1904 Colgate football team

1904 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1–1
Head coach	Frank "Buck" O'Neill (2nd season)
Captain	F. Gorham Brigham
Home stadium	Whitnall Field
Seasons ←  1903 1905  →

1904 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1904 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its second season under head coach Buck O'Neill, the team compiled an 8–1–1 record. F. Gorham Brigham was the team captain. ^[1] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 17–0	[2]
October 1	St. Lawrence	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 29–0
October 8	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 11–0	[3]
	Colgate Academy	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 22–0
October 15	at Watertown Athletic Association	Watertown, NY	T 0–0
October 19	Hobart	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 38–0
October 22	Alfred	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 76–0
October 29	at Rochester	Culver Field Rochester, NY	W 20–5	[4]
November 5	at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 6–0	[5]
November 12	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	W 66–2	[6]

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "Colgate Easy For Cornell: Ithacans Showed Up Weakest at Center". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 29, 1904. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Colgate Wins From Syracuse". New York Daily Tribune. October 9, 1904. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Varsity Beaten in Hard Fought Game: Colgate Battered Down Yellow's Defense in Second Half". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 30, 1904. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Colgate 6, Williams 0: Game Was One of the Hardest Fought and Most Spectacular Ever Seen on Weston Field". The Boston Sunday Globe. November 6, 1904. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Colgate Swamps Hamilton". The Sun. November 13, 1904. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.