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1899 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–2
Head coach
Home stadiumWhittier Field
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 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1–2 record.[1] George H. Brooke was the head coach.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30Swarthmore alumni
W 27–0[3]
October 7Lafayette
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
L 6–16[4]
October 14at UrsinusNorristown, PAT 5–5[5]
October 18Delaware
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 17–0[6]
October 21Johns Hopkins
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 22–0[7]
October 25at Rutgers
W 34–0[8]
October 28Stevens
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 22–0[9]
November 4at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 6–5[10]
November 7PennPhiladelphia, PAT 5–5[11]
November 18at HaverfordHaverford, PA (rivalry)W 32–12[12][13]
November 30at Franklin & Marshall
W 12–0[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Swarthmore Progressing: The Football Men Have Confidence in Coach George Brooke". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 1, 1889. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Swarthmore's Encouraging Game". The Philadelphia Times. October 1, 1889. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Quakers in a Fray: Lafayette College Downs Swarthmore in a Fiercely Played Contest". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1899. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ursinus Ties Swarthmore: Former Would Have Won But for Lerch's Bad Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1899. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Swarthmore Defeats Delaware". The Philadelphia Times. October 19, 1899. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Swarthmore Wins: Rolls Up Twenty-Two Points, and Hopkins Fails to Count". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 22, 1899. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Swarthmore Wins From Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Swarthmore and Stevens: Quakers Outplay Their Rivals and Win Easily". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1899. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Tie At Swarthmore: Pennsylvania Plays a Half-Hour game With George Brooke's Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 8, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Swarthmore's Great Victory: For the First Time in Four Years She Wins From Haverford". The Philadelphia Times. November 19, 1889. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Evenly Matched Teams: Outcome of the Haverford-Swarthmore Game Is Hard to Predict". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1899. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Foot Ball Games On Many Fields". The News-Journal. December 1, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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