"[5] Three days later the Pittsburgh Press reported that Dr. Roy Jackson would coach the D.C. & A.C. team and play in all their games.
Surprisingly, this situation was very beneficial to the WUP eleven and they were very pleased to receive the expertise of Dr. Roy Jackson.
[9] In its first and only season under head coach Roy Jackson, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 33.
After 15 minutes of back-and-forth possessions dominated by line plunges, fullback Cummings of State College managed to score a touchdown.
In the second half (15 minutes), the WUP offense managed to advance the ball to the five-yard line of State College but could get no closer.
[1][11] The WUP team spent the week scrimmaging against D.C. & A.C. in preparation for their trip to Morgantown, West Virginia.
Starting back Earl Paul and lineman James Chessrown were nursing injuries from the State College game and D.C. & A.C. scrimmage, but Parke Bachman and Herman Blevins were able replacements.
The team boarded the steamer Edgar Cherry on 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon and arrived in Morgantown on Saturday morning at 11 a.m.[12] The arduous 20 plus hour trip did not leave the WUP squad adequately rested.
The Mountaineers punted and the WUP offense slowly advanced the ball to the West Virginia 15-yard line.
The University eleven fooled the experts and played a strong game against the heavier more experienced "pro" team.
The University eleven could not move the ball consistently on offense even though, they changed their normal signals to confuse Coach Jackson.
Pregame drama arose when Western U. captain Wallace argued that Grove City coach Lowrey was a professional and should not be in the lineup.
[14] On October 27 the WUP team resumed its physical style of football in Akron, Ohio against Buchtel College.
In the rugged first half, Washer attempted a field goal for the Normals but the WUP defense blocked it.
The WUP offense was able to methodically advance the ball in the second half, with End Wheeler and fullback Edmund Graham both scoring touchdowns.
[15] On November 1, the Thiel College football team came south from Greenville, Pennsylvania, to Exposition Park to battle the WUP.
[16] The concern turned out to be unfounded as the WUP contingent ran roughshod over the Thiel eleven and won the game by a 47–0 margin.
The large crowd of noisy students and bands helped make the day a total success.
[17] With the WUP football team sporting a three game win streak, the student body was anxiously awaiting the November 14 tussle with Westminster College at Exposition Park.
So, with at least six hundred noise making students in attendance, there was total silence when Westminster had the ball on offense.
The WUP offense received the opening kick on their twenty-five yard line and moved it to the thirty-five before turning it over on downs to the Titans.
A holding penalty gave the ball back to the WUP offense but William Sterrett missed a field goal.
Captain Richard Wallace then gave the following substitutes game experience: Malcolm McConnell, Herman Watt, Parke Bachman, and Paul McClain.
[19] On November 21, the four-game WUP win streak came to an abrupt end at the hands of the outweighed Shady Side Academy eleven at Exposition Park.
In the first minutes, the WUP defense held the Shady Side offense and gained possession on their twenty-five yard line.
The second half was a defensive struggle and the WUP offense could get no closer than the Academy twenty-three yard line.
Shady Side drove the ball to the WUP three late in the game but were kept out of the end zone by the Western U. defense.
The substitutions made during the game were: Malcolm McConnell for William Cullers at quarterback and Emil Fryer for Wilbur Hockensmith at left guard.