1899 Lafayette football team

1899 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference Independent
1899 record 12–1
Head coach Samuel B. Newton (1st year)
Home stadium March Field

The 1899 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1899 college football season. Lafayette shut out 10 opponents and finished with a 12–1 record in their first year under head coach Samuel B. Newton. Significant games included victories over Penn (6–0), Lehigh (17–0 and 35–0), and Cornell (6–5), and its sole loss coming against co-national champion Princeton (0–12). The 1899 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 253 to 23.[1][2] Two Lafayette players received recognition on the 1899 College Football All-America Team. They are: fullback Edward G. Bray (Outing magazine, 2nd team;[3] Charles E. Patterson, 1st team);[4] and guard Trout (Walter Camp, 3rd team).[5]

References

  1. "1899 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. "Lafayette Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. "Football" (PDF). The Outing Magazine. Jan 1900.
  4. "All-America Addendum -- Part 2" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 2008.
  5. "Sport of the Amateur on Field and Water". Collier's Weekly 24 (15): 20. January 13, 1900 via Google books.
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