1900 Colgate football team

1900 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–8
Head coach	Joseph A. Short (1st season)
Captain	Sherman Jones

1900 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					12	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	1
Princeton			–					8	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					5	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					7	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					5	–	2	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dickinson			–					5	–	4	–	0
Western Univ. of Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					5	–	6	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Amherst			–					4	–	7	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	4	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	6	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	1	–	0

The 1900 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1900 college football season. Colgate reports the record for the season as 3–7, however, a reporting error in early record keeping mistakenly tracked a loss to Colgate Academy as a win.^[1][2][3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Colgate Academy	Hamilton, NY	W 6–0[4]
September 24	at Union (NY)	Schenectady, NY	L 0–12[5]
September 26	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–16[6]
October 6	Cortland	Hamilton, NY	L 6–11[7]
October 12	Colgate Academy	Hamilton, NY	L 0–6[2][3]
October 13	Hobart	Hamilton, NY	W 18–0[8]
October 20	at RPI	Troy, NY	L 0–11[9]
October 27	vs. Hamilton	Clinton, NY	L 0–11[10]
November 3	at Rochester	Rochester, NY	L 5–11[11]
November 10	Union (NY)	Hamilton, NY	L 0–10[12]

References

1. "Reference at gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com" (PDF).
2. "Madisonensis: Academy 6, Varsity 0". Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
3. "Utica Herald-Dispatch: Fast Foot Ball".
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5. "Madisonensis: Union 12 Colgate 0". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
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8. "Madisonensis: Colgate Wins the First League Game". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
9. "Madisonensis: R.P.I. 11-Colgate 0". Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
10. "Madisonensis: Hamilton 11, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
11. "Madisonensis: Rochester University 11, Colgate 5". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
12. "Madisonensis: UNION WINS THE PENNANT". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.