1906 Haverford football team

The 1906 Haverford football team was an American football team that represented Haverford College as an independent during the 1906 college football season. The team compiled a 7–0–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 138 to 33.^[1] Norman Thorn was the head coach.^[2] He had been the captain of the 1903 Haverford team.^[3]

1906 Haverford Fords football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–0–2
Head coach	Norman Thorn (3rd season)
Home stadium	Walton 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	Source
October 6	Medico-Chirurgical	Walton Field Haverford, PA	W 4–0	^[4]
October 13	at Lehigh	Lehigh Field South Bethlehem, PA	W 5–0	^[5]
October 20	Rutgers	Walton Field Haverford, PA	T 0–0	^[6]
October 27	Ursinus	Walton Field Haverford, PA	W 23–16	^[7]
November 3	at Frankin & Marshall	Williamson Field Lancaster, PA	W 4–0	^[8]
November 10	Johns Hopkins	Walton Field Haverford, PA	W 23–0	^[9]
November 17	at Trinity (CT)	Trinity Field Hartford, CT	T 0–0	^[10]
November 24	NYU	Walton Field Haverford, PA	W 68–0	^[11]^[12]

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via archive.org.
2. "untitled". Camden Daily Courier. September 26, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Haverford's Captain: H. Norman Thorn Chosen to Lead the Team Next Season". Chester Times. December 5, 1902. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Haverford Downs Doctors: Quakers Defeat Medico-Chi in Close Game, Score 4-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1906. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Haverford and Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 13, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Neither Team Scored: Haverford and Rutgers Play Each Other to a Standstill". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1906. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Haverford Wins: Ursinus College Beaten in Exciting Game by 23 to 16". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1906. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Haverford Defeats Franklin & Marshall". The Lancaster Morning News. November 5, 1906. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Haverford Beats Johns Hopkins, 23-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1906. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Trinity Field Covered With Mud: Haverford and Trinity in a No-Score Game". Hartford Courant. November 19, 1906. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Haverford team has a walkover". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1906. p. 24. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "N.Y.U. Meets Waterloo: Buried Under Avalanche of Touchdowns by Haverford". New York Tribune. November 25, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.