 7 0
Springfield     0 7 0

The 1923 St. John's Red and White football team was an American football team that represented St. John's College of New York City as an independent during the 1923 college football season. The team compiled a 5–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 32.[1] The 1923 season marked a return to intercollegiate football for St. John's after an absence of 16 years.[2]

Ray Lynch was the head coach, and Lieutenant J. V. Domminey of West Point was assistant coach. The team was assembled on September 6 and trained for the following month before the first game on October 6.[3][4]

Right end Leo Prendergast was the team captain.[5]

The team played its home games at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

  1. ^ "Saint John's Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lapse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "St. John's Ready for First Game: Red and White College to Resume Football Against Stevens Tech". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 5, 1923. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "St. John's Ready For First Game In Ten Years". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 5, 1923 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Prendergast of St John's Team Hurt in Game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 14, 1923. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.