1899 Army Cadets football team

The 1899 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1899 college football season. In their third season under head coach Herman Koehler, the Cadets compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 100 to 57.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Navy by a 17 to 5 score.[2]

1899 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWalter Smith
Home stadiumThe Plain
1899 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Tufts
W 22–0
October 7Penn State
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–6
October 14Harvard
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–18[3]
October 21Princeton
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–23
October 28Dartmouth
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 6–2[4]
November 4Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–24[5]
November 11Columbia
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–16
November 18Syracuse
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 12–6
December 2vs. Navy
W 17–5

References
  1. "Army Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. "1899 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. "End Plays Easy: Harvard Scores Touchdown in Short Order". The Boston Globe. October 15, 1899. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "West Point Beats Dartmouth". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 29, 1899. p. 17. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Yale, 24; West Point, 0". The New York Times. November 5, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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