1899 Lafayette football team

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The 1899 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In its first year under head coach Samuel B. Newton, Lafayette compiled a 12–1 record, shut out 10 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 253 to 23. 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).[1][2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Headcoach
CaptainEdward Bray
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1899 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
CaptainEdward Bray
Home stadiumMarch 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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Two Lafayette players received recognition on the 1899 All-America football team. They are: fullback Edward G. Bray (Outing magazine, 2nd team;[3] Charles E. Patterson, 1st team);[4] and guard H. E. Trout (Walter Camp, 3rd team).[5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Ursinus
W 34–0[6]
October 4Villanova
  • Lafayette Field
  • Easton, PA
W 13–0[7]
October 7at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 16–6[8]
October 11at PrincetonL 0–121,500[9]
October 14Rutgers
  • Lafayette Field
  • Easton, PA
W 57–0[10]
October 21at PennW 6–012,000[11]
October 28at NavyW 5–0
November 4Lehigh
  • Lafayette Field
  • Easton, PA (rivalry)
W 17–04,000[12]
November 7at Newark A.C.Newark, NJW 16–03,000[13]
November 11at Cornell
W 6–5500[14]
November 18Bucknell
  • Lafayette Field
  • Easton, PA
W 12–0[15]
November 25at LehighBethlehem, PAW 35–04,000[16]
November 30Dickinson
  • Lafayette Field
  • Easton, PA
W 36–03,500[17]
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Players

The following players were regulars on the 1899 Lafayette football team.[18]

Backs

  • Edward G. "Ned" Bray - fullback, 5 feet, 11 inches, 174 pounds
  • Walter Hubley - quarterback, 5 feet, 8 inches, 155 pounds
  • Ross G. Knight - left halfback, 5 feet, 11 inches, 160 pounds
  • J. E. Platt - right halfback, 5 feet, 9 inches, 167 pounds

Linemen

  • Charles Schmidt - right guard, 5 feet, 10 inches, 182 pounds
  • Ned Ely - left end, 6 feet, 170 pounds
  • John Chalmers - left tackle and captain, 5 feet, 11 inches, 170 pounds
  • W. E. Bachman - center, 6 feet, 191 pounds
  • D. R. Brown - right end, 6 feet, 172 pounds
  • Joe Wiedenmayer - right tackle, 6 feet, 177 pounds
  • H. E. Trout - left guard, 5 feet, 11 inches, 190 pounds
  • L. P. Butler - guard
  • R. A. Freed - tackle

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