1899 college football season

The 1899 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions.

1899 college football season
1899 Sewanee Tigers
Champion(s)	Harvard Princeton
football seasons

Chicago, Kansas, and Sewanee went undefeated. With just 13 players, the Sewanee team, known as the "Iron Men", had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas A&M; Texas; Tulane; LSU; and Ole Miss. Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw."

Conference and program changes

Conference establishments

• One conference played its final season in 1899:
  • Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association – active since 1894

Membership changes

School	1898 Conference	1899 Conference
Arizona Varsity	Program Established	Independent
Baylor football	Program Established	Independent
Davidson Wildcats	Independent	SIAA
Furman Hornets	Independent	SIAA
Northern Illinois State Normal football	Program Established	Independent

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1899 Colorado Football Association standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Colorado College $ 2 – 0 – 0 3 – 2 – 1 Colorado 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Colorado Mines 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 3 – 0 Colorado Agricultural 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Sewanee $ 11 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0 Vanderbilt 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Alabama 1 – 0 – 0 3 – 1 – 0 Nashville 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 1 – 1 Tennessee 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Auburn 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 1 – 1 Texas 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 North Carolina 1 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Ole Miss 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 3 – 1 Clemson 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Central (KY) 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 2 – 0 LSU 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 0 Kentucky State 0 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 2 SW Presbyterian 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 Cumberland (TN) 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0 Georgia Tech 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 Tulane 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1899 Triangular Football League standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Wesleyan $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Williams 1 – 1 – 0 9 – 4 – 0 Amherst 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1899 Western Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Chicago $ 4 – 0 – 0 16 – 0 – 2 Wisconsin 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0 Northwestern 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 6 – 0 Michigan 1 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Purdue 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1 Minnesota 0 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 2 Illinois 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1 $ – Conference champion

Independents

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 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 Frankin & 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	1899 Midwestern college football independents records Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Kansas   –   10 – 0 – 0 North Dakota   –   6 – 0 – 0 Detroit College   –   5 – 0 – 0 Lincoln (MO)   –   1 – 0 – 0 Ohio State   –   9 – 0 – 1 Iowa   –   8 – 0 – 1 Washington University   –   5 – 1 – 0 Missouri   –   9 – 2 – 0 Chicago P&S   –   4 – 1 – 0 Mount Union   –   5 – 1 – 1 Indiana   –   6 – 2 – 0 South Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 1 – 0 Wabash   –   1 – 0 – 1 Cincinnati   –   5 – 2 – 0 Drake   –   5 – 2 – 0 Heidelberg   –   5 – 2 – 0 Buchtel   –   2 – 1 – 0 Doane   –   2 – 1 – 0 Northern Illinois State   –   1 – 0 – 2 Notre Dame   –   6 – 3 – 1 Central Michigan   –   3 – 2 – 0 Fairmount   –   2 – 1 – 2 Carthage   –   3 – 2 – 1 Western Reserve   –   5 – 4 – 0 Wittenberg   –   5 – 4 – 0 Iowa State   –   5 – 4 – 1 College of Emporia   –   1 – 1 – 1 Ohio   –   2 – 2 – 0 Rush Medical   –   3 – 3 – 1 Ohio Wesleyan   –   5 – 5 – 0 Haskell   –   4 – 5 – 0 Lake Forest   –   4 – 6 – 2 Kansas State   –   2 – 3 – 0 Michigan Agricultural   –   2 – 4 – 1 Iowa State Normal   –   1 – 3 – 2 Washburn   –   2 – 5 – 2 Butler   –   1 – 3 – 0 Miami (OH)   –   1 – 5 – 0 Nebraska   –   1 – 7 – 1 North Dakota Agricultural   –   0 – 1 – 0 Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 4 – 0	1899 Southern college football independents records Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T VMI   –   1 – 0 – 0 VPI   –   4 – 1 – 0 Delaware   –   6 – 2 – 0 Arkansas   –   3 – 1 – 1 Georgetown   –   5 – 2 – 1 Texas A&M   –   4 – 2 – 0 Oklahoma   –   2 – 1 – 0 Baylor   –   2 – 1 – 1 Guilford   –   2 – 1 – 1 Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0 Virginia   –   4 – 3 – 2 Add-Ran   –   0 – 0 – 1 Richmond   –   2 – 2 – 0 South Carolina   –   2 – 3 – 0 West Virginia   –   2 – 3 – 0 William & Mary   –   2 – 3 – 0 North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 2 – 2 Davidson   –   1 – 3 – 1 Maryland   –   1 – 4 – 0 Marshall   –   0 – 0 – 1
1899 Far West college football independents records Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Montana Agricultural   –   3 – 0 – 0 Arizona Normal   –   3 – 0 – 0 New Mexico A&M   –   1 – 0 – 0 Utah Agricultural   –   1 – 0 – 0 California   –   7 – 1 – 1 Washington   –   4 – 1 – 1 Utah   –   2 – 1 – 0 San Jose State   –   6 – 3 – 1 Nevada State   –   3 – 2 – 0 Oregon Agricultural   –   3 – 2 – 0 Oregon   –   3 – 2 – 1 Arizona   –   1 – 1 – 1 Washington Agricultural   –   1 – 1 – 0 Montana   –   1 – 2 – 0 USC   –   2 – 3 – 1 Stanford   –   2 – 5 – 2 Wyoming   –   0 – 1 – 1 Pacific (CA)   –   0 – 4 – 0

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kalamazoo	4–1

See also

• 1899 College Football All-America Team