1902 Colgate football team

1902 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1st season)
Captain	Carl H. Smith
Home stadium	Whitnall Field
Seasons ←  1901 1903  →

1902 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ursinus			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	0	–	1
Geneva			–					7	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	3	–	2
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					6	–	4	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	6	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					5	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	7	–	1
Drexel			–					1	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1902 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record. Carl Smith was the team captain. ^[1] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
	Colgate Academy	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 24–0
September 27	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–5		[2]
October 4	St. Lawrence	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 36–0
October 11	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	L 0–23	3,000	[3]
October 18	vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic	Albany, NY	W 29–0
October 25	Hobart	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 50–0		[4]
October 29	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 5–16
November 2	at Rochester	Rochester, NY	W 22–0
November 8	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	T 11–11

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "Cornell, 5; Colgate, 0". The New York Times. September 28, 1902. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Colgate Downed". Buffalo Sunday Morning News. October 12, 1902. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Hobart vs. Colgate: Old Rivals in Gridiron Warfare Clash at Hamilton To-Day". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 25, 1902. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.