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1923 St. Xavier Saints football
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record4–4 (1–2 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Corcoran Field
Seasons
←  1922
1924 →
1923 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wooster $ 8 0 0 9 0 0
Ohio Wesleyan 5 0 0 6 2 0
Wittenberg 5 1 0 7 1 0
Hiram 5 2 0 5 2 0
Cincinnati 5 2 0 6 3 0
Otterbein 4 3 0 5 3 0
Western Reserve 5 4 0 5 4 0
Muskingum 3 3 0 5 3 0
Oberlin 3 3 1 4 3 1
Mount Union 3 3 0 5 4 0
Denison 2 2 2 3 3 2
Ohio Northern 3 4 0 6 4 0
Akron 2 3 1 4 3 1
Ohio 2 4 1 3 5 1
St. Xavier 1 2 0 4 4 0
Miami (OH) 1 4 1 3 4 1
Kenyon 1 5 0 1 6 0
Heidelberg 0 5 0 3 5 0
Case 0 8 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1923 St. Xavier Saints football team was an American football team that represented St. Xavier College (now known as Xavier University) as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1923 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Joseph A. Meyer, the Saints compiled a 4–4 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6 Western Kentucky State Normal*W 21–14 [1]
October 13 Ohio
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 15–7 [2]
October 20 John Carroll*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 13–9 [3]
November 3 Saint Louis*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 20–10 [4]
November 10at Navy*L 0–61 [5]
November 17at Ohio Wesleyan
L 12–40 [6]
November 24 Otterbein
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 6–7 [7]
November 29 Haskell*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 0–38 [8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Pedagogues bow to St. Xavier 21 to 14". The Courier-Journal. October 7, 1923. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Saints run over Ohio U." The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 14, 1923. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Early lead crushed by Saints in second half of game with John Carroll". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 21, 1923. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Intercepted forward pass beats St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 4, 1923. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "St. Xavier buried by Navy's attack". The Baltimore Sun. November 11, 1923. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "St. Xavier out of title race after defeat by Wesleyan; Methodists on top, 40 to 12". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 18, 1923. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Close one dropped by Saints". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 25, 1923. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Saints lose to Indians, 38–0: Redskins beat Meyers's men". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 30, 1923. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.