1925 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–2
Head coach
CaptainEdward Tryon
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
1925 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Dartmouth    8 0 0
Fordham    9 1 0
No. 4 Colgate    7 0 2
No. 10 Pittsburgh    8 1 0
Syracuse    8 1 1
No. 11 Lafayette    7 1 1
Springfield    6 1 1
Princeton    5 1 1
Holy Cross    8 2 0
Penn    7 2 0
Army    7 2 0
Boston College    6 2 0
Cornell    6 2 0
NYU    6 2 1
Villanova    6 2 1
Washington & Jefferson    6 2 1
Carnegie Tech    5 2 1
Yale    5 2 1
Bucknell    7 3 1
Columbia    6 3 1
Muhlenberg    6 3 1
Temple    5 2 2
Harvard    4 3 1
Franklin & Marshall    5 4 0
Brown    5 4 1
Penn State    4 4 1
Buffalo    3 4 1
St. John's    3 4 0
Lehigh    3 5 1
Vermont    3 6 0
CCNY    2 5 0
Providence    2 7 0
Rutgers    2 7 0
Boston University    1 5 0
Manhattan    1 6 1
Tufts    1 6 0
Drexel    1 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 7–0–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 219 to 34.[1][2] The team was ranked No. 4 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in January 1926.[3] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Halfback and team captain Eddie Tryon was selected as an All American. He was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Canisius
W 28–0[4]
October 3Clarkson
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 60–0[5]
October 10St. Bonaventure
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 49–0
October 17at LafayetteT 7–7[6]
October 24at PrincetonW 9–0[7]
November 1at Michigan StateW 14–0[8]
November 7Providence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 19–7[9]
November 14at SyracuseW 19–630,000[10]
November 26at Brown
T 14–14[11]

References

  1. "1925 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  2. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. "Dickison Football Rating System: Dartmouth Declared National Champion". The Pantagraph. January 8, 1926. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Canisius Beaten, Gives Colgate Fight: Tryon's Brilliance Leads Colgate To Victory Over Canisius Eleven 28 to 0". Buffalo Courier. September 27, 1925. p. 90 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tryon Leads Colgate to Win Over Clarkson". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 4, 1925. p. 41 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lafayette and Colgate Battle To 7-7 Deadlock". The Hartford Courant. October 18, 1925. p. IV-1 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Eddie Tryon Rises To His Greatest Heights; Beats Princeton Singlehanded". Buffalo Courier. October 25, 1925. p. 98 via Newspapers.com.
  8. George S. Alderton (November 2, 1925). "Michigan State Gives Colgate Great Fight But Lose to Crack Eastern Team, 14-0". The Lansing State Journal. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Colgate, 19; Providence, 7". Chicago Tribune. November 8, 1925. p. II-6 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Tryon Runs Rough-Shod Over Orange For Colgate's Win". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 15, 1925. p. 45 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Melville E. Webb Jr. (November 27, 1925). "Brown-Colgate Game Ends 14-14". The Boston Daily Globe. pp. 1, 23 via Newspapers.com.


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