1902 Colgate football team

The 1902 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record. Carl Smith was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

1902 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainCarl Smith
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
1902 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Ursinus    9 0 0
Yale    11 0 1
Geneva    7 0 0
Harvard    11 1 0
Princeton    8 1 0
Army    6 1 1
Frankin & Marshall    7 2 0
Dartmouth    6 2 1
Holy Cross    6 2 1
Syracuse    6 2 1
Carlisle    8 3 0
Cornell    8 3 0
Lafayette    8 3 0
Amherst    7 3 0
Penn State    7 3 0
Penn    9 4 0
Lehigh    7 3 1
Vermont    5 3 2
Colgate    5 3 1
NYU    5 3 0
Bucknell    6 4 0
Washington & Jefferson    6 4 0
Columbia    6 4 1
Springfield Training School    3 2 1
Villanova    4 3 0
Brown    5 4 1
Swarthmore    6 6 0
Western U. of Penn.    5 6 1
New Hampshire    2 3 1
Buffalo    3 5 1
Tufts    4 6 1
Fordham    2 4 1
Wesleyan    3 6 1
Rutgers    3 7 0
Navy    2 7 1
Drexel    1 4 1
Temple    1 4 1
Pittsburgh College    1 6 0
Boston College    0 8 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Colgate Academy
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 24–0
September 27at Cornell
L 0–5[2]
October 4St. Lawrence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 36–0
October 11at SyracuseSyracuse, NYL 0–233,000[3]
October 18vs. Rensselaer PolytechnicAlbany, NYW 29–0
October 25Hobart
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 50–0[4]
October 29at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAL 5–16
November 2at RochesterRochester, NYW 22–0
November 8at HamiltonClinton, NYT 11–11

References

  1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "Cornell, 5; Colgate, 0". The New York Times. September 28, 1902. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Colgate Downed". Buffalo Sunday Morning News. October 12, 1902. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Hobart vs. Colgate: Old Rivals in Gridiron Warfare Clash at Hamilton To-Day". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 25, 1902. p. 19 via Newspapers.com.
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