1906 Cornell Big Red football team

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1906 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–2
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Cook
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 1
Haverford   –   7 – 0 – 2
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 2
Lafayette   –   8 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 2 – 3
Carlisle   –   9 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 2
Vermont   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Western U. of Penn.
   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
Amherst
   –   3 – 3 – 1
Lehigh   –   5 – 5 – 1
Bucknell
   –   3 – 4 – 1
Dickinson   –   3 – 4 – 2
Carnegie Tech
   –   2 – 3 – 2
Army   –   3 – 5 – 1
Frankin & Marshall
   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan
   –   2 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   3 – 7 – 0
Springfield Training School   –   1 – 5 – 3
NYU   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1906 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1906 college football season. In their fifth, non-consecutive season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled an 8–1–2 record, shut out 6 of 11 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 237 to 37.[1][2] Three Cornell players received honors on the 1906 College Football All-America Team: guard Elmer Thompson (Walter Camp-1, Caspar Whitney-2); center William Newman (Whitney-1); and fullback George Walders (Whitney-2).[3][4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Colgate
T 0–0[5]
October 3
Hamilton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–0
October 6 Oberlin
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 25–5
October 10 Niagara
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 23–6
October 13
Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–6
October 20
Bowdoin
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 72–0
October 27vs. Princeton
L 5–1420,000[6]
November 3 Western University of Pennsylvania
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 23–0[7]
November 10 Holy Cross
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 16–6[8]
November 17
Swarthmore
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 28–0[9]
November 29at Penn
T 0–0

References

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1905–1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1906 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.
  4. ^ Caspar Whitney (1907). "The View-Point". Outing. p. 537.
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