1899 Delaware football team

The 1899 Delaware football team represented Delaware College—now known as the University of Delaware—as an independent during the 1899 college football season.^[1] Led by third-year head coach Herbert Rice, the team posted a 6–2 record.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 30	at Wilmington High School	Wilmington, DE	W 5–0
October 7	Tome Institute	Newark, DE	W 76–0
October 14	at Pennsylvania Military	Chester, PA	W 23–0
October 18	at Swarthmore	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	L 0–17	^[2]
October 21	Wilmington Conference Academy	Newark, DE	W 56–0
October 28	Haverford	Newark, DE	L 0–23
November 8	Maryland	Wilmington, DE	W 34–0
November 18	at Wilmington Conference Academy	Dover, DE	W 35–0

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Swarthmore Defeats Delaware". The Philadelphia Times. October 19, 1899. p. 10. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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National championship seasons in bold

1899 Southern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
VMI		–			–	0	–	0
VPI		–		4	–	1	–	0
Delaware		–		6	–	2	–	0
Arkansas		–		3	–	1	–	1
Georgetown		–		5	–	2	–	1
Texas A&M		–		4	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma		–		2	–	1	–	0
Baylor		–		2	–	1	–	1
Navy		–		5	–	3	–	0
Virginia		–		4	–	3	–	2
Add-Ran		–		0	–	0	–	1
Richmond		–		2	–	2	–	0
South Carolina		–		2	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		2	–	3	–	0
William & Mary		–		2	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&M		–		1	–	2	–	2
Davidson		–		1	–	3	–	1
Maryland		–		1	–	4	–	0
Marshall		–		0	–	0	–	1