1923 Wooster Presbyterians football team

1923 Wooster Presbyterians football
OAC co-champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–0 (8–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSeverance Stadium
1923 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Wooster $ 8 0 09 0 0
Ohio Wesleyan 5 0 06 2 0
Wittenberg 5 1 07 1 0
Hiram 5 2 05 2 0
Cincinnati 5 2 06 3 0
Otterbein 4 3 05 3 0
Western Reserve 5 4 05 4 0
Muskingum 3 3 05 3 0
Oberlin 3 3 14 3 1
Mount Union 3 3 05 4 0
Denison 2 2 23 3 2
Ohio Northern 3 4 06 4 0
Akron 2 3 14 3 1
Ohio 2 4 13 5 1
St. Xavier 1 2 04 4 0
Miami (OH) 1 4 13 4 1
Kenyon 1 5 01 6 0
Heidelberg 0 5 03 5 0
Case 0 8 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1923 Wooster Presbyterians football team was an American football team that represented the College of Wooster of Wooster, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1923 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Lawrence C. Boles, the Presbyterians compiled a perfect 9–0 record (8–0 in conference games), tied with Ohio Wesleyan for the OAC championship, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 193 to 29. It was Wooster's third perfect season under Boles, the Presbyterians having also accomplished the feat in 1919 and 1920.

Four players from the 1923 Wooster team received first- or second-team honors on the 1923 All-Ohio football team: John Marion Swigart at quarterback (ABJ-1, INS-2); Stanley R. Welty at halfback (ABJ-2, INS-1); Willie Flattery at tackle (ABJ-1, INS-1); and G. Donald Starn at fullback (ABJ-2, INS-3).

Swigart, who weighed only 148 pounds, was a triple-threat man who was known as an excellent open field runner, an excellent punter, and "a sure-handed defensive back." He was later inducted into the College of Wooster Athletic Hall of Fame.

The team played its home games at Severance Stadium in Wooster, Ohio.