West Catholic High School (Philadelphia, PA)
Football History

Game-by-Game Results vs. All Opponents, 1918-Forward
In Chronological Order, 1926-forward

West played independent schedules in 1918-19. Joined Catholic League
for first season in 1920. Has remained there since, though there was no
official CL competition in 1929.

  Some notes . . . Egan is now Conwell-Egan; South Catholic became Neumann
and is now Neumann-Goretti, Bonner is now Bonner-Prendergast. Bryn Athyn
is now Academy of the New Church, National Farm is now Church Farm, Media
is now Penncrest, Chestnut Hill is now SCH Academy, St. Matthew became
Archbishop Kennedy and Kennedy later merged with Bishop Kenrick to form
Kennedy-Kenrick,

  Information for this page came from records provided by Dr. Roger B. Saylor,
a famed Pennsylvania football historian (he passed away in 2013); old Bulletin
Almanacs, personal records and research at https://www.newspapers.com.

Updated through 2021

To reach Ted Silary -- tedtee307@yahoo.com


*      League game
P      League playoff
CT   City Title
SP    State playoff (subregionals included)
TG  Thanksgiving

  Not in Chronological Order . . .      
  Independent W-L-T We They
  1918      
  Friends' Central W 22 0
  National Farm L 6 69
  Ridley L 0 2
  Penns Grove (NJ) L 0 51
    Totals 1-3 28 122
  1919      
  Swarthmore L 0 21
  La Salle L 9 13
  Roman W 14 0
  SJ Prep L 0 6
  Friends' Central W 6 0
  Germantown Academy W 13 7
  St. Luke's L 0 21
  Media T 0 0
  Ridley T 0 0
    Totals 3-4-2 42 68
  Philadelphia Catholic League W-L-T We They
  1920      
  Bryn Athyn L 0 21
  Chestnut Hill W 20 0
  Germantown Academy W 18 0
  St. Luke's T 0 0
* La Salle T 0 0
* Roman W 13 7
* SJ Prep L 0 9
* Villanova Prep W 14 0
    Totals 4-2-2 65 37
  1921      
  Bryn Athyn T 7 7
  Friends' Central W 40 0
  Conestoga W 28 7
  Wenonah MA (NJ) T 7 7
* Roman W 20 0
* SJ Prep L 0 7
* Villanova Prep W 7 6
TG West Philadelphia W 26 7
P Villanova Prep L 0 7
    Totals 5-2-2 135 48
  1922      
  Bryn Athyn W 18 0
  Conestoga W 7 0
  Darby-Colwyn W 18 0
  Swarthmore W 25 6
* Salesianum (DE) W 19 0
* Roman L 6 13
* SJ Prep #W 2 0
* Villanova Prep L 7 17
TG West Philadelphia L 0 15
    Totals 6-3 102 51
  1923      
  Bryn Athyn W 23 0
  Swarthmore W 22 6
* Salesianum (DE) W 10 0
* La Salle W 40 0
* Roman L 14 26
* SJ Prep W 26 6
TG West Philadelphia W 27 7
    Totals 6-1 162 45
  1924      
  Bryn Athyn T 0 0
  Media W 12 7
* Salesianum (DE) W 13 6
  Southern W 12 7
* La Salle W 26 0
* Roman W 7 0
* SJ Prep L 0 7
TG West Philadelphia W 13 0
    Totals 5-1-1 83 27
  1925      
  Darby-Colwyn W 53 0
* Salesianum (DE) W 41 0
  Phillipsburg Catholic (NJ) W 68 0
  Brooklyn St. John's (NY) W 35 0
  Southern W 27 0
TG West Philadelphia L 0 3
* La Salle W 7 0
* Roman W 20 13
* SJ Prep W 21 0
    Totals 7-1 272 36
  Chronological Order . . .      
  1926      
  Holy Spirit (NJ) W 27 7
  Gonzaga (DC) L 0 28
  Southern W 12 0
* Salesianum (DE) L 0 8
* Roman L 0 9
  St. Matthew W 41 0
* SJ Prep L 0 14
* La Salle L 3 26
TG West Philadelphia L 0 25
    Totals 3-6 83 117
  1927      
  Southern W 18 0
* North Catholic W 18 6
* La Salle L 0 12
  Holy Spirit (NJ) W 13 12
* Roman L 12 13
* SJ Prep W 20 0
* Trenton Cathedral (NJ) W 26 6
* Salesianum (DE) L 12 21
TG West Philadelphia L 0 39
    Totals 5-4 119 109
  1928      
  Southern W 12 0
  La Salle L 0 7
  Wenonah MA (NJ) L 0 13
  Calvert Hall (MD) W 13 6
* North Catholic T 6 6
* Roman L 0 6
* Salesianum (DE) W 7 6
* SJ Prep L 6 13
TG West Philadelphia L 6 19
  Roman (non-league) L 2 6
    Totals 3-6-1 52 82
  1929      
  Bethlehem Catholic W 27 0
  SJ Prep L 18 19
  Bryn Athyn W 12 6
  La Salle W 19 6
  Roman W 20 8
  Southern W 26 7
  North Catholic W 12 0
TG West Philadelphia W 19 0
    Totals 7-1 153 46
  1930      
  Southern W 13 6
  Lower Merion L 6 19
* SJ Prep L 0 18
  Bethlehem Catholic W 12 0
* Roman T 13 13
* Salesianum (DE) T 0 0
* North Catholic T 0 0
TG West Philadelphia L 6 7
    Totals 2-3-3 50 63
  1931      
  Lower Merion L 0 7
* SJ Prep W 13 7
  St. John's W 28 0
* Roman W 25 0
  Overbrook L 6 7
* Salesianum (DE) T 13 13
* North Catholic T 0 0
TG West Philadelphia T 0 0
  Central L 0 9
    Totals 3-2-3 85 43
  1932      
  St. John's W 20 2
  Frankford W 13 0
* SJ Prep W 12 0
  La Salle W 13 0
* Roman W 13 0
  Overbrook W 13 0
* Salesianum (DE) W 18 0
* North Catholic W 14 0
TG West Philadelphia W 9 0
    Totals 9-0 125 2
  1933      
  St. John's W 12 0
  La Salle W 6 0
* Roman W 18 0
  Overbrook W 13 7
* SJ Prep L 0 6
* Salesianum (DE) W 21 0
* North Catholic T 7 7
TG West Philadelphia W 3 0
    Totals 6-1-1 80 20
  1934      
  South Catholic W 33 0
  Northeast T 13 13
* La Salle W 26 6
* Roman W 13 0
  Overbrook T 0 0
* SJ Prep T 0 0
* Salesianum (DE) L 0 7
* North Catholic L 0 19
TG West Philadelphia L 0 40
    Totals 3-3-3 85 85
  1935      
* South Catholic W 37 0
  Overbrook W 6 0
* La Salle W 20 0
* SJ Prep W 9 6
* St. John's W 18 0
* North Catholic T 0 0
* Salesianum (DE) W 19 0
* Roman W 13 0
TG West Philadelphia W 19 12
P North Catholic L 0 9
    Totals 8-1-1 141 27
  1936      
* Salesianum (DE) W 6 0
* La Salle W 7 6
* North Catholic L 0 7
* SJ Prep L 0 6
* Roman L 6 7
  Overbrook T 0 0
* St. John's T 0 0
* South Catholic L 0 7
TG West Philadelphia T 0 0
    Totals 2-4-3 19 33
  1937      
* St. Thomas More W 26 0
* North Catholic L 7 14
* La Salle W 46 0
* Roman W 26 6
* SJ Prep L 0 6
* Salesianum (DE) W 12 0
* South Catholic W 34 0
* St. John's W 6 0
TG West Philadelphia L 6 7
    Totals 6-3 163 33
  1938      
* La Salle W 19 0
  Gratz W 13 0
* St. Thomas More W 2 0
* SJ Prep L 13 14
* Roman W 7 6
* North Catholic T 0 0
* Salesianum (DE) L 7 13
* South Catholic T 0 0
* St. John's L 0 6
TG West Philadelphia L 0 3
    Totals 4-4-2 61 42
  1939      
  Vineland (NJ) L 0 14
  Paulsboro (NJ) W 6 0
* La Salle W 13 6
* South Catholic W 19 0
* Roman L 0 7
* St. John's W 20 0
* SJ Prep L 7 20
* St. Thomas More W 6 0
* North Catholic T 0 0
TG West Philadelphia L 7 9
    Totals 5-4-1 78 56
  1940      
  Southern L 12 14
* North Catholic W 14 7
* La Salle L 0 6
* South Catholic W 3 0
* Roman W 25 0
* St. John's W 12 0
* SJ Prep W 6 0
* St. Thomas More W 25 0
TG West Philadelphia W 12 0
CT Frankford L 0 13
    Totals 7-3 109 40
  1941      
  Southern W 7 0
* St. Thomas More W 14 6
* North Catholic W 20 0
* La Salle W 21 6
* South Catholic W 13 0
* Roman W 19 6
* St. John's T 0 0
* SJ Prep W 13 12
TG/CT West Philadelphia T 0 0
  Harrisburg Catholic W 31 0
    Totals 8-0-2 138 30
  1942      
  Bartram W 26 6
* SJ Prep T 0 0
* St. Thomas More W 26 0
* North Catholic W 14 0
* La Salle T 6 6
* South Catholic T 0 0
* Roman W 6 0
* St. John's W 6 0
TG West Philadelphia L 6 40
    Totals 5-1-3 90 52
  1943      
* La Salle W 44 0
* St. Thomas More W 44 6
* South Catholic W 31 13
* Roman W 14 0
* St. James W 38 6
* North Catholic W 26 13
* SJ Prep W 14 7
* St. John's W 59 7
TG West Philadelphia W 33 7
CT Northeast W 21 0
    Totals 10-0 303 59
  1944      
* St. John's W 37 6
* La Salle W 19 7
* St. Thomas More W 38 0
* South Catholic W 25 6
* Roman W 26 0
* St. James W 25 0
* North Catholic W 24 0
* SJ Prep W 7 0
TG West Philadelphia W 20 6
CT Southern L 7 13
    Totals 9-1 228 38
  1945      
* SJ Prep W 27 6
* St. John's W 26 0
* La Salle W 19 6
* St. James W 26 12
* St. Thomas More W 45 6
* South Catholic W 14 0
* Roman L 0 13
* North Catholic W 7 6
TG West Philadelphia W 25 0
P Roman W 12 0
CT Southern L 13 18
    Totals 9-2 214 67
  1946      
* North Catholic W 13 6
* SJ Prep W 26 0
* St. John's W 36 0
* La Salle L 13 19
* St. Thomas More W 45 0
* South Catholic W 18 0
* Roman W 12 7
* St. James W 33 6
TG West Philadelphia W 15 7
P North Catholic W 8 0
CT Northeast L 20 33
    Totals 9-2 239 78
  1947      
* St. James W 18 6
* North Catholic W 13 7
* SJ Prep W 19 7
* St. John's W 13 0
* La Salle W 26 0
* St. Thomas More W 33 6
* South Catholic W 19 0
* Roman L 9 21
TG West Philadelphia W 13 12
    Totals 8-1 163 59
  1948      
* Roman W 12 0
* St. James W 20 6
* North Catholic L 0 34
* SJ Prep W 20 7
* St. John's W 20 0
* La Salle W 20 7
* St. Thomas More W 25 0
* South Catholic L 0 13
TG West Philadelphia W 18 6
    Totals 7-2 135 73
  1949      
* South Catholic L 6 18
* Roman L 7 14
* St. James L 13 32
* North Catholic L 6 34
* SJ Prep W 19 0
* St. John's W 13 0
* La Salle L 7 32
  Gonzaga (DC) W 27 6
* St. Thomas More W 7 0
TG West Philadelphia L 6 20
    Totals 4-6 111 156
  1950      
* Roman L 0 14
* St. James W 13 0
* La Salle W 30 19
* South Catholic L 0 13
* St. Thomas More W 51 0
* SJ Prep L 6 7
* North Catholic L 7 19
TG West Philadelphia T 6 6
    Totals 3-4-1 113 78
  1951      
  Bartram W 33 0
* North Catholic W 16 0
* Roman W 9 6
* St. James W 37 6
* La Salle W 48 6
* South Catholic W 14 0
* St. Thomas More W 33 0
* SJ Prep W 34 6
TG West Philadelphia W 39 7
CT Bok W 42 0
    Totals 10-0 305 31
  1952      
  Bartram W 47 13
* SJ Prep W 32 7
* North Catholic L 0 40
* St. James L 12 13
* Roman W 7 0
* St. Thomas More W 20 0
* South Catholic L 14 19
* La Salle W 25 13
TG West Philadelphia W 45 0
    Totals 6-3 195 105
  1953      
  Bloomfield (NJ) W 14 0
* St. Thomas More W 23 0
* North Catholic L 6 14
* Roman W 6 0
* South Catholic L 6 25
* SJ Prep L 7 12
* La Salle L 26 31
* St. James L 0 34
TG Bartram W 24 6
    Totals 4-5 112 122
  1954      
* North Catholic W 26 2
* SJ Prep W 26 7
* South Catholic L 0 20
* Roman L 2 12
* St. James L 0 32
* St. Thomas More L 13 19
* La Salle L 0 2
TG Bartram W 32 0
    Totals 3-5 99 94
  1955      
* La Salle L 7 19
* St. Thomas More W 13 0
* St. James L 0 27
* SJ Prep W 9 0
* Neumann L 0 20
* North Catholic L 0 19
* Roman W 20 7
TG Bartram W 20 6
    Totals 4-4 69 98
  1956      
* La Salle L 6 32
* St. James L 0 38
* Neumann L 0 33
* Bonner L 0 32
* St. Thomas More W 20 6
* Roman L 6 57
* North Catholic L 0 26
* Judge L 6 14
TG Bartram L 12 14
    Totals 1-8 50 252
  1957      
* Roman L 0 7
* St. Thomas More L 6 13
* Neumann L 0 25
* North Catholic L 12 39
* Judge L 7 13
* La Salle L 0 39
* St. James L 0 19
* Bonner L 0 26
TG Bartram W 22 6
    Totals 1-8 47 187
  1958      
* St. Thomas More L 6 12
* Neumann L 2 22
* Roman W 14 13
* Bonner T 8 8
* Dougherty W 22 18
* La Salle L 0 6
* Judge W 24 12
* North Catholic W 28 13
* St. James L 6 38
TG Bartram W 40 0
    Totals 5-4-1 150 142
  1959      
* La Salle W 22 0
* St. James W 6 0
* North Catholic W 26 6
* St. Thomas More W 34 8
* Neumann W 14 0
* Bonner L 14 20
* Dougherty L 6 8
* Judge W 28 8
* Roman W 28 0
  Salesianum (DE) L 6 13
TG Bartram W 20 0
    Totals 8-3 204 63
  1960      
* St. Thomas More W 16 6
* St. James W 30 22
* North Catholic W 42 6
* La Salle T 0 0
* Judge W 36 6
* Bonner T 14 14
* Roman W 22 8
* Dougherty W 16 0
* Neumann L 9 14
TG Bartram W 49 16
    Totals 7-1-2 234 92
  1961      
* St. Thomas More W 29 6
* St. James W 34 6
* Judge W 20 6
* Bonner L 14 20
* North Catholic W 37 6
* Neumann W 20 14
* Roman W 39 0
* La Salle W 18 8
* Dougherty T 6 6
TG Bartram W 26 0
    Totals 8-1-1 243 72
  1962      
* St. Thomas More W 36 6
* Dougherty W 14 6
* Roman W 30 0
* La Salle W 14 12
* St. James W 40 14
  Bonner W 35 8
* Neumann W 39 6
* North Catholic W 14 0
* Judge L 0 12
TG Bartram W 6 0
P Judge W 38 16
CT Southern T 20 20
    Totals 10-1-1 206 100
  1963      
  Judge W 36 0
  La Salle W 34 0
* St. James W 24 20
* Roman W 20 0
* Bonner L 6 15
* Neumann W 28 12
* SJ Prep L 0 7
* St. Thomas More W 28 0
TG Bartram W 34 0
    Totals 7-2 210 54
  1964      
  Judge W 14 8
  La Salle L 6 8
* St. Thomas More W 16 8
* Bonner W 8 0
* SJ Prep L 6 26
* Neumann W 8 6
* St. James L 0 30
* Roman W 40 0
TG Bartram W 8 0
    Totals 6-3 106 86
  1965      
  La Salle L 8 18
* O'Hara W 48 8
* Neumann W 40 12
* SJ Prep W 8 6
* Bonner W 6 0
* St. James W 22 0
* Roman W 14 0
* St. Thomas More W 20 12
TG Bartram W 16 0
P Egan W 28 13
CT Southern W 34 18
    Totals 10-1 244 87
  1966      
  La Salle L 12 19
* SJ Prep L 6 14
* St. James W 28 9
* Bonner W 30 14
* Roman W 28 14
* Neumann W 36 7
* O'Hara W 6 0
* St. Thomas More W 20 3
TG Bartram L 6 10
P Egan L 6 39
    Totals 6-4 178 129
  1967      
  Judge L 0 7
  La Salle T 6 6
* SJ Prep W 28 16
* Neumann W 18 0
* Roman W 28 13
* St. Thomas More W 32 7
* St. James W 12 6
* O'Hara W 16 0
* Bonner W 12 0
TG Bartram W 12 8
P Egan L 8 27
    Totals 8-2-1 172 90
  1968      
  Judge L 0 34
  La Salle L 12 20
* SJ Prep W 14 0
* Neumann L 6 7
* St. Thomas More L 10 13
* Roman W 6 0
* Bonner L 12 21
* O'Hara L 8 30
* St. James L 8 28
TG Bartram W 34 6
    Totals 3-7 110 159
  1969      
  Judge W 19 12
* Bonner W 19 13
* Neumann L 0 9
* St. James L 22 49
* St. Thomas More W 6 2
* O'Hara L 8 32
* SJ Prep W 20 0
* Roman W 26 8
* Carroll W 35 12
TG Bartram W 20 14
    Totals 7-3 175 151
  1970      
  Judge L 13 25
* Carroll W 38 21
* Bonner W 15 0
* SJ Prep W 13 0
* St. James L 25 43
* St. Thomas More W 26 0
* Roman W 36 19
* Neumann W 17 0
* O'Hara W 8 7
P St. James L 7 41
    Totals 7-3 198 156
  1971      
  Judge L 0 13
  St. Thomas More W 20 0
  Malvern W 7 0
* Neumann L 3 34
* Carroll L 7 35
* Roman W 29 18
* St. James L 6 28
* SJ Prep L 7 32
* O'Hara L 0 10
* TG Bonner W 21 14
    Totals 4-6 100 184
  1972      
  Judge W 6 0
  Pottstown W 27 6
* St. James L 12 21
* SJ Prep W 21 0
* O'Hara W 19 0
* Carroll W 9 0
* Roman W 20 9
* Neumann L 7 22
* Bonner L 12 22
TG Egan  L 6 8
    Totals 6-4 139 88
  1973      
  Judge W 12 6
  St. John's (DC) W 12 0
* SJ Prep L 0 6
* Carroll L 12 14
* St. James W 27 0
* O'Hara L 12 20
* Bonner