1917 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team

The 1917 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Led by Sol Metzger in his second and final year as head coach, Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 7–3.^[1]

1917 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3
Head coach	Sol Metzger (2nd season)
Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

1917 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		The Kiski School	Washington, PA	W 17–7
October 6		Westminster (PA)	Washington, PA	W 36–0
October 13		West Virginia Wesleyan	Washington, PA	W 13–6
October 20		Penn State	Washington, PA	W 7–0
October 27		at Geneva	Beaver Falls, PA	W 35–0		[2]
November 10	2:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 10–13	25,000	[3]
November 17		vs. West Virginia	Fairmont, WV	L 0–7		[4]
November 24		Notre Dame	Washington, PA	L 0–3
November 29		vs. Washington and Lee	Boulevard Field Richmond, VA	W 12–0		[5][6]
December 1		vs. Camp Sherman	Swayne Field Toledo, Ohio	W 7–0		[7]