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
1905 record5–4
Head coachFrank "Buck" O'Neill (3rd season)
CaptainWalter Runge
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
1905 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Lafayette      7 2 1
Wesleyan      7 2 1
Carlisle      10 4 0
Washington & Jefferson      9 3 0
Penn State      8 3 0
Syracuse      8 3 0
Fordham      5 2 0
Amherst      3 1 2
Brown      7 4 0
Tufts      5 3 0
Cornell      6 4 0
Colgate      5 4 0
Columbia      4 3 2
Army      4 4 1
NYU      3 3 1
Lehigh      6 7 0
Frankin & Marshall      4 6 0
Geneva      4 6 0
New Hampshire      2 4 2
Rutgers      3 6 0
Villanova      3 7 0
Drexel      0 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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23Cortland State
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 59–0
September 30at Cornell
L 11–12
October 7at ArmyL 6–18
October 14St. Lawrence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 50–0
October 21at SyracuseSyracuse, NY (rivalry)L 5–11
October 28at DartmouthHanover, NHW 16–10
November 4Rochester
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 53–12
November 11vs. WilliamsAlbany, NYL 0–5
November 18Hamilton
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 17–15

References

  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.
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