1914 Colgate football team

The 1914 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In its third season under head coach Laurence Bankart, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 146 to 73. Wallace Swarthout was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

1914 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWallace Swarthout
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     9 0 0
Harvard     7 0 2
Washington & Jefferson     10 1 0
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Lehigh     8 1 0
Pittsburgh     8 1 0
Cornell     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 2 1
Colgate     5 2 1
Princeton     5 2 1
Brown     5 2 2
Fordham     6 3 1
Geneva     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 0
Penn State     5 3 1
Rutgers     5 3 1
Lafayette     5 3 2
Syracuse     5 3 2
Boston College     5 4 0
NYU     5 4 0
Villanova     4 3 1
Bucknell     4 4 1
Carnegie Tech     4 4 0
Penn     4 4 1
Temple     3 3 0
Rhode Island State     2 3 3
Carlisle     5 10 1
Holy Cross     2 5 1
Vermont     2 6 1
Duquesne     1 5 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Ohio Wesleyan
W 40–0
October 3at Cornell
W 7–3
October 10Massachusetts
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 25–0
October 17at ArmyL 7–21[3]
October 24Vermont
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 42–0[4]
October 31at YaleL 7–49
November 7at RochesterRochester, NYW 18–0
November 14at SyracuseT 0–0

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1914 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Colgate, First Away, Outstayed By Army". The Sun. October 27, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Colgate chisels great holes in Vermont's line". Democrat and Chronicle. October 25, 1914. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.