September
The Yale Bulldogs had enjoyed a 10-0-0 record in 1905, shutting out all of their opponents except for the Princeton Tigers, whom they had allowed a touchdown. In the West, the Michigan Wolverines, coached by Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost, had shut out their first 12 opponents, before playing the 9-0-0 University of Chicago Maroons. Chicago not only avoided a shutout, but handed Michigan a 2-0 loss. In the South, Georgia Tech had gone 6-0-1
September 5 marked the first use of the forward pass in a college football game. In its 22-0 win over Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin on a Wednesday afternoon, St. Louis University unveiled a new offensive style. SLU's coach, Eddie Cochems, had his team secretly practice the play. Though the first attempt was incomplete (resulting in a turnover), the next one was successful, as Bradbury Robinson threw to Jack Schneider, who then ran the rest of the way for a touchdown . St. Louis would go on to an 11-0-0 record, outscoring its opponents 407-31, including Marquette (30-0), Kansas (34-2), Drake (32-9) and Iowa (39-0).
The season began in earnest on September 22, with some of the more powerful teams holding their lesser opposition scoreless, and on their home field. Harvard beat Williams 7-0, Carlisle over Villanova 6-0, Dartmouth defeated Norwich 5-0. Penn State had a 24-0 win over Lebanon Valley. In the west, Kansas had an 18-0 victory over William Jewell College. In one of the few games where both teams scored, Holy Cross hosted Massachusetts in Philadelphia and won 6-4. Harvard played a midweek game on September 26, beating Bowdoin 10-0.
On September 29, Princeton opened its season with a 24-0 win over Villanova, and Penn beat Lehigh 32-6. At West Point, the United States Military Academy ("Army") won 12-0 over Tufts. The universities of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts were all shut out by, respectively, Harvard (17-0), Dartmouth (8-0), Brown (12-0) and Williams (5-0). Penn State, Swarthmore and Dickinson all registered 26-0 wins over, Allegheny, Johns Hopkins and Lebanon Valley, respectively. Pitt defeated Westminster 17-0. Colgate and Cornell played to a 0-0 tie at Ithaca, while out west, another Cornell (of Iowa) lost to Iowa State, 81-0. Carlisle went one better, beating Albright 82-0. In the South, Georgia Tech and Maryville tied 6-6 in Atlanta, and Davidson and North Carolina were scoreless.
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