1919 Colgate football team

1919 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–1–1
Head coach	Ellery Huntington Jr. (1st season)
Captain	Belford West
Home stadium	Whitnall Field
Seasons ←  1917 1920  →

1919 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	1
New Hampshire			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	0
Williams			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	2
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	3
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	4	–	2
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	8	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1919 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1919 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ellery Huntington Jr., the team compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 27. Belford West was the team captain. ^{[1] [2]} The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Susquehanna	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 34–7
October 11	Brown	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 14–0	5,000	[3]
October 18	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 21–0
October 25	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 7–0	15,000	[4]
November 1	at Dartmouth	Alumni Oval Hanover, NH	T 7–7
November 8	Rochester	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 21–0
November 15	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 7–13	30,000	[5]

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2020– via Wayback Machine.
2. "1919 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "Laird Proves Heroes Of Day, Foiling Touchdown by Foe". New-York Tribune . New York, New York. October 12, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Maroon Eleven Scores Victory Over Princeton". Colgate Maroon. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018.
5. "Eyes of Intercollegiate Football World Focused on Archbold Stadium". Colgate Maroon. Archived from the original on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2016-01-13.