1899 Holy Cross football team

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The 1899 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1899 college football season.

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Headcoach
CaptainJohn Kenney
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1899 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainJohn Kenney
Home stadiumWorcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
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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In their second year under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 5–5 record. John Kenney was the team captain.[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at two off-campus fields in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Worcester Oval and the Worcester College Grounds.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Massachusetts
W 11–0 [2]
September 30 Brown
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–19 [3]
October 7 Trinity (CT)
W 39–0 [4]
October 14 Worcester Polytechnic
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
W 23–0 [5]
October 18 at Williams L 5–23 [6]
October 28 at Fitchburg Y. M. C. L. W 12–0 [7]
November 4 Tufts
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–6 [8]
November 11 at Wesleyan
L 0–16 [9]
November 25 Vermont
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 45–0 [10]
November 30 at Boston College L 0–17 6,000 [11]
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