Colgate at Lafayette

Saturday, October 27, 1906

Lafayette beat Colgate 17–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayColgate4–⁠2–⁠2 in 1906
6
HomeLafayette8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1906
17

FinalHigh 66°F, low 46°F, 0.02 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: Lafayette Beat Colgate.

    The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 28, 1906, page 34

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    Lafayette Beat Colgate. Special to The Journal, Easton, Pa, Oct. 27-Lafayette defeated Col gate here today II to 6. Lafayette outplayed the visitors in every part of the game. Colgate secured their touchdown in the latter part of the second half, after costly tumble by Lafayette player. LAFAYETTE secured two touch downs in the first half.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Lafayette 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Colgate leads 35–⁠11–⁠3 in 49 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Lafayette 59, Colgate 42
2024Lafayette 21, Colgate 20
2023Colgate 37, Lafayette 34
2022Lafayette 21, Colgate 16
2021Colgate 20, Lafayette 13
2020Lafayette 24, Colgate 10

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