The 1906 Saint Louis Blue and White football team was an

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team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the

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. In its first season under head coach

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, the team compiled a perfect 11–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 407 to 11. The

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became legal in 1906, and Saint Louis is credited by some with having thrown the first legal forward pass in a September 5, 1906, game against Carroll College. Football authority and College Football Hall of Fame coach David M. Nelson wrote that "E. B. Cochems is to forward passing what the Wright brothers are to aviation and

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is to the electric light."
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led the team's early passing attack.

Schedule

The Blue and White, 1907
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