1894 Colgate football team

1894 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–1–1
Head coach	Spencer Ford (1st season)
Captain	Spencer Ford
Seasons ←  1893 1895  →

1894 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					16	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					11	–	2	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	1	–	0
Holy Ghost College			–					7	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					10	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	1	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					7	–	5	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					5	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn			–					1	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	9	–	0
Williams			–					1	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	3	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					1	–	8	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1894 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1894 college football season. The team captain for the 1894 season was Spencer Ford.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6		Syracuse	Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	W 32–8
		St. Lawrence	Hamilton, NY	W 66–0
October 20		St. John's Military Academy	Manlius, NY	T 6–6
October 27	3:00 p.m.	vs. Bucknell	Scranton baseball park Scranton, PA	L 8–12	[1] [2]

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References

1. "Great Game Of Football.—To Be Played To-day Between Bucknell and Colgate Universities". The Scranton Republican . Scranton, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
2. "Foot Ball.—Bucknell, 12—Colgate, 8". The Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
3. "1894 Colgate Game-by-Game Records". Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017., College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved January 6, 2017.