1935 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1935 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3
Head coach	Andrew Kerr (7th season)
Captain	Charles Wasicek
Home stadium	Whitnall Field

1935 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Holy Cross			–					9	–	0	–	1
NYU			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					8	–	2	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	0	–	3
Syracuse			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	2	–	1
Providence			–					6	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					7	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	2	–	2
Manhattan			–					5	–	3	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					5	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Vermont			–					4	–	5	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	5	–	2
Brown			–					1	–	8	–	0
Cornell			–					0	–	6	–	1
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 7–3 record, shut out seven of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 224 to 29. Charles Wasicek was the team captain.^[1][2]

On October 5, 1935, Colgate played a unique "triangular" match against St. Lawrence and Amherst. Each team played 30 minutes against the other two teams. Colgate won both of its games.^[3]

The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Niagara	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 30–0
October 5	St. Lawrence	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 31–0	6,000	[3]
October 5	Amherst	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 12–0	6,000	[3]
October 12	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 6–12
October 19	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 52–0
October 26	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–3
November 2	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 6–14	20,000	[4]
November 16	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 27–0	32,000
November 22	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 27–0	10,000	[5]
November 30	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 33–0

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "1935 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "Colgate Whips St. Lawrence, Amherst in Unique Grid Bill". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 5, 1935. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tulane's Greene Wave engulfs Colgate's Red Raiders, 14 to 6, at New Orleans". Democrat and Chronicle. November 3, 1935. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Raiders give 27–0 licking to Rutgers". Democrat and Chronicle. November 24, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.