1899 Colgate football team

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]

1899 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Root
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

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


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