1899 Army Cadets football team

1899 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Herman Koehler (3rd season)
Captain	Walter Smith
Home stadium	The Plain

1899 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	Tufts	The Plain West Point, NY	W 22–0
October 7	Penn State	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–6
October 14	Harvard	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–18	[3]
October 21	Princeton	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–23
October 28	Dartmouth	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–2	[4]
November 4	Yale	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–24	[5]
November 11	Columbia	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–16
November 18	Syracuse	The Plain West Point, NY	W 12–6
December 2	vs. Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 17–5

References

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 .
5. "Yale, 24; West Point, 0". The New York Times. November 5, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.