1911 St. Bonaventure Brown and White football team

The 1911 St. Bonaventure Brown and White football team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 1911 college football season. Under first-year head coach and captain Daniel Pickett, the St. Bonaventure eleven compiled a 2–2 record, and were outscored by their opponents 80 to 11. They posted two shutouts, against Bradford, and Lebanon Valley, while themselves being shut out twice by two college football powerhouses, undefeated co-national champion Penn State (NCF), and a Notre Dame team that went undefeated, and outscored their opponents 222 to 9. Nicknames for the football team included the Brown and White, as that was their school colors, and the Alleganians, given St. Bonaventure's proximity to Allegany, NY.

1911 St. Bonaventure Brown and White football
The 1911 St. Bonaventure football team
ConferenceIndependent
1911 record2–2
Head coach
  • Daniel Pickett (1st season)
CaptainDaniel Pickett
1911 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn State   –    8 –0 –1
Carlisle   –    11 –1 –0
Princeton   –    8 –0 –2
Trinity (CT)   –    6 –0 –2
Temple   –    6 –1 –0
Army   –    6 –1 –1
Dartmouth   –    8 –2 –0
Lafayette   –    8 –2 –0
Yale   –    7 –2 –1
Harvard   –    6 –2 –1
Cornell   –    7 –3 –0
Rhode Island State   –    5 –2 –1
Brown   –    7 –3 –1
Bucknell   –    6 –3 –1
Penn   –    7 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –    4 –3 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –    6 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    5 –3 –2
Lehigh   –    5 –5 –1
Rutgers   –    4 –4 –1
St. Bonaventure   –    2 –2 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    4 –5 –0
Tufts   –    3 –4 –0
NYU   –    1 –3 –3
Colgate   –    3 –6 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    3 –6 –0
Villanova   –    0 –5 –1
Geneva   –    0 –6 –1
Boston College   –    0 –7 –0

St. Bonaventure also fielded a reserve team, captained by Donovan, and defeated Renovo 20 to 5 on November 11. Of the 11 points amassed by the football team, ten were scored by halfback Clare, while fullback Regan completed one extra point in the contest against Bradford.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 14Bradford ACBradford, PAW 6–0[1]
October 21vs. Lebanon Valley
W 5–0[2][3]
November 4at Penn State
L 0–46[4]
November 11at Notre Dame
L 0–34[5]

Reserves schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 11Renovo
W 20–5[6]

Roster
1911 St. Bonaventure Varsity Roster

Quarterback

  • O'Neill- Bradford, Lebanon Valley, Penn State, Notre Dame

Right Ends

  • Quinn- Bradford, Lebanon Valley
  • Blair- Penn State

Left End

  • Blair- Bradford, Lebanon Valley, Notre Dame

Right Tackles

  • Kenyon- Penn State, Notre Dame
  • Weberton- Bradford
  • Carnish- Lebanon Valley
  

Left Tackles

  • Kenyon- Bradford, Lebanon Valley
  • Weberton- Penn State
  • Bosque- Notre Dame

Right Guards

  • Carnish- Penn State, Notre Dame
  • Palford- Bradford
  • Kelly- Lebanon Valley
  • Weberton- Lebanon Valley

Left Guards

  • Kelly- Penn State, Notre Dame
  • Pronto- Bradford
  • Weberton- Notre Dame
  • Gianelli- Lebanon Valley
  

Centers

  • Pronto- Penn State, Notre Dame
  • Kelly- Bradford
  • Eustace- Lebanon Valley, Notre Dame

Right Half Backs

  • Clare- Bradford, Lebanon Valley, Notre Dame
  • Pickett- Penn State

Left Half Backs

  • Pickett- Bradford, Lebanon Valley, Notre Dame
  • Clare- Penn State

Fullbacks

  • Flemming- Penn State, Notre Dame
  • Regan- Bradford
  • Kelly- Bradford
  • Palford- Lebanon Valley

References
  1. "Saint Bonaventure Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  2. "LVC Football History Center". Lebanon Valley College Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  3. "St. Bonaventure's Won Game From Lebanon Valley College". Times Herald. 1911-10-23. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  4. "Penn State Swamps St. Bonaventure". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1911-11-05. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  5. "NOTRE DAME PILES UP EASY VICTORY". The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 1911-11-12. p. 19. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  6. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/my-drive
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