1906 Carlisle Indians football team

1906 Carlisle Indians football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–3
Head coach	Bemus Pierce (1st season)
Captain	Albert Exendine
Home stadium	Indian Field

1906 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	1
Haverford			–					7	–	0	–	2
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	2
Lafayette			–					8	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	2	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	2	–	3
Carlisle			–					9	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					6	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	2
Vermont			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					5	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	4	–	1
Dickinson			–					3	–	4	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	2
Army			–					3	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					2	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Springfield Training School			–					1	–	5	–	3
NYU			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1906 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, as an independent during the 1906 college football season.

Led by Bemus Pierce in his first and only season as head coach, the Indians compiled a record of 9–3 and outscored opponents 244 to 40. Vanderbilt had one of the first big upsets from the south when it defeated Carlisle 4 to 0.[1] 1906 was the first season with a legal forward pass.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22		Villanova	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 6–0
September 29		Albright	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 82–0
October 3		Susquehanna	Indian Field Carlisle, PA	W 48–0
October 6		vs. Penn State	Williamsport, PA	L 0–4
October 20		at Western University of Pennsylvania	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	W 22–0	5,000	[2]
October 27		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 24–6	~20,000	[3]
November 3	2:30 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 9–4	8,000	[4]
November 10		at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–5		[5]
November 17		at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 17–0	20,000
November 22		at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 0–4	8,000
November 24		at Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	W 18–0
November 29		vs. Virginia	Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA	W 18–17	7,000	[6][7]

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See also

• 1906 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "WUP Team Humiliated By Carlisle Indians". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 21, 1906. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "How the Forward Pass Saved Football HISTORY".
4. "Carlisle Meets Syracuse Today". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. November 3, 1906. p. 10. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "1906 Football Schedule - Harvard University".
6. "Virginia's Great Game". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. November 30, 1906. p. 9. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Carlisle Defeats Virginia". The Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. November 30, 1906. p. 6. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
8. "1906 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".