1923 Niagara vs. Colgate football game

August 2023 Niagara vs. ColgatePlayers refuse to tackle 1923 Niagara Purple Eagles Niagara University Colgate Colgate University 1–0 2–0 Pete Dwyer Dick Harlow 0 0 0 0 28 7 7 13 October 6, 1923 Whitnall Field Hamilton, New York The 1923 Niagara vs. Colgate football game was a college football game between the Niagara Purple Eagles and the Colgate Maroon played on October 6, 1923. The game was played at Whitnall Field in Hamilton Village, New York. The game is known for the Niagara team refusing to tackle their opponents during play and intentionally allowing them to score multiple times.https://www.nytimes.com/1923/10/07/archives/players-refuse-to-tackle-after-dispute-with-colgate-niagara-loses.html The New York Times PLAYERS REFUSE TO TACKLE; After Dispute With Colgate, Niagara Loses Farcical Game, 55 to 0 August 14, 2014 October 7, 1923 Coach Pete Dwyer of Niagara wanted to play four quarters of eight minutes in length rather than the standard 15-minute quarters, an agreement reached between the schools at an earlier date. Opposing coach Dick Harlow wanted nothing to do with the rule change and insisted on the standard 15 minutes.http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%208/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette%201923%20Sep-Nov%20Grayscale/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette%201923%20Sep-Nov%20Grayscale%20-%200456.pdf Niagara Falls-Gazette October 8, 1923 August 14, 2014 NU loses to Colgate Team In protest, the players of Niagara refused to tackle their opponents. Dwyer told his team "I will dismiss from the squad any man who makes a tackle. I refuse to ruin you as a football team by playing 60 minutes against a team like that, even if they score 1,000 points."http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FBuffalo%2520NY%2520Courier%2520Express%2FBuffalo%2520NY%2520Courier%2520Express%25201952%2FBuffalo%2520NY%2520Courier%2520Express%25201952%2520a%2520-%25201088.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F786c4e071f8352f31ebd1d84e09cb690#page=1 Football's Big Burlesque Buffalo Courier-Express Colgate scored three touchdowns in the first two minutes before Harlow agreed to the 8 minute quarters and resumed the game.http://cdm16303.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getarticleclippings/collection/ColgateNP04/id/19136/articleId/DIVL59/compObjId/19140/lang/en_US/dmtext/ Niagara Overwhelmed By Colgate Eleven Colgate MaroonFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Colgate's star halfback, Ed Tryon, scored a team record seven touchdowns in the game. His 42 total points also remain a Colgate record for a single game. References Category:1923 college football season vs. Niagara 1923 vs. Colgate 1923 Category:1923 in sports in New York (state) Category:October 1923 sports events in the United States