1899 Lehigh football team

The 1899 Lehigh football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Samuel Huston Thompson, the team compiled a 2–9 record and was outscored by a total of 144 to 60.[1]

1899 Lehigh football
ConferenceIndependent
1899 record2–9
Head coach
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at PennL 0–20
October 7RutgersBethlehem, PAW 10–0
October 14BucknellBethlehem, PAL 0–5
October 21at Cornell
L 0–6
October 28at PrincetonL 0–17
November 1NYUBethlehem, PAW 50–0
November 4at Lafayette
L 0–174,000[2]
November 11Newark Athletic ClubBethlehem, PAL 0–10
November 18at NavyL 0–24
November 25LafayetteBethlehem, PAL 0–354,000[3]
December 2vs. VirginiaRichmond, VAL 0–10

References

  1. "1899 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. "Old Rivals on the Gridiron: Lafayette Downed Lehigh in Their Annual Game Yesterday". The Times (Philadelphia). November 5, 1899. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Lafayette Laughs: Meets and Defeats Her Old Rival, Lehigh, on the Latter's Own Field". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 26, 1899. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
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