1912 Colgate football team

1912 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2
Head coach	Dutch Sommer (1st season)
Captain	Roscoe Cook
Home stadium	Whitnall Field
Seasons ←  1911 1913  →

1912 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carlisle			–					12	–	1	–	1
Maine			–					7	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	1
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	1
Lehigh			–					9	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	3	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	4	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	3	–	0
Morris Harvey			–					2	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					4	–	5	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	4	–	1
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	6	–	0

The 1912 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Dutch Sommer, the team compiled a 5–2 record. Roscoe Cook was the team captain. ^{[1] [2]} 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)	W 13–7	[3]
October 5	at Amherst	Amherst, MA	L 0–13
October 12	Hobart	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 12–2
October 19	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	W 24–7
October 26	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 7–18	[4]
November 9	Rochester	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 27–0
November 16	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 7–0	[5]

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "1912 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "Colgate, 13; Cornell, 7: Ithacans Show Less Football Than Their Little Adversaries". The New York Times. September 12, 1912. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Colgate, First Away, Outstayed By Army". The Sun. October 27, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Fumble Leads To Only Tally of the Game: Maroon Defeats Orange in Bitterly Waged Battle". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 17, 1912. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.