1919 Mount Union Purple football team

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1919 Mount Union Purple football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record1–7 (0–5 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMount Union Stadium
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wooster $ 7 0 0 8 0 0
Oberlin 5 0 0 7 1 0
Ohio State 2 0 0 6 1 0
Miami (OH) 7 1 0 7 1 0
Wittenberg 3 0 2 6 0 2
Akron 5 1 1 6 1 1
Denison 4 2 1 6 2 1
Western Reserve 3 3 0 5 4 0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 3 0 4 4 0
Case 2 4 1 3 6 1
Ohio 2 4 0 3 5 0
Cincinnati 1 3 1 3 4 1
Mount Union 0 5 0 1 7 0
Ohio Northern 0 6 0 1 8 0
Baldwin–Wallace 0 5 0 0 8 0
Kenyon 0 7 0 0 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1919 Mount Union Purple football team was an American football team that represented Mount Union College (now known as University of Mount Union) during the 1919 college football season as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Led by George O'Brien in his third and final year as head coach, Mount Union compiled a record of 1–7 overall with a mark of 0–5 in OAC play.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27?Canton High School*Alliance, OHW 61–0[2]
October 4West Virginia Wesleyan*Alliance, OHL 0–34
October 11Notre Dame*L 7–604,000
October 18OberlinOberlin, OHL 13–34
November 1Akron
L 0–22
November 8CaseAlliance, OHL 12–27[3]
November 15Miami (OH)Alliance, OHL 10–13
November 27WoosterAlliance, OHL 0–35
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mount Union". Mount Union. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mount Union vs Canton High School". The Sandusky Register. September 28, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Case Football 1919/1920". case.edu. Retrieved May 19, 2020.