Colgate at Lafayette
Saturday, October 27, 1906 Share
Lafayette beat Colgate 17–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 46°F, 0.02 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 28, 1906, page 34
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Colgate–Lafayette gameColgate leads 35–11–3 in 49 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.
| 2025 | Lafayette 59, Colgate 42 | |
| 2024 | Lafayette 21, Colgate 20 | |
| 2023 | Colgate 37, Lafayette 34 | |
| 2022 | Lafayette 21, Colgate 16 | |
| 2021 | Colgate 20, Lafayette 13 | |
| 2020 | Lafayette 24, Colgate 10 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat WilliamsNov. 3, 1906
- SeasonColgate in 1906
- ProgramColgate history and records
Lafayette
- Next gameat Washington & JeffersonNov. 3, 1906
- SeasonLafayette in 1906
- ProgramLafayette history and records

