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 9–3, 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
Conference	Independent
1906 record	9–3
Head coach	Bemus Pierce (1st season)
Captain	Albert Exendine

1906 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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
Bucknell			–					3	–	4	–	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
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 13	at Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	W 18–0
October 20	at Western University of Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, PA	W 22–0
October 27	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 24–6
November 3	at Syracuse	Buffalo, NY	W 9–4	8,000
November 10	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	L 0–5
November 17	at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	W 17–0
November 24	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 0–4
November 29	at Virginia	Norfolk, VA	W 18–17

[2]

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. "1906 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".