1916 Colgate football team

American college football season

1916 Colgate football

Conference| Independent
Record| 8–1
Head coach|

* Laurence Bankart (5th season)

Captain| Clarence Horning
Home stadium| Whitnall Field

Seasons

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1916 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 2
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 2
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Rhode Island State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 2
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

The 1916 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Laurence Bankart, the team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 218 to 30. Clarence Horning was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 30| Susquehanna| Hamilton, NY| W 34–0|
October 7| Maine| Utica, NY| W 28–0|
October 14| at Illinois|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| W 15–3|
October 21| at Rhode Island State| Hamilton, NY| W 33–0| [3]
October 28| Springfield (MA)| Hamilton, NY| W 27–14|
November 4| at Yale|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| L 3–7| [4]
November 11| Rochester| Hamilton, NY| W 35–6|
November 18| at Syracuse|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY (rivalry)

| W 15–0|
November 25| at Brown|

* Andrews Field
* Providence, RI

| W 28–0|

## References

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1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 126\. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2020 - via Wayback Machine.
2. ^ "1916 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. ^ "Colgate Mows Down Rhode Island State". The Sun. October 22, 1916. p. 18 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Yale Defeats Colgate 7 to 3". Boston Post. November 5, 1916. p. 17 - via Newspapers.com.

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