1895 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1895 West Virginia Mountaineers football
group portrait of team
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam J. Bruner
1895 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas     5 0 0
LSU     3 0 0
Arkansas     1 0 0
Henry Kendall     1 0 0
North Carolina     7 1 1
VMI     5 1 0
    5 1 0
Centre     4 1 1
Virginia     9 3 0
Wofford     3 1 0
Navy     5 2 0
Ole Miss     2 1 0
South Carolina     2 1 0
VAMC     4 2 0
Tulane     3 2 0
Tennessee     3 2 1
Centenary     1 1 0
Guilford     1 1 0
Kentucky State College     4 5 0
North Carolina A&M     1 2 1
Central (KY)     1 2 0
Wake Forest     0 0 1
Marshall     0 1 1
Delaware     1 3 0
Columbian     0 1 1
Richmond     0 5 1
Catholic University     0 1 0
Oklahoma     0 1 0
Furman     0 2 0
Mississippi A&M     0 2 0

The 1895 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1895 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Harry McCrory, the team compiled a 5–1 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 58 to 10. The team's sole loss was to Washington & Jefferson by a 4–0 score.[1] William J. Bruner was the team captain.[2]

Among the players on the team 1895 was Fielding H. Yost, who would later earn greater college football renown as a coach.[3]

Roster

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Mount PleasantMount Pleasant, PAW 6–0
October 19vs. Latrobe IndependentsUniontown, PAW 10–0
October 26Western University of PennsylvaniaMorgantown, WV (rivalry)W 8–0[5]
November 9vs. MariettaParkersburg, WVW 6–0
November 23vs. Washington & JeffersonWheeling, WVL 0–4
November 27vs. Washington and LeeCharleston, WVW 28–61,000[6]

References

  1. ^ "2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. pp. 169, 175.
  2. ^ 2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
  3. ^ "Hurry-Up Yost's First Football, With West Virginia, 30 Years Ago". Buffalo Courier. December 1, 1925. Retrieved August 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Yost, Field H. "Hurry Up" (December 1, 1925). "Yost's Grid Career Dates Back to '95 at West Virginia". Buffalo Courier. Retrieved August 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The World of Sport". The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. October 28, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Only One Touchdown". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.