1899 Colgate football team

1899 Colgate football
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Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Root
Seasons
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1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 1 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   2 – 0 – 2
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Western Univ. of Penn.   –   3 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   8 – 3 – 2
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
New Hampshire   –   4 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1899 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1899 college football season. Colgate reports the record for the season as 3–5, however, a reporting error in early record keeping failed to account for an 11–0 victory over Colgate Academy.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23vs. CornellRichfield Springs, NY (rivalry)L 0–42[3]
September 30Colgate AcademyHamilton, NYW 11–0[2]
October 7HamiltonHamilton, NYL 0–30[4]
October 14St. John's AcademyHamilton, NYW 17–0[5]
October 20Syracuse A.A.Hamilton, NYL 6–12[6]
October 28at St. John's AcademyManlius, NYW 12–0[7]
November 4at Union (NY)Schenectady, NYW 12–5[8]
November 11vs. VermontAlbany, NYL 0–6[9]
November 18vs. HamiltonUtica, NYL 0–38[10]

References

  1. ^ "Reference at gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Madisonensis: Colgate 11, Academy 0".[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Madisonensis: Cornell 42, Colgate 0".[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Madisonensis: Hamilton 30 - Colgate 0".[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Madisonensis: Colgate 17, St. John 0".[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Madisonensis: S.A.A. 12, Colgate 6".[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Madisonensis: Colgate 12, St. Johns 0".[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Madisonensis: Colgate 12-Union 5".[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Madisonensis: University of Vermont 6-Colgate 0".[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Madisonensis: Hamilton 38-Colgate 0".[permanent dead link‍]


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