1906 Haverford football team

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]

1906 Haverford football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumWalton Field
Seasons
 1905
1907 
1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton  901
Yale  901
Haverford  702
Harvard  1010
Cornell  812
Lafayette  811
Penn State  811
Washington & Jefferson  920
Swarthmore  720
Drexel  620
Tufts  620
Penn  723
Carlisle  930
Brown  630
Rutgers  522
Dartmouth  631
Syracuse  630
Colgate  422
Vermont  540
Fordham  530
Western U. of Penn.  640
Holy Cross  431
Amherst  331
Lehigh  551
Bucknell  341
Dickinson  342
Carnegie Tech  232
Army  351
Franklin & Marshall  351
Wesleyan  241
New Hampshire  251
Villanova  370
Springfield Training School  153
NYU  040

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Medico-Chirurgical
W 4–0[4]
October 13at LehighW 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 Franklin & 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

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  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.