1923 Colgate football team

1923 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Dick Harlow (2nd season)
Captain	Jim Leonard
Home stadium	Whitnall Field
Seasons ←  1922 1924  →

1923 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
St. John's			–					5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					6	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	7	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	7	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Springfield			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its second season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 233 to 73. Jim Leonard 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
September 22	Alfred	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 14–0
September 29	Clarkson	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 42–0
October 6	Niagara	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 55–0
October 13	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	T 23–23	40,000	[3]
October 20	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 7–34	15,000	[4]
October 27	vs. Ohio Wesleyan	Utica Park Utica, NY	W 27–0	6,000	[5]
November 3	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–9
November 10	at Rochester	Rochester, NY	W 49–0
November 17	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 16–7	20,000	[6]

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "1923 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "Colgate Eleven Tied by Ohio State Team". Colgate Maroon. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018.
4. "Cornell Uses Passes To Defeat Colgate Before Record Crowd". Ithaca Journal-News. October 22, 1923. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Ohio Wesleyan is Easy for Colgate; Redinger Stars". Buffalo Courier.
6. "Colgate Springs Surprise". The Saratogian.