1899 Army Cadets football team

1899 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWalter Smith
Home stadiumThe Plain
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 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
Dickinson   –   6 – 6 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Franklin & 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 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1899 college football season. In their third season under head coach Herman Koehler, the Cadets compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 100 to 57. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Navy by a 17 to 5 score.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2TuftsW 22–0
October 7Penn State
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–6
October 14Harvard
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–18[2]
October 21Princeton
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–23
October 28Dartmouth
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 6–2[3]
November 4Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–24[4]
November 11Columbia
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–16
November 18Syracuse
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 12–6
December 2vs. NavyW 17–5

References

  1. ^ "1899 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "End Plays Easy: Harvard Scores Touchdown in Short Order". The Boston Globe. October 15, 1899. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "West Point Beats Dartmouth". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 29, 1899. p. 17. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Yale, 24; West Point, 0". The New York Times. November 5, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.