1899 Harvard Crimson football team

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1899 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, and NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
1899 record10–0–1
Head coach
Seasons
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1899 Eastern college football independents records
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 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 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1899 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation. Princeton compiled a 12–1 record and was named the national champion by two other selectors.[1] They outscored their opponents 210 to 10.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30WilliamsCambridge, MAW 29–0
October 4BowdoinCambridge, MAW 13–0
October 7WesleyanCambridge, MAW 20–0
October 11Amherst
W 41–0[3]
October 14at Army
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 18–0
October 18BatesCambridge, MAW 29–0
October 21BrownCambridge, MAW 11–0
October 28CarlisleCambridge, MAW 22–10
November 4at Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 16–0
November 11DartmouthCambridge, MA (rivalry)W 11–0
November 18YaleCambridge, MA (rivalry)T 0–0

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References[]

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "1899 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Scores At Will". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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