1899 college football season 1899 Sewanee Tigers
Champion(s) Harvard Princeton
← 1898 ·
football seasons
· 1900 →
The 1899 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions .[1]
Chicago and Sewanee went undefeated. With just 13 players, the Sewanee team, known as the "Iron Men", had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas A&M ; Texas ; Tulane ; LSU ; and Ole Miss . Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw."[2]
Conference and program changes [ ]
Conference establishments [ ]
One conference played its final season in 1899:
Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association – active since 1894
Membership changes [ ]
School
1898 Conference
1899 Conference
Arizona Varsity
Program Established
Independent
Baylor football
Program Established
Independent
Davidson Wildcats
Independent
SIAA
Furman Hornets
Independent
SIAA
Northern Illinois State Normal football
Program Established
Independent
Conference standings [ ]
Major conference standings [ ]
1899 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Colorado College $
2
–
0
–
0
3
–
2
–
1
Colorado
2
–
1
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Colorado Mines
1
–
2
–
0
2
–
3
–
0
Colorado Agricultural
0
–
2
–
0
0
–
2
–
1
1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Sewanee $
11
–
0
–
0
12
–
0
–
0
Vanderbilt
5
–
0
–
0
7
–
2
–
0
Alabama
1
–
0
–
0
3
–
1
–
0
Nashville
3
–
1
–
0
3
–
1
–
0
Tennessee
2
–
1
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Auburn
2
–
1
–
1
3
–
1
–
1
Texas
3
–
2
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
North Carolina
1
–
1
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
Ole Miss
3
–
4
–
0
3
–
4
–
0
Georgia
2
–
3
–
1
2
–
3
–
1
Clemson
1
–
2
–
0
4
–
2
–
0
Central (KY)
1
–
2
–
0
1
–
2
–
0
LSU
1
–
3
–
0
1
–
4
–
0
Kentucky State
0
–
1
–
0
5
–
2
–
2
SW Presbyterian
0
–
1
–
0
1
–
1
–
0
Cumberland (TN)
0
–
3
–
0
0
–
3
–
0
Georgia Tech
0
–
5
–
0
0
–
5
–
0
Tulane
0
–
5
–
0
0
–
6
–
1
1899 Western Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Chicago $
4
–
0
–
0
16
–
0
–
2
Wisconsin
4
–
1
–
0
9
–
2
–
0
Northwestern
2
–
2
–
0
7
–
6
–
0
Michigan
1
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Purdue
1
–
2
–
0
4
–
4
–
1
Minnesota
0
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
2
Illinois
0
–
3
–
0
3
–
5
–
1
Independents [ ]
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
1899 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Kansas
–
10
–
0
–
0
North Dakota
–
6
–
0
–
0
Detroit College
–
5
–
0
–
0
Ohio State
–
9
–
0
–
1
Iowa
–
8
–
0
–
1
Washington University
–
5
–
1
–
0
Missouri
–
9
–
2
–
0
Chicago P&S
–
4
–
1
–
0
Mount Union
–
5
–
1
–
1
Indiana
–
6
–
2
–
0
Wabash
–
1
–
0
–
1
Cincinnati
–
5
–
2
–
0
Drake
–
5
–
2
–
0
Heidelberg
–
5
–
2
–
0
Buchtel
–
2
–
1
–
0
Doane
–
2
–
1
–
0
Northern Illinois State
–
1
–
0
–
2
Notre Dame
–
6
–
3
–
1
Central Michigan
–
3
–
2
–
0
Fairmount
–
2
–
1
–
2
Carthage
–
3
–
2
–
1
Wittenberg
–
5
–
4
–
0
Iowa State
–
5
–
4
–
1
Rush Medical
–
3
–
3
–
1
Ohio
–
2
–
2
–
0
Ohio Wesleyan
–
5
–
5
–
0
Haskell
–
4
–
5
–
0
Lake Forest
–
4
–
6
–
2
Kansas State
–
2
–
3
–
0
Michigan Agricultural
–
2
–
4
–
1
Iowa State Normal
–
1
–
3
–
2
Washburn
–
2
–
5
–
2
Butler
–
1
–
3
–
0
Miami (OH)
–
1
–
5
–
0
Nebraska
–
1
–
7
–
1
North Dakota Agricultural
–
0
–
1
–
0
Baldwin–Wallace
–
0
–
4
–
0
1899 Southern college football independents records
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
1899 Far West college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Montana Agricultural
–
3
–
0
–
0
Arizona Normal
–
3
–
0
–
0
New Mexico A&M
–
1
–
0
–
0
Utah Agricultural
–
1
–
0
–
0
California
–
7
–
1
–
1
Washington
–
4
–
1
–
1
Utah
–
2
–
1
–
0
San Jose State
–
6
–
3
–
1
Nevada State
–
3
–
2
–
0
Oregon Agricultural
–
3
–
2
–
0
Oregon
–
3
–
2
–
1
Arizona
–
1
–
1
–
1
Washington Agricultural
–
1
–
1
–
0
Montana
–
1
–
2
–
0
USC
–
2
–
3
–
1
Stanford
–
2
–
5
–
2
Wyoming
–
0
–
1
–
1
Pacific (CA)
–
0
–
2
–
0
Minor conferences [ ]
Conference
Champion(s)
Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Kalamazoo
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