1906 Colgate football team

1906 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2–2
Head coach	Bill Warner (1st season)
Captain	Ralph Knapp
Home stadium	Whitnall Field

1906 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0		[3]
October 6	at Rochester	Culver Park Rochester, NY	W 18–0		[4]
October 10	Hobart	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 29–0		[5]
October 13	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	T 0–0		[6]
October 20	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 5–0	8,000	[7]
October 27	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	L 6–17		[8]
November 3	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 9–23		[9]
November 10	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	W 35–16

References

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.