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1899 Washington football team

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1899 Washington football
Champions of Washington and Idaho[1][2]
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
CaptainSterling Hill
Home stadiumDenny Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
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

The 1899 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1899 college football season.[2] In its first season under coach A. S. Jeffs, the team compiled a 4–1–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 71 to 21.[3] Sterling Hill was the team captain.

The November 25 game vs. Whitman was promoted as the Championship of Washington and Idaho.[1][2] Klondike Gold Rush millionaire T. S. Lippy awarded an engraved silver cup to the winner of the contest.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 141:30 p.m.Port Townsend High SchoolW 16–0500[4]
October 28at Port Townsend A.C.Port Townsend, WAL 0–11250[5][6]
November 4at Everett A.C.Everett, WAW 33–0150[7]
November 73:00 p.m.All-Seattle
  • YMCA Park
  • Seattle, WA
T 5–5500[8][9]
November 18Wilson's Modern Business College
  • YMCA Park
  • Seattle, WA
W 11–0500[10]
November 251:30 p.m.Whitman
  • YMCA Park
  • Seattle, WA (Thanksgiving, Championship of Washington and Idaho)
W 6–51,000[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Match for Championship — Clean Football Game Promised at Y.M.C.A Park Today — University of Washington and Whitman College to Meet in a Great Conflict for the Leadership of This State and Idaho". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. November 30, 1899. Retrieved November 30, 2024. Today at the Y. M. C. A. park the football teams of the University of Washington and Whitman college will engage in a desperate struggle for the championship of Washington and Idaho. T. S. Lippy has put up a large silver cup, appropriately engraved, which will be presented to the winning team.
  2. ^ a b c Kincaid, Zoë Rowena, ed. (1900). "Athletics – The '99 Football Season.". Tyee 1900. Junior Class of the University of Washington. p. 102–106. The Thanksgiving game was played with Whitman College for the championship of Washington and Idaho. We are the champions by a score of 6 to 5. — Champions of Washington and Idaho.
  3. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160016142/
  5. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star-1899-uw-washington-foot/160016503/
  6. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160016711/
  7. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160016979/
  8. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160016789/
  9. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160016913/
  10. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1899-uw-washingto/160015236/