But two days after the State College defeat newspapers from Philadelphia, Pa.[12] to South Bend, Indiana[13] had headlines describing trouble within the Western University football team.

The feud between Coach Mosse and Joe Thompson for control of the team that started at the conclusion of the 1904 season was not settled as satisfactorily as people were led to believe.

[14][15] Meanwhile, the Athletic Association and Administration of the Western University of Pennsylvania were monitoring the national uproar against football due to nineteen player deaths and over one hundred and thirty serious injuries that occurred during the 1905 season.

An intercollegiate conference met and legalized forward passing, abolished mass formations, created the neutral zone line of scrimmage, and designated ten yards to be gained for a first down.

With Walter Ritchie at quarterback the offense marched down the field and Winfred Banbury carried the ball into the end zone in the first three minutes.

Karl Swenson replaced Walter Ritchie at quarterback and Coach Wingard used plenty of substitutes in the second half.

[2][25] The Hiram College Terriers football team, after their train arrived several hours late, was welcomed to Pittsburgh by inclement weather and a superior WUP offensive machine.

The highlight was Raymond Forcer, WUP substitute end, catching a pass and scampering fifty yards for his first touchdown of the season.

The following substitutes were utilized at some point during the game: James McCormick, Maurice Goldsmith, Leo Eggington, Andrew Martin, John Shuman, C. McKinney, Gilbert Miller, Karl Swenson, Edgar Chatham, Charles Clancey, Ed Noble, and Ray Focer.

Close to 2,500 fans were in attendance and at least four hundred WUP students were led into the stadium by a marching band and "Chief Rooters" Bill McCandless and Doc Ryder.

The opponent was the Allegheny College Methodists from Meadville, PA. Captain Gilbert Miller and John Mackrell were injured and did not play.

[4] Over five thousand fans attended Exposition Park to witness the Bemis Pierce led Carlisle Indians take on Coach Wingard's Western University eleven on Saturday, October 20.

Carlisle was the first of the supposed hard games on the WUP schedule for 1906 and the football public were eager to see how the University lads would stack up.

The Pittsburgh Daily Post had the best summation:"The contest clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of the forward pass when attempted by a fast team.

That the university line needs strengthening there is no doubt, and if a respectable showing is expected against Wash-Jeff and State considerable changing will be necessary.

The defeat of the local lads was a bitter pill for the spectators, but it was somewhat atoned for by the first-class exhibition on the part of the Carlisle men.

Walter Ritchie replaced an injured Karl Swenson at quarterback but the WUP offense had to punt the ball back to Carlisle.

A forward pass advanced the ball deep into WUP territory and two running plays later Wauseka was in the end zone for the second Carlisle touchdown.

[28] The first meeting with city rival Carnegie Tech took place on October 27, 1906 at Exposition Park in the rain, sleet, and snow.

The Pittsburgh Press headline read: "Poor Play By The WUP Team - Did Not Try Very Hard Against Carnegie Technical School- Scored Once in First Half.

[6] On November 3 the WUP lads traveled to Ithaca, N.Y. to play the strong Cornell team led by coach Glenn Warner.

Winfred Banbury gave the WUP fans hope as he dashed forty yards with an interception, but the offense could not penetrate the Cornell defense.

Late in the first half Cornell fullback Walders kicked a fifty-yard field goal to make the score 12–0 at the break.

By hard work they would manage to rush the ball down to within striking distance of the coveted goal, when then chance to score would be thrown to the winds by a miserable fumble or bad play....The public pay to see good football and do not relish the idea of paying good prices to see a team composed mostly of scrub players go up against a team of the caliber of that of the West Virginia University.

Had the regular team been in the game the score should have been at least double what it was, and the public would have been satisfied that they had witnessed a good exhibition of the fascinating sport.

[8] The Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football squad traveled to Pittsburgh for the second year in a row to do battle with the Western University lads.

The Pittsburgh Press contained a more upbeat recap:"Although defeated, W. U. P. was by no means disgraced, and the showing they made against the team which had been touted as an easy winner was indeed remarkable.

[9] On November 24 approximately three hundred die-hard fans braved the cold and strong wind to watch WUP play the Grove City Wolverines.

The following players were substituted into the game: Homer Roe, Leslie Waddill, John Shuman, Leo Eggington, Quince Banbury, Buck, Charles Springer, and Samuel Ralston.

For fifty seven minutes the teams played to a scoreless tie until Winfred Banbury, WUP halfback, was penalized for slugging and sent to the bench.