1906 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1906 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indians football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School during the 1906 college football season. The Indians were coached by Bemus Pierce in his 1st year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 93, 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.

1906 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
1906 record9–3
Head coachBemus Pierce (1st season)
CaptainAlbert Exendine
1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton      9 0 1
Yale      9 0 1
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
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
Fordham      5 3 0
Western U. of Penn.      6 4 0
Drexel      3 2 1
Holy Cross      4 3 1
Amherst      3 3 1
Lehigh      5 5 1
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
NYU      0 4 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22Villanova
W 6–0
September 29Albright
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 82–0
October 3Susquehanna
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 48–0
October 6vs. Penn StateWilliamsport, PAL 0–4
October 13at CincinnatiCincinnati, OHW 18–0
October 20at Western University of PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, PAW 22–0
October 27at PennW 24–6
November 3at SyracuseBuffalo, NYW 9–48,000
November 10at HarvardL 0–5
November 17at MinnesotaW 17–0
November 24at Vanderbilt
L 0–4
November 29at VirginiaNorfolk, VAW 18–17

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See also

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. "1906 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".


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