1899 Army Cadets football team

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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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Headcoach
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1899 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWalter Smith
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
← 1898
1900 â†’
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1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard â€“ 10–0–1
Lafayette â€“ 12–1–0
Princeton â€“ 12–1–0
Buffalo â€“ 7–1–0
Boston College â€“ 8–1–1
Carlisle â€“ 9–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 8–1–2
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 9–2–1
Wesleyan â€“ 7–2–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 2–0–2
Villanova â€“ 7–2–1
Yale â€“ 7–2–1
Western Univ. of Penn. â€“ 3–1–1
Columbia â€“ 9–3–0
Fordham â€“ 3–1–0
Cornell â€“ 7–3–0
Penn â€“ 8–3–2
Brown â€“ 7–3–1
New Hampshire â€“ 4–2–0
Vermont â€“ 5–3–0
Tufts â€“ 7–4–0
Bucknell â€“ 6–4–0
Dickinson â€“ 6–6–1
Holy Cross â€“ 5–5–0
Syracuse â€“ 4–4–0
Drexel â€“ 3–3–0
Army â€“ 4–5–0
Colgate â€“ 4–5–0
Penn State â€“ 4–6–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–5–1
NYU â€“ 2–6–0
Temple â€“ 1–4–1
Dartmouth â€“ 2–7–0
Lehigh â€“ 2–9–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–9–0
Geneva â€“ 0–3–0
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Army had faced Navy on each others campuses between 1890 and 1893. Through the efforts and diplomacy of Philadelphia surgeon and sportsman Dr. J. William White, it was agreed to resume the series in 1899 at Franklin Field inaugurating the tradition of playing the game in Philadelphia.[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
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