1904 Colgate football team

The 1904 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its second season under head coach Buck O'Neill, the team compiled an 8–1–1 record. F. Gorham Brigham was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

1904 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Head coach
CaptainF. Gorham Brigham
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     12 0 0
Western U. of Penn.     10 0 0
Dartmouth     7 0 1
Yale     10 1 0
Amherst     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 0
Lafayette     8 2 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Army     7 2 0
Fordham     4 1 1
Harvard     7 2 1
Dickinson     8 3 1
Columbia     7 3 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Villanova     4 2 1
Syracuse     6 3 0
Swarthmore     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 1
Penn State     6 4 0
Temple     3 2 0
Brown     6 5 0
Bucknell     3 3 0
Springfield Training School     4 4 1
NYU     3 6 0
Holy Cross     2 5 2
Wesleyan     3 7 0
Geneva     1 4 2
Vermont     1 5 2
New Hampshire     2 5 0
Rutgers     1 6 2
Tufts     2 9 1
Lehigh     1 8 0
Frankin & Marshall     0 10 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at Cornell
L 17–0[2]
October 1St. Lawrence
W 29–0
October 8at SyracuseSyracuse, NY (rivalry)W 11–0[3]
Colgate Academy
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 22–0
October 15at Watertown Athletic AssociationWatertown, NYT 0–0
October 19Hobart
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 38–0
October 22Alfred
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 76–0
October 29at Rochester
W 20–5[4]
November 5at Williams
W 6–0[5]
November 12at Hamilton Clinton, NYW 66–2[6]

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Colgate Easy For Cornell: Ithacans Showed Up Weakest at Center". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 29, 1904. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Colgate Wins From Syracuse". New York Daily Tribune. October 9, 1904. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Varsity Beaten in Hard Fought Game: Colgate Battered Down Yellow's Defense in Second Half". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 30, 1904. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Colgate 6, Williams 0: Game Was One of the Hardest Fought and Most Spectacular Ever Seen on Weston Field". The Boston Sunday Globe. November 6, 1904. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Colgate Swamps Hamilton". The Sun. November 13, 1904. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.