1917 Colgate football team

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.

1917 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record4–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles Hubbell
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Wash. & Jeff.      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
NYU      2 2 3
Tufts      3 3 0
Carnegie Tech      2 3 1
Bucknell      3 5 1
Lafayette      3 5 0
Rhode Island State      2 4 2
Carlisle      3 6 0
Columbia      2 4 0
Cornell      3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 6 0
Villanova      0 3 2
Temple      0 6 1

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 13Bucknell
W 24–0
October 20at CornellW 20–0
October 27at Brown
L 6–7
November 3vs. Holy CrossUtica, NYW 21–0
November 10St. Bonaventure
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 40–6
November 17at SyracuseSyracuse, NY (rivalry)L 7–16

References

  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.
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