1907 Colgate football team

The 1907 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In its second season under head coach Bill Warner, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record. W. Lynn Housemann was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

1907 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainW. Lynn Housemann
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1906
1908 →
1907 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Dartmouth     8 0 1
Penn     11 1 0
Carlisle     10 1 0
Temple     4 0 2
Fordham     6 1 1
Cornell     8 2 0
Western U. of Penn.     8 2 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 1
Lehigh     7 2 1
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
NYU     5 2 0
Vermont     4 1 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Brown     7 3 0
Penn State     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 1
Drexel     3 2 2
Colgate     4 4 1
Geneva     4 5 2
Amherst     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 0
Rutgers     3 5 1
Springfield Training School     2 4 2
Bucknell     4 7 0
New Hampshire     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Holy Cross     1 7 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Carnegie Tech     1 8 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Niagara
L 6–11
September 28at Union (NY)Schenectady, NYT 0–0
October 5Rochester
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 41–0
October 12at Cornell
L 0–18[3]
October 19at LafayetteEaston, PAL 9–21[4]
October 26Hobart
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 23–5
November 2at ArmyL 0–6[5]
November 9at HamiltonClinton, NYW 20–10
November 16vs. WesleyanUtica, NYW 9–0

References edit

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1907 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Cornell 18, Colgate 0: Ithacans Surprised by Good Showing of Opponents". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1907. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lafayette Wins From Colgate: Eastonians Defeat Hamilton Team in Hard and Fiercely Contested Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1907. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Army's Small Score: Colgate Makes Good Showing in End Runs". The New York Times. December 3, 1907 – via Newspapers.com.