Colgate at Yale

Saturday, October 23, 1909

Yale beat Colgate 36–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Yale led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayColgate5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1909
0
HomeYale10–⁠0 in 1909
36

FinalHigh 54°F, low 43°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: YALE EASY VICTOR TWO GOALS BY, cor. Blue Piles Up Big Total against Colgate EIeUen.

    New-York tribune, October 24, 1909, page 10

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    YALE EASY VICTOR TWO GOALS BY, cor. Blue Piles Up Big Total against Colgate EIeUen. New Haven, Oct. 2S.-Yale beat Colgate by score of 36 to to-day, using twenty four players in the course OF the two halves. Five touchdowns and two goals from the field. both kicked by Captain Coy, with five goals from tOuchdOwns, made up the Yale total The Colgate team was able TO do little with Yale at any time. al though the two ends of the New York team, Mcdonald and Anderson, kept all the Yale wing men busy. GOebel, at right guard. and Cooney, at centre. were the only Yale men who played all through the game. Both are in need of lot of work this year, and they are playing more foot ball than any other men on the squad. Cooney kicked off for Yale, and Colgate had to kick at once. Murphy took the ball back twenty yards, and, on an onside KICK, Logan got the ball yard from the Col gate line Francis went over on the next play, giving Yale a touchdown less than two minutes after play began. Yale then received the kickoff, and ripped right through the Colgate line for big gains until the ball was well In Col gate territory. A tumble stopped the advance, however, and Colgate kicked into Yale’s part of the field Coy and PhIlbin went into the game at this point, replacing Murphy and Francis and Coy at once began a Kicking duel Win Mauly, of Colgate gaining forty yards on a few exchanges Colgate kicked out from the 10-yard line after Coy’s last punt ana the Yale captain then scored three points with a pretty drop kick from the SO-yard line. Excbanees of hunts were resumed after the kickoff. and Lilly blocked two of the Colgate attempts, Yale getting the ball on Colgate’s 4O-yard line the last time. After a couple of line plays Coy dropped back again and kicked another goal just as time was called. Between the halves the Yale Arctic Cluo’ in appropriate costume. burlesqued the dis covery of the pole and the succeeding controversy apparently in rehearsal for the game with Princeton Philbin followed the kickoff with perfeet end run, carrying the ball sixty yards for a touchdown, from which Hobbs kicked the goal making the score Is to in favor of Yale Following the kickoff Colgate made a first down, but had to kick almost at once and Yale got the ball again on CoIgate’s 5O-yard line. A long forward pass by Coy paved the way to another touchdown, and Hobbs again kicked the goal. Potter then went in for Coy, and Johnson for Howe. Yale kicked off, and Colgate ran the ball back almost to midfield. A forward pass put the ball on Yales 35-yard line, but an attempted drop kick went wrong. and on the next play Philbin ran sixty yards or more for another touchdown. Yale kicked off again and Colgate punted. Johnson returned the kick at once, and Logan recovered it and went straight down the field for the last touchdown. The lineup follows:

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story: VICTORY AGAIN FOR F0RDYCE Pine Bluff High School Boys Made Brilliant Fight on Clary Campus BUT COULD NOT WIN, Allen Injured and Had to be Taken Out-Score Was 6 to O- Man, Stars.

    Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, October 24, 1909, page 1

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    VICTORY AGAIN FOR F0RDYCE Pine Bluff High School Boys Made Brilliant Fight on Clary Campus BUT COULD NOT WIN, Allen Injured and Had to be Taken Out-Score Was 6 to O- Man, Stars. In a great game yesterday alter Training school al I’ordyce, the Pine Bluff High School was defeated by close score of to 0, by the football team of the Clary Training School, In the first half of the game the For dyce boys played well and after t+en- ty minutes of playing succeeded in making touchdown and kick to goal. In the second half the game was hard fought The Pine Bluff boys pushed the ball into the Fordyce territory all through the last half During the game Allen, playing end on the Pine Bluff team, tackled man and bruised his shoulder and was so badly hurt that he was unable to finish the game. Both teams played savagely all through the game. but the Pine Bluff team was unable to make up the gain by the F’ordyce team. Nor was tn Fordyce team able to increase their lead White, of Henderson, was the ref cree; Mckenzie of Vanderbilt. was head lineman and Prof. J. H. Thach principal of the Clary Training School kept the time of the game, which was played ia ? and 20 minute halves. The local boys played in hard luck and deserved to win, but were out played by the Fordyce boys who were helped out greatly by the absence of the Pine Bluff quarterback, Loving who was unable to play on account Of injuries sustained in the game with Little Rock College, here two weeks ago. excellent plays made by Goodgame, Wood and Smead, for Fordyce, and Allen, Hudson and McGaughy for the High School. The two teams lined up as follows. Pine Bluff-Allen, right end; Guest right tackle; Barrow. right guard Hudson. center; Roebuck, left guard: Fletcher, left tackle Flournoy, right half-back: McGaughy, left half-back; Whitelaw, quarterback: Simpson, full back; Mooney. left end Fordyce-Criger, right end: Lacote, right tackle; Doutch, right guard; Ab- ernathy, center: Luce. left guard: Marlborough. left tackle Mead. left end; Goodgame, right half-back: Wood left half-back; Smead, quarterback: Batcheller, full back Other Games. At New York-Forham. 2l: Sworth- more. 2. At Princeton-LaFayet 6; Prince ton, O. At Cambridge H. Brown, At New Haven-Yale, 36: Colgate, 0. At Phladelphia1-Pennsylvana. 3; Pennsylvania state. , At Amhurst-Dartmopth, 12: Am hurst, 0. At West Point-Lehigh. 0: West Point, IS. At Washing ngton-North Carolina. ,: O. At Annapolis Navy, 0; Virginia. 5 At Worcester-Bowdern 3: Holy crOcc

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story: COLGATE MEAT FOR ELS COY,s TOE AGAIN FEATURE OF YALEys PLAYING. - Bix Score sHelzed Up--News Haven :. Grfdiron Knsk1&e Gather Five Toslch Dosssss Fer nuIs Tlss<r.

    The Montgomery advertiser, October 24, 1909, page 14

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    COLGATE MEAT FOR ELS COY,s TOE AGAIN FEATURE OF YALEys PLAYING. - Bix Score sHelzed Up--News Haven :. Grfdiron Knsk1&e Gather Five Toslch Dosssss Fer nuIs Tlss<r. New Haven, Conn., oct. 2s--Yale de- feated Colgate thie afternonn 36 to 0 making five toucfdowns. five goals grom. touchdowns and two goals from the field. n \ s tas fssI The field goals were both made by Coy, in the first half M i,sif Yale, 36; Colgate. 70. fss Touchdowns. Francis, Coy Philbin. Goals from touchdowns, cooney. Hobbs, 4 ss tse e4s tf Goals from field. Coy. 2. Referee, Thompson, Georgetown. Umpire. Corey. ‘S Head linesman. Hull. Yale. Time of halves. 25 and 20 minutes.

  • The Bismarck daily tribune's story: YALE MADE Big SCORE ON THE COLGATE TEAM

    Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 24, 1909, page 1

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    YALE MADE Big SCORE ON THE COLGATE TEAM New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 23.-Ya1e defeated Colgate this afternoon 36 to 0 making five touchdowns, five goals from touchdowns and two goals from field. The field goals were both made by Coy in the first half. 1t was the first time since 1888 that a Yale man has kicked two goals from field in the same game. Philbin made two touchdowns after long runs, the first a forty yard dash and the other 81 yards

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Yale 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 25–⁠10–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.

Recent meetings
2016Colgate 55, Yale 13
2015Yale 29, Colgate 28
2014Yale 45, Colgate 31
2013Yale 39, Colgate 22
2012Colgate 47, Yale 24
2004Yale 31, Colgate 28

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