1899 Colgate football team

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1899 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
1899 record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Root
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
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
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

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]

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[]

  1. ^ "Reference at gocolgateraiders.com.s3.amazonaws.com" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Madisonensis: Colgate 11, Academy 0".[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Madisonensis: Cornell 42, Colgate 0".[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Madisonensis: Hamilton 30 - Colgate 0".[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Madisonensis: Colgate 17, St. John 0".[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Madisonensis: S.A.A. 12, Colgate 6".[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Madisonensis: Colgate 12, St. Johns 0".[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Madisonensis: Colgate 12-Union 5".[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Madisonensis: University of Vermont 6-Colgate 0".[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Madisonensis: Hamilton 38-Colgate 0".[permanent dead link]
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