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1917 Colgate football team

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1917 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles Hubbell
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1916
1919 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh     10 0 0
Williams     7 0 1
Yale     3 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
Army     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 1
Penn     9 2 0
Brown     8 2 0
Fordham     7 2 0
Lehigh     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 3 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Harvard     3 1 3
New Hampshire     3 2 2
Dartmouth     5 3 0
Geneva     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
NYU     2 2 3
Tufts     3 3 0
Carnegie Tech     2 3 1
Bucknell     3 5 1
Lafayette     3 5 0
Holy Cross     3 4 0
Rhode Island State     2 4 2
Carlisle     3 6 0
Columbia     2 4 0
Delaware     2 5 0
Cornell     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 6 0
Villanova     0 3 2
Temple     0 6 1

The 1917 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Harold McDevitt, the team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 118 to 40. Charles Hubbell 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
October 13Bucknell
W 24–0
October 20at CornellW 20–0
October 27at Brown
L 6–7[3]
November 3vs. Holy CrossUtica, NYW 21–0[4]
November 10St. Bonaventure
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 40–6
November 17at SyracuseSyracuse, NY (rivalry)L 7–1616,000

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1917 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Brown Just Noses Out Colgate In Great Fight". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Colgate Scores in Three Periods on Holy Cross Team". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. November 4, 1917. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.