1899 Dickinson football team

The 1899 Dickinson football team was an American football team that represented Dickinson College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. The team compiled a 6–6–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 108. Nathan Stauffer was the head coach.^[1]

Andrew Kerr, later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, was a student at Dickinson at the time but did not play for the varsity football team.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Lebanon Valley	Carlisle, PA	W 36–0
September 30	at Baltimore Medical	Baltimore, MD	W 11–0
October 7	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	T 0–0
October 11	Villanova	Carlisle, PA	cancelled		^[2]
October 14	at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	W 51–0
October 21	vs. Carlisle	Carlisle, PA	L 7–16
October 28	at Penn State	Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–15
November 4	Swarthmore	Carlisle, PA	L 5–6		^[3]
November 8	Mount St. Mary's	Carlisle, PA	W 41–0
November 11	at Gettysburg	Gettysburg, PA	L 5–11
November 15	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 5–0
November 22	Syracuse	Carlisle, PA	L 7–18
November 25	at Susquehanna	Selinsgrove, PA	W 16–6
November 30	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–36	3,500	^[4]

^ "1899 Dickinson Red Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
^ "Kick Over Officials". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 12, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Swarthmore's Close Call: Dickinson Was Beaten in a Hard Game by One Point". The Philadelphia Times. November 5, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lafayette, 36; Dickinson, 0". The Times (Philadelphia). December 1, 1899. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.

1899 Eastern college football independents records
v t	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