1911 St. Bonaventure Brown and White football team

The 1911 St. Bonaventure Brown and White football team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 1911 college football season. Under first-year head coach and captain Daniel Pickett, the St. Bonaventure eleven compiled a 2–2 record, and were outscored by their opponents 80 to 11. They posted two shutouts, against Bradford, and Lebanon Valley, while themselves being shut out twice by two college football powerhouses, undefeated co-national champion Penn State (NCF), and a Notre Dame team that went undefeated, and outscored their opponents 222 to 9. Nicknames for the football team included the Brown and White, as that was their school colors, and the Alleganians, given St. Bonaventure's proximity to Allegany, New York.

1911 St. Bonaventure Brown and White football
The 1911 St. Bonaventure football team
Conference	Independent
Record	2–2
Head coach	Daniel Pickett (1st season)
Captain	Daniel Pickett

1911 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	1
Carlisle			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	0	–	2
Trinity (CT)			–					6	–	0	–	2
Temple			–					6	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	3	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	0
St. Bonaventure			–					2	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	3
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	6	–	1
Villanova			–					0	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					0	–	7	–	0

St. Bonaventure also fielded a reserve team, captained by Donovan, and defeated Renovo 20 to 5 on November 11. Of the 11 points amassed by the football team, ten were scored by halfback Clare, while fullback Regan completed one extra point in the contest against Bradford.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 14	Bradford AC	Bradford, PA	W 6–0
October 21	vs. Lebanon Valley	City Fair Grounds Olean, NY	W 5–0
November 4	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–46
November 11	at Notre Dame	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	L 0–34

Reserves schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 11	Renovo	College gridiron Allegany, NY	W 20–5

Roster

1911 St. Bonaventure Varsity Roster
Quarterback O'Neill – Bradford, Lebanon Valley, Penn State, Notre Dame Right ends Quinn – Bradford, Lebanon Valley Blair – Penn State Left end Blair – Bradford, Lebanon Valley, Notre Dame Right tackles Kenyon – Penn State, Notre Dame Weberton – Bradford Carnish – Lebanon Valley		Left tackles Kenyon – Bradford, Lebanon Valley Weberton – Penn State Bosque – Notre Dame Right guards Carnish – Penn State, Notre Dame Palford – Bradford Kelly – Lebanon Valley Weberton – Lebanon Valley Left guards Kelly – Penn State, Notre Dame Pronto – Bradford Weberton – Notre Dame Gianelli – Lebanon Valley		Centers Pronto – Penn State, Notre Dame Kelly – Bradford Eustace – Lebanon Valley, Notre Dame Right half backs Clare – Bradford, Lebanon Valley, Notre Dame Pickett – Penn State Left half backs Pickett – Bradford, Lebanon Valley, Notre Dame Clare – Penn State Fullbacks Flemming – Penn State, Notre Dame Regan – Bradford Kelly – Bradford Palford – Lebanon Valley