1906 Cornell Big Red football team

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

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]

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

^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1905–1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^ "1906 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.
^ Caspar Whitney (1907). "The View-Point". Outing. p. 537.
^ "Colgate Holds Cornell To Tie". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 30, 1906. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Princeton Defeats Cornell in Fierce Battle by Score 14-5". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1906. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cornell Finds Power in Wups". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 4, 1906. p. Sporting 2 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross Team Gives Ithacans Stiff Battle". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. November 11, 1906. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cornell Outplays Swarthmore, 28-0". November 18, 1906. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.

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