1907 college football season
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The 1907 college football season saw the increased use of the forward pass
, which had been legalized the year before. Football remained a dangerous game, despite the "debrutalization" reforms, and an unprecedented eleven players were killed (9 high school and 2 college), while 98 others were seriously injured. However, there were no serious injuries reported among the major colleges. Although there was no national championship, the Yale Bulldogs, unbeaten with a record of 10-0-1, had the best record. The Helms Athletic Foundation
, founded in 1936, declared retroactively that Yale had been the best college football team of 1907.
More passes were thrown than in 1906, when the new play was still experimental. However, because of problems with the rules at that time, which penalized the offense for an incomplete pass, there were predictions that the forward pass would be scrapped. Attempting a pass in 1907 was still a risky business, because an incomplete attempt would result in stiff penalties—15 yards back from the spot from which the pass was thrown on first or second down. If the defense committed a foul, the 15 yard penalty didn't apply to the offense, but the defending team was not penalized either. In addition, a pass could not be caught in the end zone, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.
and Yale Bulldogs
had both been unbeaten in 1906, and played to a 0-0 tie at season's end, giving both teams a 9-0-1 record. Among other schools that would later be described as the Ivy League, the Harvard Crimson
and Pennsylvania (Penn) Quakers
were expected to do well. Elsewhere in the East, the United States Naval Academy
Midshipmen(referred to in the press as Annapolis) and the Carlisle Indian School (coached by Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner
and with Jim Thorpe
as its star back) were expected to do well. In the South, the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Sewanee Tigers of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(SIAA) were considered contenders, along with Georgia Tech (coached by John Heisman
). The University of Chicago Maroons, members of the Western Conference
(later the Big Ten), and coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg
), and the (then) independent Michigan Wolverines
, coached by Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost, were considered to be among the stronger teams in the Midwest.
Carlisle opened its season early with a 40-0 win over Lebanon Valley on September 21, and Brown beat New Hampshire, 16-0. Colgate, which would later be a contender, lost to Niagara, 11-6, and Bucknell beat Mansfield, 15-2.
On September 28, Pennsylvania
beat North Carolina in a driving rain at Philadelphia, 27-0. Carlisle defeated Villanova 10-0. Princeton
crushed Stevens Tech 47-0, while Harvard was held to a touchdown (then worth five points) in a 5-0 win over Bowdoin. Brown beat Massachusetts 5-0, and Fordham and Rutgers played to a 5-5 tie.
opened its season on Wednesday afternoon, October 2, with a 25-0 win over Wesleyan. The same day, Harvard beat Maine, 30-0, Navy tuned up with a 26-0 win over St. John's College of Maryland, Pennsylvania beat Villanova 16-0 and Carlisle rolled over Susquehanna, 91-0. Three days later, on Saturday October 5, the schools played again, with Yale
beating Syracuse 11-0, Harvard over Bates 33-4, Navy handing a 15-0 loss on Dickinson, Pennsylvania
beating Bucknell 29-2, and Carlisle beating Penn State 18-5 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
. At West Point, the United States Military Academy (Army) opened its season with a 23-0 win over Franklin & Marshall. Brown won over Norwich 24-0.
After an 18-0 win over Springfield on Wednesday, October 9, Yale
won its fourth game in 12 days on October 12, crushing Holy Cross 52-0 to stay unbeaten and unscored upon. Playing the same Wednesday and Saturday schedule, Pennsylvania
had beaten Franklin & Marshall 57-0 and Swarthmore 16-8, to go 5-0-0. With a 40-0 win over Maine, Brown University remained unscored upon as well. In Buffalo, New York, Carlisle beat Syracuse 14-6 to stay unbeaten. Cornell beat Colgate 18-0 and Princeton
beat Villanova, 45-5. Vanderbilt and Navy played to a 6-6 tie.
October 19, Pennsylvania
increased its record to 7-0-0 with an 11-0 win over Brown. In the four weeks since its September 28 opener, Penn had played four Saturdays and three Wednesdays. Carlisle beat Bucknell 15-0 and Harvard beat Navy at Annapolis, 6-0, as both stayed unbeaten. Yale
remained unscored upon, but not untied, as it played Army to a 0-0 tie at West Point to "fall" to 4-0-1. Elsewhere, Michigan stayed unscored upon with a 22-0 win in Indianapolis over Wabash. In the South, Sewanee beat Auburn 12-6 in Birmingham, then beat Alabama two days later, 54-4, in Tuscaloosa.
October 26 in Philadelphia, the Carlisle Indians (6-0-0) and the Pennsylvania Quakers
(7-0-0) met in a battle of the unbeatens. Carlisle won 26-6 before a crowd of 20,000. Yale
registered its sixth shutout with a 45-0 win over Villanova. Harvard stayed unbeaten, but was surprised by a touchdown from the visitors in its 9-5 win over Springfield. Sewanee played Mississippi in Memphis, winning 65-0, to stay unbeaten in the south. Michigan remained unscored upon in the midwest with a 22-0 win at home over Ohio State. Princeton suffered its first defeat, a 6-5 loss at Cornell.
(5-1-0) at the Polo Grounds in New York City on November 2 before a crowd of thousands. In an upset, Princeton scored three touchdowns and a point after in a pouring rain, to win 16-0. Yale
recorded another shutout, beating Washington & Jefferson
11-0 to increase its record to 6-0-1, while Harvard got past Brown, 6-5, to stay unbeaten at 7-0-0. Army and Michigan stayed unscored upon; Army beat Colgate 6-0, to improve its record to 4-0-1, while the Wolverines travelled south to Nashville to face Vanderbilt, winning 8-0. Sewanee defeated the University of Virginia in Norfolk, 12-0, and Pennsylvania
hosted Lafayette in Philadelphia, winning 15-0 and extending its record to 8-1-0.
On November 9, the Harvard Crimson (7-0-0) hosted the Carlisle Indians (7-1-0) before a record crowd of 20,000. After holding a 12-9 lead at halftime, Carlisle broke the game open when its quarterback, Frank Mount Pleasant, ran 85 yards for a touchdown in the second half as Carlisle won, 23-15. Navy suffered its second loss, an 18-0 drubbing by Swarthmore, and Army had its first defeat, falling 14-10 to Cornell. Yale
recorded its 8th straight shutout, a 22-0 win over Brown, as Ted Jones returned a punt 90 yards for the first of three touchdowns in the second half. Sewanee beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 18-0, then defeated Georgia in Athens two days later, 16-0, to extend its record to 8-0-0. Pennsylvania
hosted Penn State and won 28-0 to reach the 9-1-0 mark, while Princeton
beat Amherst, 14-0.
November 16 Yale
(7-0-1) hosted Princeton
(7-1-0) as a crowd of 35,000 watched in New Haven. The Bulldogs appeared to be headed toward their first defeat. Yale yielded its first points of the season after the Tigers blocked a punt and Princeton's Booth returned the ball for a touchdown. A field goal—at that time, worth four points—put Princeton up 10-0 at the half. In the second half, Ted Coy
scored two touchdowns for Yale for a 12-10 win. In the day's other big game, Pennsylvania
(9-1-0) traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to face the unbeaten (5-0-0), and unscored upon, Michigan Wolverines, before a crowd of 18,000 at Ferry Field. Both teams had touchdowns called back by penalties, but Penn scored on an onside kick to hand Michigan its first ever home defeat, 6-0.
Harvard lost its second straight game, falling to Dartmouth, 22-0. In another "intersectional" game, Carlisle improved its record to 9-1-0 with a 12-10 win at Minnesota. Navy trailed Penn State at home, 4-0, until a State player fumbled a punt and the Midshipmen recovered for a touchdown to win 6-4. At West Point, Army defeated visiting Tufts, 21-0. In the South, Texas A&M — which had tied Texas, and beaten LSU and Oklahoma — improved its record to 6-0-1 with an 18-6 win over Tulane in New Orleans.
November 23 marked the close of the season, as unbeaten Yale
(8-0-1) traveled to Cambridge to play its annual game against Harvard. Though stung by two consecutive losses, Harvard (7-2-0) had been unbeaten and untied three weeks earlier. Harvard missed two field goal attempts in the first half after failing to get by Yale's goal line defense, while Yale's Ted Coy scored late in the first half to give the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead. Coy scored again in the second half, and Yale won 12-0 and completed its season unbeaten at 9-0-1. Sewanee, which took a record of 8-0-0 into its final game (against 4-1-1 Vanderbilt), lost in Nashville, 17-12. The other unbeaten team, Texas A & M (6-0-1), was scheduled to play a Thanksgiving Day game at the University of Texas (5-1-1). Carlisle closed its season at the University of Chicago, which had won the title of the Western Conference (later the Big Ten, with a 4-0-0 record. Playing before a crowd of 27,000 the Indians beat the Maroons 18-4.
Thanksgiving Day, November 28, saw St. Louis University stun the University of Nebraska 34-0 before 20,000 at Sportsman's Park
.
East
South
West
Forward pass
In several forms of football a forward pass is when the ball is thrown in the direction that the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line...
, which had been legalized the year before. Football remained a dangerous game, despite the "debrutalization" reforms, and an unprecedented eleven players were killed (9 high school and 2 college), while 98 others were seriously injured. However, there were no serious injuries reported among the major colleges. Although there was no national championship, the Yale Bulldogs, unbeaten with a record of 10-0-1, had the best record. The Helms Athletic Foundation
Helms Athletic Foundation
The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball...
, founded in 1936, declared retroactively that Yale had been the best college football team of 1907.
Rules
The rules for American football in 1907 were significantly different than the ones of a century later, as many of the present rules (100 yard field, four downs to gain ten yards, 6-point touchdown, and 3-point field goal) were adopted in 1912. The rules in 1907 were:- Field 110 yards in length
- Kickoff made from midfield
- Three downs to gain ten yards
- Touchdown worth 5 points
- Field goal worth 4 points
- Forward pass legal, but subject to penalties:
More passes were thrown than in 1906, when the new play was still experimental. However, because of problems with the rules at that time, which penalized the offense for an incomplete pass, there were predictions that the forward pass would be scrapped. Attempting a pass in 1907 was still a risky business, because an incomplete attempt would result in stiff penalties—15 yards back from the spot from which the pass was thrown on first or second down. If the defense committed a foul, the 15 yard penalty didn't apply to the offense, but the defending team was not penalized either. In addition, a pass could not be caught in the end zone, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.
September
The Princeton TigersPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and Yale Bulldogs
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
had both been unbeaten in 1906, and played to a 0-0 tie at season's end, giving both teams a 9-0-1 record. Among other schools that would later be described as the Ivy League, the Harvard Crimson
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and Pennsylvania (Penn) Quakers
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
were expected to do well. Elsewhere in the East, the United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...
Midshipmen(referred to in the press as Annapolis) and the Carlisle Indian School (coached by Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner
Glenn Scobey Warner
Glenn Scobey Warner , most commonly known as Pop Warner, was an American football player and coach...
and with Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...
as its star back) were expected to do well. In the South, the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Sewanee Tigers of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
(SIAA) were considered contenders, along with Georgia Tech (coached by John Heisman
John Heisman
John William Heisman was an American player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College , Buchtel College, now known as the University of Akron , Auburn University , Clemson University , Georgia Tech , the...
). The University of Chicago Maroons, members of the Western Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
(later the Big Ten), and coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Amos Alonzo Stagg was an American athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football...
), and the (then) independent Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
, coached by Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost, were considered to be among the stronger teams in the Midwest.
Carlisle opened its season early with a 40-0 win over Lebanon Valley on September 21, and Brown beat New Hampshire, 16-0. Colgate, which would later be a contender, lost to Niagara, 11-6, and Bucknell beat Mansfield, 15-2.
On September 28, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
beat North Carolina in a driving rain at Philadelphia, 27-0. Carlisle defeated Villanova 10-0. Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
crushed Stevens Tech 47-0, while Harvard was held to a touchdown (then worth five points) in a 5-0 win over Bowdoin. Brown beat Massachusetts 5-0, and Fordham and Rutgers played to a 5-5 tie.
October
YaleYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
opened its season on Wednesday afternoon, October 2, with a 25-0 win over Wesleyan. The same day, Harvard beat Maine, 30-0, Navy tuned up with a 26-0 win over St. John's College of Maryland, Pennsylvania beat Villanova 16-0 and Carlisle rolled over Susquehanna, 91-0. Three days later, on Saturday October 5, the schools played again, with Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
beating Syracuse 11-0, Harvard over Bates 33-4, Navy handing a 15-0 loss on Dickinson, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
beating Bucknell 29-2, and Carlisle beating Penn State 18-5 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2009, the population was estimated at 29,304...
. At West Point, the United States Military Academy (Army) opened its season with a 23-0 win over Franklin & Marshall. Brown won over Norwich 24-0.
After an 18-0 win over Springfield on Wednesday, October 9, Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
won its fourth game in 12 days on October 12, crushing Holy Cross 52-0 to stay unbeaten and unscored upon. Playing the same Wednesday and Saturday schedule, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
had beaten Franklin & Marshall 57-0 and Swarthmore 16-8, to go 5-0-0. With a 40-0 win over Maine, Brown University remained unscored upon as well. In Buffalo, New York, Carlisle beat Syracuse 14-6 to stay unbeaten. Cornell beat Colgate 18-0 and Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
beat Villanova, 45-5. Vanderbilt and Navy played to a 6-6 tie.
October 19, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
increased its record to 7-0-0 with an 11-0 win over Brown. In the four weeks since its September 28 opener, Penn had played four Saturdays and three Wednesdays. Carlisle beat Bucknell 15-0 and Harvard beat Navy at Annapolis, 6-0, as both stayed unbeaten. Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
remained unscored upon, but not untied, as it played Army to a 0-0 tie at West Point to "fall" to 4-0-1. Elsewhere, Michigan stayed unscored upon with a 22-0 win in Indianapolis over Wabash. In the South, Sewanee beat Auburn 12-6 in Birmingham, then beat Alabama two days later, 54-4, in Tuscaloosa.
October 26 in Philadelphia, the Carlisle Indians (6-0-0) and the Pennsylvania Quakers
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
(7-0-0) met in a battle of the unbeatens. Carlisle won 26-6 before a crowd of 20,000. Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
registered its sixth shutout with a 45-0 win over Villanova. Harvard stayed unbeaten, but was surprised by a touchdown from the visitors in its 9-5 win over Springfield. Sewanee played Mississippi in Memphis, winning 65-0, to stay unbeaten in the south. Michigan remained unscored upon in the midwest with a 22-0 win at home over Ohio State. Princeton suffered its first defeat, a 6-5 loss at Cornell.
November
In a highly anticipated game, the Carlisle Indians (7-0-0) met the Princeton TigersPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
(5-1-0) at the Polo Grounds in New York City on November 2 before a crowd of thousands. In an upset, Princeton scored three touchdowns and a point after in a pouring rain, to win 16-0. Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
recorded another shutout, beating Washington & Jefferson
Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
The Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team represents Washington & Jefferson College in collegiate level football. The team competes in NCAA Division III and is affiliated with the Presidents' Athletic Conference...
11-0 to increase its record to 6-0-1, while Harvard got past Brown, 6-5, to stay unbeaten at 7-0-0. Army and Michigan stayed unscored upon; Army beat Colgate 6-0, to improve its record to 4-0-1, while the Wolverines travelled south to Nashville to face Vanderbilt, winning 8-0. Sewanee defeated the University of Virginia in Norfolk, 12-0, and Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
hosted Lafayette in Philadelphia, winning 15-0 and extending its record to 8-1-0.
On November 9, the Harvard Crimson (7-0-0) hosted the Carlisle Indians (7-1-0) before a record crowd of 20,000. After holding a 12-9 lead at halftime, Carlisle broke the game open when its quarterback, Frank Mount Pleasant, ran 85 yards for a touchdown in the second half as Carlisle won, 23-15. Navy suffered its second loss, an 18-0 drubbing by Swarthmore, and Army had its first defeat, falling 14-10 to Cornell. Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
recorded its 8th straight shutout, a 22-0 win over Brown, as Ted Jones returned a punt 90 yards for the first of three touchdowns in the second half. Sewanee beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 18-0, then defeated Georgia in Athens two days later, 16-0, to extend its record to 8-0-0. Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
hosted Penn State and won 28-0 to reach the 9-1-0 mark, while Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
beat Amherst, 14-0.
November 16 Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
(7-0-1) hosted Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
(7-1-0) as a crowd of 35,000 watched in New Haven. The Bulldogs appeared to be headed toward their first defeat. Yale yielded its first points of the season after the Tigers blocked a punt and Princeton's Booth returned the ball for a touchdown. A field goal—at that time, worth four points—put Princeton up 10-0 at the half. In the second half, Ted Coy
Ted Coy
Edward Harris "Ted" Coy was an American football player. Coy was selected as a first-team All-American three straight years from 1907 to 1909 and was later selected as the fullback on Walter Camp's All-Time All-America team. He also served as Yale's head football coach in 1910...
scored two touchdowns for Yale for a 12-10 win. In the day's other big game, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
(9-1-0) traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to face the unbeaten (5-0-0), and unscored upon, Michigan Wolverines, before a crowd of 18,000 at Ferry Field. Both teams had touchdowns called back by penalties, but Penn scored on an onside kick to hand Michigan its first ever home defeat, 6-0.
Harvard lost its second straight game, falling to Dartmouth, 22-0. In another "intersectional" game, Carlisle improved its record to 9-1-0 with a 12-10 win at Minnesota. Navy trailed Penn State at home, 4-0, until a State player fumbled a punt and the Midshipmen recovered for a touchdown to win 6-4. At West Point, Army defeated visiting Tufts, 21-0. In the South, Texas A&M — which had tied Texas, and beaten LSU and Oklahoma — improved its record to 6-0-1 with an 18-6 win over Tulane in New Orleans.
November 23 marked the close of the season, as unbeaten Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
(8-0-1) traveled to Cambridge to play its annual game against Harvard. Though stung by two consecutive losses, Harvard (7-2-0) had been unbeaten and untied three weeks earlier. Harvard missed two field goal attempts in the first half after failing to get by Yale's goal line defense, while Yale's Ted Coy scored late in the first half to give the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead. Coy scored again in the second half, and Yale won 12-0 and completed its season unbeaten at 9-0-1. Sewanee, which took a record of 8-0-0 into its final game (against 4-1-1 Vanderbilt), lost in Nashville, 17-12. The other unbeaten team, Texas A & M (6-0-1), was scheduled to play a Thanksgiving Day game at the University of Texas (5-1-1). Carlisle closed its season at the University of Chicago, which had won the title of the Western Conference (later the Big Ten, with a 4-0-0 record. Playing before a crowd of 27,000 the Indians beat the Maroons 18-4.
Thanksgiving Day, November 28, saw St. Louis University stun the University of Nebraska 34-0 before 20,000 at Sportsman's Park
Sportsman's Park
Sportsman's Park was the name of several former Major League Baseball ballpark structures in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, all but one of which were located on the same piece of land, the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street on the north side of the city.- History :From...
.
Final standings
The season finished with one unbeaten team, (9-0-1 Yale) and several once-beaten teams. Final records in different regions of the nation were:East
| TEAM | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Bulldogs Yale University Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States... |
9 | 0 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania Quakers University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution... |
11 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlisle Indians | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Navy Midshipmen United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States... |
9 | 2 | 1 |
| Cornell Big Red Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions... |
8 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Panthers University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of... |
8 | 2 | 0 |
| Princeton Tigers Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.... |
7 | 2 | 0 |
| Lafayette Leopards Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter,son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown and citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832... |
7 | 2 | 1 |
| Lehigh Engineers Lehigh University Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines... |
7 | 2 | 1 |
| Washington & Jefferson Presidents Washington & Jefferson Presidents football The Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team represents Washington & Jefferson College in collegiate level football. The team competes in NCAA Division III and is affiliated with the Presidents' Athletic Conference... |
7 | 2 | 0 |
| Swarthmore College Swarthmore College Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia.... |
6 | 2 | 0 |
| Army Cadets United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City... |
6 | 2 | 1 |
| Brown Bears Brown University Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,... |
7 | 3 | 0 |
| Harvard Crimson Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country... |
7 | 3 | 0 |
South
| TEAM | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Longhorns | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Texas A&M Horned Frogs Texas A&M University Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school... |
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| Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the... |
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| Alabama Crimson Tide University of Alabama The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.... |
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| Davidson Wildcats Davidson College Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently ranked in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine, although it has recently dropped to 11th in U.S. News... |
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| Michigan Wolverines University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... |
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| Colorado Mines Orediggers Colorado School of Mines The Colorado School of Mines is a small public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources. Located in Golden, Colorado, CSM was ranked 29th, in America among national... |
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| Chicago Maroons University of Chicago The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890... |
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| Iowa State Hawkeyes | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Wisconsin Badgers University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866... |
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| St. Louis University | 7 | 3 | 0 |