1912 Colgate football team

1912 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
CaptainRoscoe Cook
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1911
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1912 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 0
Carlisle   –   12 – 1 – 1
Maine   –   7 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   7 – 1 – 1
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 1
Lehigh   –   9 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 3 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 4 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 3 – 0
Morris Harvey   –   2 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   4 – 5 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   3 – 4 – 1
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0

The 1912 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Dutch Sommer, the team compiled a 5–2 record. Roscoe Cook was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at Cornell
W 13–7[3]
October 5at AmherstAmherst, MAL 0–13
October 12Hobart
W 12–2
October 19at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 24–7
October 26at Army
L 7–18[4]
November 9Rochester
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 27–0
November 16at Syracuse
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 7–0[5]

References

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1912 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Colgate, 13; Cornell, 7: Ithacans Show Less Football Than Their Little Adversaries". The New York Times. September 12, 1912. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Colgate, First Away, Outstayed By Army". The Sun. October 27, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fumble Leads To Only Tally of the Game: Maroon Defeats Orange in Bitterly Waged Battle". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 17, 1912. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.