1899 NYU Violets football team

American college football season

1899 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
  • James Ogilvie (1st season)
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 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

The 1899 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In their only year under head coach James Ogilvie, the team compiled a 2–6 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 14at SyracuseSyracuse, NYL 5–10[1]
October 18at Columbia
L 0–40[2]
October 21at Hamilton
L 0–35[3]
October 28at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–50[4]
November 4at Trinity (CT)
L 0–28[5]
November 11at Rutgers
W 6–5[6]
November 18Stevens
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
W 18–6[7]
November 25Hamilton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–17[8]

References

  1. ^ "Syracuse 10, New York 5". Democrat and Chronicle. October 15, 1899. p. 19. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Columbia's team won as it pleased". The World. October 19, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Hamilton 35, New York 0". The New York Times. October 22, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Easy win for Lehigh". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 29, 1899. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "New York University lose". The New York Times. November 5, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.Y.U. 6, Rutgers 5". New-York Tribune. November 12, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "New York University won". The New York Times. November 19, 1899. p. 9. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Hamilton 17, New York University 0". New-York Tribune. November 26, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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