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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