1906 Colgate football team

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1906 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Head coach
CaptainRalph Knapp
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     9 0 1
Yale     9 0 1
Haverford     7 0 2
Harvard     10 1 0
Cornell     8 1 2
Lafayette     8 1 1
Penn State     8 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     9 2 0
Swarthmore     7 2 0
Drexel     6 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
Penn     7 2 3
Carlisle     9 3 0
Brown     6 3 0
Rutgers     5 2 2
Dartmouth     6 3 1
Syracuse     6 3 0
Colgate     4 2 2
Vermont     5 4 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Western U. of Penn.     6 4 0
Holy Cross     4 3 1
Amherst     3 3 1
Lehigh     5 5 1
Bucknell     3 4 1
Dickinson     3 4 2
Carnegie Tech     2 3 2
Army     3 5 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 5 1
Wesleyan     2 4 1
New Hampshire     2 5 1
Villanova     3 7 0
Springfield Training School     1 5 3
NYU     0 4 0

The 1906 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Warner, the team compiled a 4–2–2 record. Ralph Knapp was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Cornell
T 0–0[3]
October 6at Rochester
W 18–0[4]
October 10Hobart
W 29–0[5]
October 13at ArmyT 0–0[6]
October 20at SyracuseSyracuse, NY (rivalry)W 5–08,000[7]
October 27at LafayetteEaston, PAL 6–17[8]
November 3at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAL 9–23[9]
November 10at HamiltonClinton, NYW 35–16

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1906 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Colgate Holds Cornell To Tie". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 30, 1906. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Heavy Colgate Eleven Is Held To Three Touchdowns". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 7, 1906. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Colgate Ran Away With Hobart Team". The Binghamton Press. October 11, 1906. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "No Score at West Point". The New York Times. October 14, 1906. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Orange Defeated: Fluke Aids Colgate in Disposing of Syracuse". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 21, 1906. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Lafayette Eleven Defeats Colgate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1906. p. II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Williams 23, Colgate 9: Williams Plays Colgate Eleven Off Its Feet in Second Half". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 4, 1906. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.