1906 Saint Louis Blue and White football team

The 1906 Saint Louis Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Cochems, the team compiled a perfect 11–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 407 to 11.

1906 Saint Louis Blue and White football
Conference	Independent
1906 record	11–0
Head coach	Eddie Cochems (1st season)
Captain	Clarence Kenney
Home stadium	Sportsman's Park

1906 Midwestern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Louis			–					11	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					5	–	0	–	0
Butler			–					1	–	0	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					5	–	0	–	1
Iowa State			–					9	–	1	–	0
Ohio			–					7	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					6	–	1	–	0
St. Mary's (OH)			–					5	–	1	–	0
Fairmount			–					7	–	1	–	2
Wabash			–					5	–	1	–	1
Kansas			–					7	–	2	–	2
Michigan Agricultural			–					7	–	2	–	2
Kansas State			–					5	–	2	–	0
Missouri			–					5	–	2	–	1
Detroit College			–					4	–	2	–	1
Lake Forest			–					3	–	2	–	0
Nebraska			–					6	–	4	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	4	–	1
Heidelberg			–					3	–	3	–	1
Washington University			–					2	–	2	–	2
Beloit			–					3	–	4	–	1
Franklin			–					3	–	4	–	0
Doane			–					2	–	3	–	0
Haskell			–					2	–	4	–	1
Western State (MI)			–					1	–	2	–	0
Mount Union			–					2	–	5	–	1
Drake			–					2	–	5	–	0
Marquette			–					1	–	4	–	2
Chicago P&S			–					0	–	1	–	1
Cincinnati			–					0	–	7	–	2

The forward pass became legal in 1906, and Saint Louis is credited by some with having thrown the first legal forward pass in a September 5, 1906, game against Carroll College.[1] Football authority and College Football Hall of Fame coach David M. Nelson wrote that "E. B. Cochems is to forward passing what the Wright brothers are to aviation and Thomas Edison is to the electric light."[2] Halfback Bradbury Robinson led the team's early passing attack.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Carroll (WI)		W 22–0
September 29	at Lawrence	Appleton, WI	W 6–0		[3]
October 4	at St. John's Military Academy	Delafield, WI	W 27–0		[4]
October 6	at Marquette	Milwaukee, WI	W 30–0		[5]
October 13	St. Charles Military Academy	Handlan's Park St. Louis, MO	W 33–0		[6]
October 20	Cape Girardeau Normal	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 59–0		[7]
October 27	Missouri Mines	St. Louis, MO	W 71–0		[8]
November 3	Kansas	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 34–2		[9]
November 10	Kansas City Medical College	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 54–0		[10]
November 17	Drake	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 32–9		[11]
November 29	Iowa	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 39–0	13,000	[12][13]

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References

1. Courtesy of the National Football Foundation, "This week in college football history", The Phanatic Magazine, August 31, 2007
2. Nelson, David M. (1994). The Anatomy of a Game: Football, the Rules, and the Men Who Made the Game. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-455-2., p. 128
3. "St. Louis U. Team Trims Lawrence". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 30, 1906. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Football Notes". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 5, 1906. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "St. Louis U. Runs Over Marquette". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 7, 1906. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "St. Louis University Plays Fine Football". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 14, 1906. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Cochems' Coaching Produces Results". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 21, 1905. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Miners Soft for St. Louis U." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 28, 1906. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "St. Louis University Displays Brilliant Style Rugby -- Defeats Kansas in Hollow Fashion". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 4, 1906. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Cochems' Bad Boys Loaf, But Triumph". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 11, 1906. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "St. Louis Plays Brilliant Rugby: Cochems Chicks Outplay Iowa Drakes". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 18, 1906. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Cochems, Leader of the New Rugby". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 30, 1906. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Iowa Overwhelmed by St. Louis U." The Register and Leader (Des Moines). November 30, 1906. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
14. The Blue and White, 1907