1919 Colgate football team

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1919 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–1
Head coach
CaptainBelford West
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1917
1920 →
1919 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     9 0 1
Penn State     7 1 0
Swarthmore     7 1 0
Dartmouth     6 1 1
Colgate     5 1 1
New Hampshire     7 2 0
Lafayette     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 0
Williams     6 2 0
Syracuse     8 3 0
Penn     6 2 1
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 3 0
Princeton     4 2 1
Geneva     4 2 2
Army     6 3 0
Boston College     5 3 0
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Rutgers     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Villanova     5 3 1
Brown     5 4 1
Bucknell     5 4 1
NYU     4 4 0
Carnegie Tech     3 4 0
Columbia     2 4 3
Cornell     3 5 0
Vermont     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 4 2
Tufts     2 5 0
Buffalo     0 5 1
Rhode Island State     0 8 1
Drexel     0 4 0

The 1919 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1919 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ellery Huntington Jr., the team compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 27. Belford West was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Susquehanna
W 34–7
October 11Brown
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 14–05,000[3]
October 18at CornellW 21–0
October 25at PrincetonW 7–015,000[4]
November 1at DartmouthT 7–7
November 8Rochester
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 21–0
November 15at SyracuseL 7–1330,000[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "1919 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Laird Proves Heroes Of Day, Foiling Touchdown by Foe". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 12, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Maroon Eleven Scores Victory Over Princeton". Colgate Maroon. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018.
  5. ^ "Eyes of Intercollegiate Football World Focused on Archbold Stadium". Colgate Maroon. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.