1905 Colgate football team

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.

1905 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainWalter Runge
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
1905 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
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

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.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Cortland
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 59–0
September 30at Cornell
L 11–12[3]
October 5St. Lawrence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 50–0
October 7at ArmyL 6–18[4]
October 14at DartmouthHanover, NHW 16–10[5]
October 21at SyracuseSyracuse, NY (rivalry)L 5–118,000[6]
November 4Rochester
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 53–12
November 11vs. WilliamsAlbany, NYL 0–5
November 18Hamilton
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 17–15
 
The 1905 Colgate starting eleven.

References

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  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. ^ "Castleman's Great Run Feature of Ithaca Game". The Binghamton Press. October 2, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "West Point, 18; Colgate, 6". The New York Times. October 8, 1905. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Beating for Dartmouth: Loses to Colgate in Fierce Game on Home Gridiron". New York Daily Tribune. October 15, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Hard Fought Game: Syracuse defeated Colgate 11 to 5; Teams evenly matched". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 22, 1905. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.