1902 Colgate football team

American college football season

1902 Colgate football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–3–1
Head coach|

* Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1st season)

Captain| Carl H. Smith
Home stadium| Whitnall Field

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1902 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Ursinus |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 1
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 1  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 2
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 1
Springfield Training School |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
Western U. of Penn. |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 1
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 1
Dickinson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1
Pittsburgh College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

The 1902 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record. Carl Smith was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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| Colgate Academy|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| W 24–0| |
September 27| at Cornell|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY (rivalry)

| L 0–5| | [2]
October 4| St. Lawrence|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| W 36–0| |
October 11| at Syracuse| Syracuse, NY| L 0–23| 3,000| [3]
October 18| vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic| Albany, NY| W 29–0| |
October 25| Hobart|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| W 50–0| | [4]
October 29| at Williams| Williamstown, MA| L 5–16| |
November 2| at Rochester| Rochester, NY| W 22–0| |
November 8| at Hamilton| Clinton, NY| T 11–11| |

## References

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1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. ^ "Cornell, 5; Colgate, 0". The New York Times. September 28, 1902. p. 15 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Colgate Downed". Buffalo Sunday Morning News. October 12, 1902. p. 9 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Hobart vs. Colgate: Old Rivals in Gridiron Warfare Clash at Hamilton To-Day". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 25, 1902. p. 19 - via Newspapers.com.

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