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1899 Army Cadets football team

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1899 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWalter Smith
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
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
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
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 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.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Navy by a 17 to 5 score.[2]

Schedule

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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[3]
October 21Princeton
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–23
October 28Dartmouth
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 6–2[4]
November 4Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–24[5]
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

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  1. ^ "Army Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "1899 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "End Plays Easy: Harvard Scores Touchdown in Short Order". The Boston Globe. October 15, 1899. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "West Point Beats Dartmouth". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 29, 1899. p. 17. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Yale, 24; West Point, 0". The New York Times. November 5, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.