1899 Colgate football team

1899 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Joseph Stannard (1st season)
Captain	William Root

1899 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					10	–	0	–	1
Lafayette			–					12	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					7	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	1	–	1
Carlisle			–					9	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					8	–	1	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					2	–	0	–	2
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	1
Western Univ. of Penn.			–					3	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					9	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					8	–	3	–	2
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
New Hampshire			–					4	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Dickinson			–					6	–	6	–	1
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	0
Army			–					4	–	5	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	9	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	9	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1899 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1899 college football season. Colgate reports the record for the season as 3–5, however, a reporting error in early record keeping failed to account for an 11–0 victory over Colgate Academy.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	vs. Cornell	Richfield Springs, NY (rivalry)	L 0–42
September 30	Colgate Academy	Hamilton, NY	W 11–0
October 7	Hamilton	Hamilton, NY	L 0–30
October 14	St. John's Academy	Hamilton, NY	W 17–0
October 20	Syracuse A.A.	Hamilton, NY	L 6–12
October 28	at St. John's Academy	Manlius, NY	W 12–0
November 4	at Union (NY)	Schenectady, NY	W 12–5
November 11	vs. Vermont	Albany, NY	L 0–6
November 18	vs. Hamilton	Utica, NY	L 0–38