1916 Colgate football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1916 Colgate football Independent 8–1 Laurence Bankart 5th Steamer Horning Whitnall Field 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, shut out five of its nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 218 to 30.1916 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football June 6, 2020 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/colgate/1916-schedule.html2008 Colgate Football Media Guide Colgate University 126 2008 June 6, 2020 https://s3.amazonaws.com/gocolgateraiders.com/documents/2008/8/1/HISTORY.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20230323071644/https://s3.amazonaws.com/gocolgateraiders.com/documents/2008/8/1/HISTORY.pdf March 23, 2023 Wayback Machine Three Colgate players were consensus first-team players on the 1916 All-America team:Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 7 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Quarterback Ockie Anderson. Nationally syndicated sports writer Tommy Clark not only chose Anderson as his first-team All-American quarterback but also named him captain of the All-American team. Clark explained his selection of Anderson as follows: "He is an accurate forward passer, and his passing gave Colgate the 13-0 victory over the Army last season. He is a good broken-field runner, and his running back of punts has been a feature of several games this year. He feeds his backs in faultless style, the result being that Colgate did not fumble at Yale, only once against Illinois, and that on a direct pass, and not once against Syracuse and Brown. Anderson has played against some of the best quarterbacks of the year, Macomber of Illinois, Smith of Yale, and Meehan of Syracuse. None of them outplayed him."Tommy Clark All-American Football Team For Season of 1916 Warren Evening Mirror 1916-12-07 Anderson went on to become one of the leading scorers in the first season of the NFL. Tackle Steamer Horning. Horning was also selected as the captain of the 1916 Colgate team.Horning Chosen Colgate Captain Boston Daily Globe December 8, 1915 8 https://newspaperarchive.com/us/massachusetts/boston/boston-daily-globe/1915/12-08/page-8?tag=horning+colgate&rtserp=tags/horning-colgate?page=2 Horning later became the first Detroit quarterback in the 1920 NFL season and won All-NFL honors in 1922 and 1923. Tackle Belford West. West was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1270 Belford West (1954) footballfoundation.org June 27, 2023 and Colgate's athletic hall of honor in 1979.https://colgateathletics.com/honors/hall-of-honor/d-belford-west/21 D. Belford West colgateathletics.com June 27, 2023 Reflecting on West's college career in 1928, John Heisman wrote, "His co-ordination was complete, his courage supreme, his sportsmanship incontestable."https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-heismans-hund/127208224/ Heisman's Hundred in Hall of Football Fame: David Belford West John Heisman John Heisman The Philadelphia Inquirer 19 November 16, 1928 June 27, 2023 newspapers.com In addition, guards Monroe Good and Mason Barton received second-team All-America honors from the United Press (UP) and International News Service (INS), respectively.H.C. Hamilton West Men on United Press All-American Des Moines Daily News 1916-12-03Jack Velock Have Hard Job Selecting All-American Team Lima Times Democrat 1916-12-04 The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York. Schedule September 30 w 1916 Susquehanna Crusaders Susquehanna Hamilton, NY 34–0 October 7 w Maine Utica, NY 28–0 October 14 w y Illinois Illinois Field Champaign, IL 15–3 October 21 w y Rhode Island State Hamilton, NY 33–0 Colgate Mows Down Rhode Island State The Sun October 22, 1916 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94275597/colgate-mows-down-rhode-island-state/ Newspapers.com October 28 w 1916 Springfield Red and White Springfield Hamilton, NY 27–14 November 4 l y Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 3–7 Yale Defeats Colgate 7 to 3 Boston Post November 5, 1916 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98187427/yale-defeats-colgate-7-to-3/ Newspapers.com November 11 w 1916 Rochester Yellowjackets Rochester Hamilton, NY 35–6 November 18 w y Syracuse Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY rivalry 15–0 November 25 w y Brown Andrews Field Providence, RI 28–0 References Colgate Category:Colgate Raiders football seasons Colgate football