1906 Haverford football team

1906 Haverford football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumWalton Field
Seasons
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1906 Eastern college football independents records
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 Haverford football team was an American football team that represented Haverford College as an independent during the 1906 college football season. The team compiled a 7–0–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 138 to 33.[1] Norman Thorn was the head coach.[2] He had been the captain of the 1903 Haverford team.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Medico-Chirurgical
W 4–0[4]
October 13at Lehigh
W 5–0[5]
October 20Rutgers
  • Walton Field
  • Haverford, PA
T 0–0[6]
October 27Ursinus
  • Walton Field
  • Haverford, PA
W 23–16[7]
November 3at Frankin & Marshall
W 4–0[8]
November 10Johns Hopkins
  • Walton Field
  • Haverford, PA
W 23–0[9]
November 17at Trinity (CT)
T 0–0[10]
November 24NYU
  • Walton Field
  • Haverford, PA
W 68–0[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Haverford (PA) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via archive.org.
  2. ^ "untitled". Camden Daily Courier. September 26, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Haverford's Captain: H. Norman Thorn Chosen to Lead the Team Next Season". Chester Times. December 5, 1902. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Haverford Downs Doctors: Quakers Defeat Medico-Chi in Close Game, Score 4-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1906. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Haverford and Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 13, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Neither Team Scored: Haverford and Rutgers Play Each Other to a Standstill". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1906. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Haverford Wins: Ursinus College Beaten in Exciting Game by 23 to 16". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1906. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Haverford Defeats Franklin & Marshall". The Lancaster Morning News. November 5, 1906. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Haverford Beats Johns Hopkins, 23-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1906. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Trinity Field Covered With Mud: Haverford and Trinity in a No-Score Game". Hartford Courant. November 19, 1906. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Haverford team has a walkover". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1906. p. 24. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "N.Y.U. Meets Waterloo: Buried Under Avalanche of Touchdowns by Haverford". New York Tribune. November 25, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.