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
1899 record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Root
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard   –    10 –0 –1
Buffalo   –    6 –0 –0
Lafayette   –    12 –1 –0
Princeton   –    12 –1 –0
Boston College   –    8 –1 –1
Carlisle   –    9 –2 –0
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
Geneva   –    2 –1 –0
New Hampshire   –    4 –2 –0
Tufts   –    7 –4 –0
Bucknell   –    6 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    4 –4 –0
Army   –    4 –5 –0
Colgate   –    4 –5 –0
Penn State   –    4 –6 –1
Frankin & Marshall   –    3 –5 –1
Amherst   –    4 –7 –1
NYU   –    2 –6 –0
Temple   –    1 –4 –1
Lehigh   –    2 –9 –0
Rutgers   –    2 –9 –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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