1900 Lincoln Tigers football team

The 1900 Lincoln Tigers football team represented Lincoln Institute—now known as Lincoln University—in Jefferson City, Missouri as an independent during the 1900 college football season.^[1] Led by head coach John W. Damel, the Tigers compiled a record of 2–2. Lincoln beat the rival George R. Smith Deweys for the third year in a row. Notably, Lincoln also played Fisk University, who would become one of the HBCU rivals of the Tigers. They faced off in the Black college football national championship game, with Lincoln coming out on the losing end. Romeo West, who later was a professor and football coach at Lincoln, served as captain of the team.^[2][3]

There were also accusations of Lincoln football players being involved in an election scandal in 1900, although the truth of these accusations remains speculative due to lack of details. The accused players allegedly cast illegal votes for the Republican candidate for coroner.^{[4][failed verification]}