1906 Cornell Big Red football team

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]

1906 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1–2
Head coach	Pop Warner (5th season)
Captain	George Cook
Home stadium	Percy Field
Seasons ← 1905 1907 →

1906 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Colgate	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	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 27	vs. Princeton	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 5–14	20,000	^[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 29	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	T 0–0

References

1. . 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. . Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.
4. Caspar Whitney (1907). "The View-Point". Outing. p. 537.
5. "Colgate Holds Cornell To Tie". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 30, 1906. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Princeton Defeats Cornell in Fierce Battle by Score 14-5". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1906. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Cornell Finds Power in Wups". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 4, 1906. p. Sporting 2 – via newspapers.com.
8. "Holy Cross Team Gives Ithacans Stiff Battle". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. November 11, 1906. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Cornell Outplays Swarthmore, 28-0". November 18, 1906. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.