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1899 Washington football
Champions of Washington and Idaho
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
CaptainSterling Hill
Home stadiumYMCA Park
Seasons← 18981900 →
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 as an independent during the 1899 college football season. 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. Sterling Hill was the team captain.

The Thanksgiving Day game vs. Whitman was promoted as the Championship of Washington and Idaho. Klondike Gold Rush millionaire T. S. Lippy awarded an engraved silver cup to the winner of the contest.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 141:30 p.m.Port Townsend High SchoolW 16–0500
October 28at Port Townsend Athletic ClubPort Townsend, WAL 0–11250
November 4at Everett Athletic ClubEverett, WAW 33–0150
November 73:00 p.m.All-Seattle
  • YMCA Park
  • Seattle, WA
T 5–5500
November 18Wilson's Modern Business College
  • YMCA Park
  • Seattle, WA
W 11–0500
November 301:30 p.m.Whitman
  • YMCA Park
  • Seattle, WA (Championship of Washington and Idaho)
W 6–51,000
  • Source:

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ Kincaid, Zoë Rowena, ed. (1900). "Athletics – The '99 Football Season.". Tyee 1900. Junior Class of the University of Washington. pp. 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. "1899 UW Washington Football vs. Port Townsend High School YMCA Park Seattle". October 15, 1899. p. 11 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "1899 UW Washington Football vs. Port Townsend". October 30, 1899. p. 4 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "1899 UW Washington Football Port Townsend High School Athletic Club". October 29, 1899. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  6. "1899 UW Washington Football vs. Everett". November 5, 1899. p. 11 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "1899 UW Washington Football All-Seattle YMCA Park". November 7, 1899. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
  8. "1899 UW Washington Football vs. All-Seattle All-Stars". November 8, 1899. p. 7 – via newspapers.com.
  9. "1899 UW Washington Football vs. Wilson's Modern Business College 11-0 YMCA Park Seattle". November 19, 1899. p. 24 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "1899 Football Schedule". The University of Washington Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  11. "2024 Football Media Guide" (PDF). The University of Washington Athletics. p. 151. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
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