1905 Colgate football team

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1905 Colgate football
1905 colgate football team.jpg
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainWalter Runge
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
  1904
1906  
1905 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   10 0 0
Penn   12 0 1
Temple   2 0 1
Dartmouth   7 1 2
Swarthmore   7 1 0
Western U. of Penn.   10 2 0
Princeton   8 2 0
Harvard   8 2 1
Washington & Jefferson   10 3 0
Lafayette   7 2 1
Wesleyan   7 2 1
Carlisle   10 4 0
Penn State   8 3 0
Syracuse   8 3 0
Fordham   5 2 0
Amherst   3 1 2
Holy Cross   6 3 0
Brown   7 4 0
Tufts   5 3 0
Vermont   6 4 1
Cornell   6 4 0
Colgate   5 4 0
Columbia   4 3 2
Army   4 4 1
Bucknell   5 5 0
Dickinson   4 4 0
NYU   3 3 1
Lehigh   6 7 0
Frankin & Marshall   4 6 0
Geneva   4 6 0
New Hampshire   2 4 2
Springfield Training School   3 5 0
Rutgers   3 6 0
Villanova   3 7 0
Drexel   1 7 0

The 1905 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its third season under head coach Buck O'Neill, the team compiled a 5–4 record. Walter Runge was the team captain. [1] [2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

After the 1905 season, Buck O'Neill left Colgate to become head football coach at Syracuse. He was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Cortland
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 59–0
September 30at Cornell
L 11–12 [4]
October 5 St. Lawrence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 50–0
October 7at Army L 6–18 [5]
October 14at Dartmouth Hanover, NH W 16–10 [6]
October 21at Syracuse Syracuse, NY (rivalry)L 5–118,000 [7]
November 4 Rochester
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 53–12
November 11vs. Williams Albany, NY L 0–5
November 18 Hamilton
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 17–15
The 1905 Colgate starting eleven. 1905-Colgate-football-group.jpg
The 1905 Colgate starting eleven.

References

  1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "1905 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. "Frank "Buck" O'Neill". College Football Hall of Fame . Football Foundation. Retrieved February 14, 2008.
  4. "Castleman's Great Run Feature of Ithaca Game". The Binghamton Press. October 2, 1905. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "West Point, 18; Colgate, 6". The New York Times. October 8, 1905. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Beating for Dartmouth: Loses to Colgate in Fierce Game on Home Gridiron". New York Daily Tribune. October 15, 1905. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Hard Fought Game: Syracuse defeated Colgate 11 to 5; Teams evenly matched". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 22, 1905. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.