1926 Colgate football team

1926 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
CaptainNicholas Mehler
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Lafayette     9 0 0
No. 10 Brown     9 0 1
NYU     8 1 0
No. 9 Army     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     7 1 1
Boston College     6 0 2
No. 10 Penn     7 1 1
Cornell     6 1 1
Princeton     5 1 1
Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
Springfield     6 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 1
Villanova     6 2 1
Colgate     5 2 2
Columbia     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     5 2 2
CCNY     5 3 0
Temple     5 3 0
Penn State     5 4 0
Tufts     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Bucknell     4 5 1
Fordham     3 4 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Rutgers     3 6 0
Vermont     3 6 0
Drexel     2 5 0
Boston University     2 6 0
Lehigh     1 8 0
Franklin & Marshall     0 8 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Hauser, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 218 to 58. Nicholas Mehler was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Hamilton
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 19–0
October 2Clarkson
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 46–0
October 9St. Bonaventure
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 44–0
October 16at PittsburghL 16–1920,000[3]
October 23at NavyL 7–1315,000[4]
October 30Michigan State
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 38–65,000[5]
November 6Providence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 28–0
November 13at SyracuseT 10–1033,000[6]
November 27at Brown
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
T 10–1030,000[7]

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1926 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Hannum, Max E. (October 17, 1926). "Sutherland's Men Capture Hot Contest". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lloyd Runs Length Of Field To Bring Victory To Middies". The Baltimore Sun. October 24, 1926. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Colgate Tramples Over Michigan State in Game Played on Muddy Field, 38-6". Detroit Free Press. October 31, 1926. p. 23 – via Newspapers,com.
  6. ^ "Syracuse-Colgate Tie". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 14, 1926. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Colgate-Brown: 30,000 See Battling Bruins Held to 10-10 Draw". New York Daily News. November 28, 1926. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.