1899 Cornell Big Red football team

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The 1899 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1899 college football season. In their first season under head coach Percy Haughton, the Big Red compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 134 to 52. Three Cornell players received honors on the 1899 College Football All-America Team: quarterback George H. Young (Outing-2, New York Tribune-2); halfback George B. Walbridge (Outing-2); and tackle Edward R. Alexander (Camp-3, New York Tribune-2; Leslie's Weekly-2).

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Headcoach
Quick facts Cornell Big Red football, Conference ...
1899 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainRaymond Starbuck
Home stadiumPercy Field
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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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23vs. Colgate Richfield Springs, NY (rivalry)W 42–0
September 27 Syracuse
W 17–0
September 30 Hamilton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 12–0
October 7 Williams
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 12–0
October 14at ChicagoL 6–176,000[1][2]
October 21 Lehigh
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 6–0
November 1 Princeton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 5–0
November 7at ColumbiaW 29–0
November 11 Lafayette
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 5–6500[3]
November 30at PennL 0–29
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